• Foundations Business Planning Class with Russ Towers (Tuesday evenings 5:30pm-8:30pm) 

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    The Foundations Business Planning Class helps aspiring entrepreneurs and existing business owners to create comprehensive business plans in order to start-up, expand, or enhance their businesses. Delivered to thousands of entrepreneurs over 20 years, the curriculum has been honed to help entrepreneurs build a solid foundation for business growth. Now, the Birds Eye team has updated

  • ScaleUp WNC Cohort 4 Application Deadline 

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    Don't miss your chance to apply to ScaleUp WNC Cohort 4 and help your existing business reach its growth potential.

    QuickBooks for Your Small Business 

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    In this four-session workshop (April 20 & 27, May 4 & 11), MBW coach Candy Williams will help you understand the financial health of your business. Learn bookkeeping concepts, how to set up your company in QuickBooks, customer and vendor transactions, and how to read financial statements.

    Cooperatives Learning Lab 101: Thinking Outside the Boss 

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    MBW coach Franzi Charen, of Asheville Grown Business Alliance and Hip Replacements clothing, leads an exploration into the variety of ways businesses can democratize ownership. Whether you're interested in starting a cooperative business, joining a coop, or transitioning your business into a cooperative workplace, this lab is a great place to start.

    $20
  • Accounting Tools & QuickBooks En Español 

    Goodwill Career Center Asheville

    This six-week Spanish course (running Tuesdays through June 7) is in collaboration with The Support Center. It is divided into two three-week sessions. Participants can take either of the three-week sessions or both. The first session focuses on general accounting tools, while the final three weeks are dedicated to QuickBooks.

    Fostering Success for Your Existing Business 

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    Join experts from TD Bank and learn ways to help your small business thrive. Topics to be discussed include: analyzing your competition, are you making money, and becoming loan-ready.

    $20

    Growing Retail Sales by Delighting Your Customers (RetailGrowth Series Part I) 

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    We're excited to welcome special guest instructor Chris Fink of RetailGrowth for a hands-on consumer products workshop; this is a companion workshop to April 19th's "Route to Market." Gain the insight and get the instructions you need to delight your customers, increasing purchase frequency, transaction size, and loyalty to your business.

    $20 – $35
  • Financial Tools 

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    In this two-day workshop (May 26 & June 2), Barry Gupton, one of Mountain BizWorks’ 20+ expert coaches, will cover the financial record keeping and accounting/bookkeeping basics all small business owners need to know. Learn how to create and understand financial statements such as a P&L and balance sheet, how to project cash flow, and more.

    $20

    Marketing Workshop 

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    Join Sheila Neisler, one of Mountain BizWorks’ 20+ expert coaches, to learn how to execute a 360-degree approach to marketing your business.

    $20

    The Route to Market: Growing Product Sales in Stores and Online (RetailGrowth Series Part II) 

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    Mountain BizWorks is excited to welcome special guest instructor Chris Fink of RetailGrowth for an exciting, hands-on consumer products workshop. Gain the insight and get the instructions you need to plan, develop, and implement a route-to-market strategy to launch, grow, and sustain product sales in retail stores and online outlets.

    $20 – $35