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
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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
Read more »Building Business Relationships: Top Tips To Start Strong In Your New Mentorship
Last week in our series on building business relationships, Taneka and Ashlee’s mentorship story showed us the power of a great mentorship. This week we’re covering the steps you can take to ensure the same success with your mentor by getting off to a strong start. We recently matched our Discover Cohort graduate Kristin Mejia
Read more »Building Business Relationships Series: Successful Businesses Have Mentors
Taneka Cole credits her mentor’s motivation and advice with opening the doors to her body-positive bridal shop. Research from the Small Business Administration proves a link between mentoring and small business success. This week, in our third installment of our series on building business relationships, we turn to Taneka’s mentorship story. Taneka Cole wanted
Read more »Building Business Relationships Series: A Better Approach to Networking
Interview with Pathway WBC Director Courtenay Rogers In our building essential relationships for business series, we’re returning to the topic of networking this week to sort out the mixed data and messages we get on networking, a byproduct of our mixed feelings, that we covered last week. Today, in a short interview with Pathway
Read more »Building Business Relationships Series: The Numbers Behind Networking
We rounded up stats from a variety of surveys on networking for your business and break it all down for you. For the next few weeks, the subject of our focus will be building essential relationships for your business. Today, we’re tackling networking. When it comes to networking, advice and attitudes seem to pull
Read more »Small and Diverse Business Forum Spotlights Supplier Diversity and Contract Readiness
NASHVILLE – Pathway WBC joined small and diverse business owners and major employers committed to supplier diversity last Friday, February 15 at the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 Small & Diverse Business Forum. The forum – sponsored by First Tennessee, Music City Center and Pathway WBC – offered networking opportunities, panels and breakout sessions to
Read more »That Accounting Mess You’ve Been Meaning to Tackle? It’s Time.
Tidy up your books for tax season and benefit all year and beyond If only tax preparation could ‘spark joy’ for business owners. More likely, it’s creeping dread you’ve felt since the turn of the year as the nearing tax deadline – and growing pile of receipts, bills and statements you have to face down
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Blue Sky Business Modeling WorkshopThu Jan 23 2020, 11:00am CST - 01:00pm CST
Quickbooks BootcampWed Feb 5 2020, 09:00am CST - 11:00am CST
Blue Sky Business Modeling Workshop
Quickbooks BootcampBet On Yourself: Power Surge Recap
Earlier this month, entrepreneurs and Pathway WBC mentors Kia Jarmon and Rebecca Wood led a full house in an interactive evening here at Pathway for our signature networking event Power Surge. We were thrilled to see so many of our WBC cohort graduates turn out and to welcome newcomers too. Power Surge is just one
Pathway Launched Into Networking at 36|86
The 2019 36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival held in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee brought together local entrepreneurs and business leaders for two days of networking, programming and entertainment. Put on by Launch Tennessee, a state-funded nonprofit, this conference was meant to introduce investors to regional startups seeking funding. This was our 2nd year sponsoring the Women’s Lounge at
Pathway WBC at Nashville Voice
The Power of Voice Technology Voice skills are the new websites. That’s the view of Data Driven Design owner Paul Hickey who launched Nashville’s first Voice Conference where over 60 business owners – many of them new to voice technology – gathered July 31 at Thistle Farms. Proceeds benefited Corner to Corner, a non-profit focused on