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
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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 »Be Bold Wrap-Up: Pathway WBC’s International Women’s Day Workshop
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The first International Women’s Day occurred in 1911, supported by over one million people. This year, Pathway hosted our first International Women’s Day workshop on Friday, March 8th, called “Be Bold” where we brought together experts to share their
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
Read more »Help Women-Owned Businesses Break Through Barriers Toward Success
Did you know women own around 40% of all businesses in the United States, yet only receive about 2-3% of venture financing? The reasons aren’t totally clear, but it’s likely due to a mixture of gender disparities in the venture capital world as well as gender biases when it comes to decisions about when and
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Blue Sky Business Modeling WorkshopThu Sep 24 2020, 11:00am CDT - 01:00pm CDT
Quickbooks BootcampWed Oct 7 2020, 09:00am CST - 11:00am CST
Blue Sky Business Modeling Workshop
Quickbooks BootcampPathway 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