NEK Mentoring Program is an 8-month team mentoring program that pairs emerging entrepreneurs and businesses with a team of experienced mentors to help you solve challenges, identify opportunities, and grow. The mentor program is open to businesses from any industry that have a vision to grow their business. We are looking for both mentors and mentees willing to commit to meeting at least monthly with their mentor team, attending a quarterly event, and do an initial onboarding meeting to learn about the program, goals, and approach. Learn more and apply to participate by August 19th at https://donorthcoworking.com/mentorship/.

KickStartNEK Core is a 10-week program for emerging business to transform their idea or startup into a sustainable business. The program takes business through a process of understanding the challenge their trying to solve and who their customer is and developing their financial model, distribution, and operating plan. The cohort-based program connects participants with other supportive entrepreneurs for feedback and accountability. Apply by August 12th at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jvhT-Y6O1iNZfnFXUTNLzv05uBCFtq807Sxx8_6H3_M/viewform?edit_r[...]rue for the next cohort starting September 7th.

KickStartNEK Getting Started is a 3 hour workshop for new and emerging ideas and businesses to develop and refine their business model and identify the next steps to launch and grow. The workshop is open to businesses of any industry and stage looking to think through their business model and wanting to connect with others. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemjgqAjEwasO3kxI6swC6yzwbGEvLtRlfpMVSakYvseJ8nIg/viewform to attend August 4th at 5:30pm in Lyndonville or August 10th at 5:30pm in Greensboro.

If you have any questions about any of our programming or want to learn more, email Jared Reynolds at jared.reynolds@northernvermont.edu or call (802) 427-4080.