- Mountain Made - www.mtnmade.com
Mountain Made is a for-profit store located in the Grove Arcade in Asheville that is a subsidiary of Mountain BizWorks. It celebrates the artisans and entrepreneurs of Western North Carolina by creating a viable market for regionally produced goods and services while promoting social responsibility.
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
The U.S. Small Business Administration helps Americans start, build, and grow businesses. Through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations, SBA delivers its services to people throughout the United States.
- Small Business and Technology Development Center
The North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) helps small business owners (and those interested in starting a business) meet the challenges of today's business environment, manage that ever-changing world, and plan for the future of their business.
- Asheville SCORE and SCORE of WNC
SCORE provides free professional guidance, information and support that is tailored to meet the needs of your business and your personal entrepreneur objectives.
- Self-Help
Self-Help is a community development lender and real estate developer that works with qualified individuals, organizations and communities traditionally underserved by conventional markets.
- OnTrack Financial Education and Counseling
On Track helps people manage money and credit better through free, professional, confidential money management counseling and debt repayment programs.
- Sequoyah Fund
Sequoyah Fund’s mission is to provide training, technical assistance, and resources to support entrepreneurship, business start up and expansion, and community development on the Qualla Boundary.
- NC Department of Commerce - www.nccommerce.com/servicenter
The NC Department of Commerce offers free online and over-the-phone services, including one-on-one consultations, state licensure information, referrals to federal government agencies, funding agencies, and business loan information, and useful information for forms, links, and other business related materials for businesses in North Carolina.
- North Carolina Bar Association - www.ncbar.org
The North Carolina Bar Association can help you find a lawyer in your area for your business needs.
- PowerPay.org - The primary function of this website is geared towards credit counseling. It allows an individual to enter in all current debts, monthly payments, interest rates, et cetera and then calculate how long it will take to pay off those debts. It also allows the user to enter in "power payments", any additional money to apply to your debt and tells shows how these payments will decrease the time it takes to pay off debt, shows the difference in interest paid, and even shows which debts to apply payments.
- WillitFly.com - By emulating and automating expert prep, Willitfly.com's novel technology makes it easier to adhere to best practices for important business tasks.
- Census Bureau (business.census.gov) - This site includes economic snapshots of selected industries and business facts and ratios about every industry.
- Area Small Business Centers:
Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College
Blue Ridge Community College
Tri-County Community College
Southwestern Community College
Haywood Community Collge
- Blue Ridge Entreprenuerial Council (BREC) - An initiative of the AdvantageWest Economic Development Group, the Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council is a nurturing organization for entrepreneurs in Western North Carolina, creating homegrown jobs and growing the region's economy.
- Area Chambers of Commerce
Asheville
Cherokee
Cherokee County
Clay County
Graham County
Haywood County
Henderson County
Jackson County
Swain County
Macon County
Madison County
- Minority Affairs, City of Asheville
- Smoky Mountain Development Corporation - A nonprofit economic development corporation organized to create and retain jobs in the region.
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