The one thing all very successful entrepreneurs have in common is that they all know it starts with the mindset. Take Warren Buffett for example and his investment advise. "The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the actual horsepower of their output in life. Potential exceeds realization for many people…The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be."

The Central Texas Business Resource Center (the BRC) provides high-quality business counseling, training, and assistance to potential and existing small business owners, including the self-employed.

Huladyne Labs helps companies form a Product User Experience vision, and then supports them with research and development to execute the vision. Our services can also be directed inward to focus on internal systems and employees.

The mission of the Small Business Center is to increase the success rate and the number of viable small businesses in Guilford County by providing high quality, readily accessible assistance to prospective and existing small business owners and their employees. We provide a number of seminars, workshops and classes on topics such as Financing Opportunities, Writing a Business Plan, Marketing Strategies and Tactics, and HR issues. We also offer free, confidential one-to-one counseling to help refine your business plan and develop financial projections.

LivePlan helps you write professional business plans quickly and easily.

The USC / Columbia Technology Incubator focuses on helping start fast-growth companies here in the Columbia, SC. We are successful in Economic Development because we focus on small highly technical companies, and then we actively incubate those companies towards fast growth to create high paying jobs.

La Giraudiere project offers various programs aimed at improving ones knowledge of France and the French way of life. Apart from the volunteers program, which started in 2007 La Giraudiere, also offers School Trips to France for school groups from around the world. There is also an internship program planned to start in 2013 for English speakers and for French speakers wishing to prepare themselves for a university place or working in a English speaking country.

Providing senior living communities and selling elder services, medcation management and personal care services including instrumental activities of daily living. Residential providers concerned with housing seniors and creating environments that foster love, gives quality healthcare, encourages growth in spirit, dignity and a balanced lifestyle.