You may be wondering, where do I begin? If you are new to the entrepreneur world or just looking for a way to improve your business more, you came to the right place. Forge wants to promote your business in whatever way we can, that is why we have compiled a list (in no particular order) on some resources to help you and your business succeed.
1. The Elevation Academy
The Elevation Academy is an online digital marketing resource that is available 24-hours a day. It is available to you, yes you! It provides training and knowledge on social media, email marketing, website development and marketing strategy for small businesses, brands and organizations. Their courses are designed to help you begin or to refresh your brand’s marketing with strong foundational information and skills. When you join The Academy, you become part of a community of small business owners and entrepreneurs seeking to elevate their marketing.
https://theelevationacademy.mykajabi.com/
2. Profit to Prosperity
Profit to Prosperity was started by Stevie Jones and is a way to clarify and manage the finances of a thriving business on your own. Through her program, members are given full access to financial resource library, live group coaching program and community that was created to support female entrepreneurs, professionals and business owners. The group focuses on business financial foundations, so that members can be set up for long-term growth.
https://balanced-by-stevie.mykajabi.com/profittoprosperity
3. Create Foundations
Create Birmingham is all about investing in imagination and invention. Through their programs, they both construct and support diverse avenues for commercial and nonprofit creative success. Create provides a multitude of programs and coaching methods to help you run your business or nonprofit more effectively. Embracing your creative side and identifying potential weaknesses in your business or nonprofit before they get out of hand.
4. Co. Starters
As a part of Create Birmingham, Co. Starters seeks to equip aspiring entrepreneurs with the skills and ideas to put their plans into action. It applies the lean business model methods that is popular with high-growth startups and businesses of all kinds. This program will train you to turn a passion into a thriving and sustainable small business or nonprofit.
https://createbirmingham.org/programs/co-starters/
5. Connect
The best way to grow your business is to grow your network. Birmingham’s newest virtual network, Connect, is designed to do just that. It is a weekly meeting that enables you to meet other individuals. We have both virtual and in-person meetings and breakfasts that focus on growing your network and your business.
https://workatforge.com/connect/
6. Legal to English
Legal to English is a new online community with resources for business owners brought to you by Gatehouse Law. At Gatehouse, we know it is true that every business needs legal, but we recognize that not every business is ready for a lawyer.Every entrepreneur should have access to quality information about the legal that impacts their business every day no matter what stage they are in their journey. Legal to English is a community driven source of information and support from our lawyers and the entrepreneurs who work with us. Legal to English will provide you with clear guidance and steps to protect your business where you are right now and give you clear answers in an “it depends” world.
https://www.legaltoenglish.org/
If you are looking for a place to network and grow your business even more, book a tour of Forge today! See how our memberships can help fit your needs. Click the link HERE.