Wake Tech Community College's free help desk for people starting and growing businesses, on its Western Wake Campus at 3434 Kildaire Farm Road in Cary. Any Wake County resident or business can book one-on-one counseling, take training that runs from a one-hour webinar to a 10-week course, or apply to LaunchWakeCounty, a no-fee cohort program run with Wake County towns. It's part of the statewide North Carolina Small Business Center Network.
2 active programs, sourced from the partner’s own program pages.
Confidential counseling, coaching and mentorship on starting or growing a business, from shaping an idea to pricing, marketing and expansion.
Any resident or small business in Wake County, new or established. Wake Tech suggests an introductory workshop first if you're still choosing what business to start.
“The Wake Tech Entrepreneurship & Small Business Center offers free, one-on-one business assistance through counseling, coaching and mentorship. Counselors provide a personal approach to help you start your business in the Wake County area.”Application page
Cohort program for homegrown Main Street businesses: weekly training, hands-on mentoring, peer and community networking, and help finding non-traditional sources of capital.
Established or aspiring entrepreneurs in a participating town, chosen by competitive application, with a focus on under-resourced communities. Towns currently listed: Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Raleigh, Wendell and Zebulon.
“The LaunchWakeCounty program aims to support and develop entrepreneurs and small businesses in under-resourced communities in the county. Participants in these no-fee programs are selected based on a competitive application and review process.”
Additional programs operated by this partner. Detail not yet sourced.
See the partner’s own site for details on these programs in the meantime.
Programs and cycle status sourced from Wake Tech Entrepreneurship & Small Business Center’s own pages plus public press releases. Current-cycle data is point-in-time and may lag the partner’s own announcements; signal-agent surfaces new cycles as they post.