Kenya Nelson Stevens, founder and Principal of KNS Solutions, connected with Pathway through one of her clients. As someone who has personally taken advantage of Pathway WBC’s education classes, she is honored to teach several of the financial literacy classes and serve as mentor for Ignite 360. What is your career and business? I
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Meet The Team: Jacqueline Hayes, New Pathway WBC Advisory Board Member
Jacqui Hayes, Chief Marketing Strategist and Principal of Crayons & Marketers, owes her connection to Pathway WBC to being in the right place at the right time. Pathway WBC launched during her tenure as President of NAWBO Nashville. A participant in WBC’s early programs, she also teaches the Social Media School for Business four-part series
Read more »Meet Pathway WBC’s Advisory Board: Christy Pruitt-Haynes
Christy Pruitt-Haynes is a speaker, coach and consultant who has been a featured speaker at numerous Women’s Business Center events and a mentor for Cohort graduates and Ignite 360 program participants. After attending a few events, she knew she wanted to apart of Pathway WBC. What is your career and business? I am a
Read more »Pathway WBC Welcomes New Members to Board of Advisors
Get to know Jacqui Hayes, Kenya Nelson Stevens, and Christy Pruitt-Haynes – three strong new additions to the Pathway Women’s Business Center 2019 Advisory Board. This year, we’re welcoming three new members to our Board of Advisors. Jacqui Hayes, Kenya Nelson Stevens, and Christy Pruitt-Haynes join seven other accomplished advisors whose distinct entrepreneurial journeys collectively
Read more »Strength In Numbers: Partnerships, Being Bold and Women In Business
The Current State Of Women And Minority Business Owners Women in business continue to make gains year after year. As of 2017, women owned more than 11.6 million firms nationwide and generated $1.7 trillion in sales. That’s more than a 50 percent increase since 2007! The gains extend to minority entrepreneurs and women of color,
Read more »Grow Your Business and Reach Customers Online With Google: A Recap In 7 Simple Steps
Now more than ever, customers need to find your business online. Promoting your brand using Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and online advertising will drive more traffic to your business and website. We hosted a full house last summer for our sold-out Grow With Google workshop. Dave Delaney, who leads Google workshops all over the world,
Read more »Pathway Lending 101: Financing Businesses, Strengthening Communities
Our Women’s Business Center is a non-profit powered by the Small Business Administration that offers educational programming for entrepreneurs at all stages of business. We’re part of Pathway Lending, a mission-driven Community Development Financial Institution that finances businesses and strengthens communities. We’re a solutions provider and we want to help. Many of you know us
Read more »What is SEO? How to Use Google to Grow Your Business
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a powerful way for businesses to make sure they’re showing up on search engines like Google and Bing. Google has grown to become the dominant tool for businesses online. A good SEO strategy could make the difference between your business tapping into new markets or falling behind competitors. We recently
Read more »Women-Owned In Middle Tennessee: Resources for Your Business or Startup
Entrepreneurs and small business owners in Nashville, the Middle Tennessee region and across the state can choose from a wealth of resources to help start and grow their businesses. That’s likely one reason Tennessee ranked 10th in the U.S. in Kauffman’s Growth Entrepreneurship Index for the two-year period 2105-2017, according to LaunchTN’s 2018 analysis of
Read more »Are you ready to make the federal government your client?
4 simple steps for getting started Government contracts are a big opportunity for small businesses. The federal government allocates at least $5 of every $100 contract dollars to women and minority-owned small businesses each year, according to the Small Business Administration. State and local entities are following suit so that minority and women-owned businesses get
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Blue Sky Business Modeling WorkshopThu Jul 9 2020, 11:00am CDT - 01:00pm CDT
Discover Cohort 16Tue Jul 14 2020, 06:00pm CDT - 08:00pm CDT
Blue Sky Business Modeling Workshop
Discover Cohort 16Pathway Mentoring Series: Adapting Your Marketing Strategy
As clients and small business owners began to face marketing challenges, Pathway hosted an Ignite Mentoring Series on the topic of Adapting Your Marketing Strategy. Our expert panelists tackled the topic with tips on market research, social media channels, technology and more, and dove into ways you can act now to market during COVID-19. Check
Pathway Mentoring Sessions: Should I lower my prices? [slideshow]
A powerhouse panel of business leaders shares its wisdom on how to tackle this question In recent weeks, we hosted a series of Ignite mentoring sessions focused on sustainability and business planning that brought together a powerhouse panel of business experts and leaders. Questions around pricing strategy surfaced repeatedly – many clients concerned with keeping
Meet The Team: PathwayWBC Welcomes New Director
Pathway Business Advisor Becomes WBC Director Please join Pathway Women’s Business Center in extending a warm welcome to our new director Jarlecia Jones! No stranger to the Pathway family, Jarlecia joined Pathway Lending in 2019 as a Business Advisor. In her new role, she will lead overall strategy, planning, operations and curriculum in addition to