Business Coaching
Our coaching programs are designed to expand your strategic thinking and increase engagement within your community. We provide training, one-to-one coaching, networking, and access to subject-matter experts who will help you learn new skills, develop tools, and co-create projects so you can run a successful business.
Check out our customized coaching and technical assistance services below.
Our personalized services help your company grow, from startup to expansion:
- Access loans and grants
- Write a business plan
- Develop a social media campaign
- Market your brand
- Access government contracting
- Manage your finances
- Develop exporting opportunities
- and more...
Advising appointments are free for Connecticut residents and businesses. Email entrectr@hartford.edu to book your appointment today!
TechLab bridges the Digital Divide through access to technology tools, skills-building,
and expert help to build your company's visibility and manage growth.
Engage new and existing customers with promotional videos and creative social media content. Multi-angle video cameras, streaming capabilities for live and remote events and a projection system are just some of the tools individuals can access.
We also offer in-depth training on financial and management tools.
The Technical Assistance Program gives eligible businesses time with subject matter experts to improve online presence, develop financial control, and implement management tools that build the foundational elements for business success.
We offer support with:
- Financial management
- Website
- Social media marketing
- Business marketing
- Web development
- Financing
- Grants (Connecticut small business grants & Grants for women-owned businesses)
Become a small business marketing maven and join the Roundtable today! With help from the EWBC experts and your peers, you'll strengthen your marketing and growth strategies. A combination of hands-on learning, networking, and peer-to-peer mentoring, the Women’s Business Roundtable brings together groups of 8 to 12 selected women business owners, committed to business growth. Each group meeting is facilitated by a business advisor and/or a technical expert. Participants form trusted relationships, find resources, learn practical knowledge and assistance, and share lessons, tools, and promising practices.
Fee: $99
Includes 5 monthly group meetings + 1-on-1 professional assistance
Contact us here to apply.
Be a Savvy Small Contractor. Engage in our clinics and access resources today!
Small contractors face unique challenges and issues:
- Contract readiness
- Lean management and lean office
- Bonding and financing
- How to follow up with general contractors
- Marketing and more
The Small Contractor Development Program identifies points where contractors need help then focuses intense training and technical assistance in those areas. Offering academies and clinics throughout the year, many of the classes are taught by local general contractors in addition to Center advisors. Because of this close connection to the construction industry, the program helps small contractors to make connections with general contractors and resource partners through:
- CT Business Matchmaker
- Service Centers
This program is run in conjunction with The Metropolitan District (MDC). Partners include the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), CT Construction Industries Assoc. (CCIA), and the National Assoc. of Women in Construction (NAWIC).
Success Story: If you love what you do, why change?
The road to becoming an entrepreneur and business owner usually has a lot of twists and turns. Yahaira Rodriguez knows that well. She comes from a background in human services, holding an associate’s degree in the field and working in shelters and group homes for more than a dozen years.
In 2018, she decided she wanted to do something different with her life—but it wasn’t exactly clear to her what that would be. She thought that would mean leaving human services work behind. However, the Women’s Business Center assisted her to create a business doing the work she enjoys, directly helping people with intellectual disabilities.
Accessibility Policy
All EWBC programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals as well. Request accommodations.