Wenatchee Valley College Center for Entrepreneurship

The mission of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Wenatchee Valley College is to assist existing and future entrepreneurs by providing a one-stop access point for regional resources in training, business development, and doing business in NCW.

About

WVC’s Center for Entrepreneurship is located in Wenatchee and serves entrepreneurs in Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan Counties as well as the Colville Confederated Tribes.

The Center for Entrepreneurship offers four StartUp Bootcamps a year, two sessions delivered in English and two delivered in Spanish. We run 1 Million Cups (12+ events per year) and Office Hours (8 - 12 events per year). WVC’s Center for Entrepreneurship is also the administrator of the regional MicroMentor program and SEAP programs, both of which are in partnership with state-wide or region-wide organizations. We are a critical partner in the Supernova Business Launch Competition and with the Entrepreneurship Toolkit created with the North Central Regional Libraries.

In addition to our programs, we’ve created strong relationships with our Spanish-speaking community and with a number of organizations in our region that support Hispanic entrepreneurs, including Café and the Hispanic Business Council. Our greatest resource for entrepreneurs is the StartUp NCW website that includes information about the programs, resources, and organizations that serve all types of entrepreneurs in the North Central Washington region. 

Services offered by this organization are listed below. This provider specializes in the areas listed in bold.

 

Services Provided

Business Planning

  • Cash Flow/Financial Planning
  • Forming a Business
  • Grow Your Number of Customers
  • Market Plan Development
  • Microenterprise Development Organization (MDO)
  • Operations

Human Resources, Workforce and Talent

  • Apprenticeship
  • Employee Development
  • Leadership/Professional Development
  • Workforce Training

Internship Programs and Student Services

  • Business Degree Program
  • Internship Program
  • Student Marketing Projects
  • Student Placement
  • Student Research Projects
  • Student Training

Libraries and Research

  • Business Research Resources
  • Company Data/Prospect Lists
  • Demographic/Census Data
  • Industry Data
  • Lifestyle and Psychographic Data
  • Trade Journals

Management Issues

  • Leadership/Professional Development

Manufacturing, High Tech, Life Sciences Development

  • Small Scale Manufacturing

Mentoring

  • Peer Mentoring

Networking and Associations

  • Small and Microbusiness/General

Nonprofit Development

  • Organizational Development and Training
  • Staff Training
  • Leadership Development (Specialty)

Starting a Business

  • Business Research Resources
  • Business Training
  • Forming a Business
  • Home-Based Business Training
  • Startup Classes (Specialty)

Technical Assistance

  • Business Bootcamps, Business Classes (Specialty)
  • Rural Business Resources (Specialty)

Training

  • Bookkeeping/Accounting Software Training
  • Budget, Cash Flow and Financial Statements Training
  • Business Management Training
  • Business Plan Training and Assistance
  • E-Commerce/Internet Marketing
  • Home-Based Business Training
  • Marketing Plan Training
  • Online Courses and Videos
  • Trade Education and Training
  • Startup Classes (Specialty)
Contact Information
Erin Davidson
Address
1300 Fifth Street
Wenatchee, WA 98801