LaunchWakeCounty is a collaborative, community-based economic development program that is customized by town, community, or demographic. Using the popular LaunchMyCity model, LaunchWakeCounty has become a movement to nurture homegrown, primarily main street businesses. The program provides the four things that research indicates entrepreneurs need to succeed:

1. Training
2. Mentoring
3. Networking
4. Access to Capital

Find a program in your town, or start one.