Blue Ridge Community College - Small Business Center
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How to Start a Business in 2026
- Understand the basics of starting a business in this seminar that takes you from idea to opportunity. Learn key strategies for start-up, financing and marketing
- Tuesday Jan 6, 2026
7-AI Resilient Careers: Strategies for Long Term Success
- AI Resilient Careers Strategies for Long Term Success what makes a career more or less vulnerable to automation. Identify and explore future-proof career paths
- Wednesday Jan 7, 2026
Owning Your Worth & Pricing with Confidence
- Pricing can be one of the toughest—and most emotional—parts of running a business. This interactive workshop helps entrepreneurs understand the real value of th
- Thursday Jan 8, 2026
Build Your Business with Facebook (Online)
- Facebook is the largest and most prolific social media channel out there with well over 2 billion users. So, how do you best leverage it for your business or no
- Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
How to Write a Business Plan (In-Person Workshop)
- creating your business success plan. This ''custom'' business planning template, based on industry best practices, makes it easier and faster to create a busine ...
- Saturday Jan 17, 2026
Top Ten Secrets to Getting A Grant
- We asked top NC foundation staff to tell us their top 2-3 tips that wish they could tell nonprofits about grant writing. In this session, we will discuss the te
- Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Flourish In Growth: The Guided 8-Week Business Planning Lab
- Build your business with confidence—one step at a time. Are you someone who thrives with structure, loves a checklist, and wants to build your business with cl
- Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Best Free and Low-Cost Marketing for 2026 (Online)
- You do not need to spend money on marketing to start grow your business in 2026.best ROI Return of Investment learn the best free and low cost ways to
- Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
30 Day Social Media Challenge for Small Business Owners (Part 1 of 3) Plan & Prepare (Hybrid)
- Feeling stuck or inconsistent with social media? Join this 30-day challenge designed to help small business owners build momentum and confidence by posting just
- Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
Build Your Business with Instagram (Online)
- Instagram presence - Stories, Reels, and a Demo of making posts within the app - Explore using hashtags as a powerful and free way to grow visibility for your b
- Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Rep/Contact Info
Kim Crocker
SBC Specialist
- Phone: (828) 694-1658
- Send an Email
- 180 W Campus Dr Flat Rock NC 28731-4728
Heather Goede
SBC Administrative Support Specialist
- Phone: (828) 694-1658
- Fax: (828) 694-1690
- 180 W Campus Dr Flat Rock NC 28731-4728
Joy Poe
Small Business Center Specialist
- Phone: (828) 694-1658
- Send an Email
- 180 W Campus Dr Flat Rock NC 28731-4728
Ben Smith
Small Business Center Director
- Phone: (828) 694-1658
- Fax: (828) 694-1690
- 180 W Campus Dr Flat Rock NC 28731-4728