Creating Opportunities in the Creative Economy
The Center for Creative Economy provides programs for inception and early-stage business training to expand the capacity of creatives and artists to emerge as viable entrepreneurs. Our inclusive, customized education and mentorship programs fulfill our mission to Launch, Accelerate, and Grow, a diverse range of creative entrepreneurs and business owners.
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Where Creativity Meets Business
Launch, Accelerate and Grow
The Center for Creative Economy provides programs for inception and early-stage business training to expand the capacity of creatives and artists to emerge as viable entrepreneurs. Our inclusive, customized education and mentorship programs fulfill our mission to Launch, Accelerate, and Grow, a diverse range of creative entrepreneurs and business owners.
Our Cohort Success
We Help Build the Creative Economy
The Center for Creative Economy provides programming designed to have a meaningful impact on creative businesses and entrepreneurs.
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Companies Launched
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MRevenue Earned
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MIn Investments
Strengthening The Creative Economy
We Aim to be Inclusive
CCE provides inception-stage business training to help creatives and artists develop viable businesses. Our customized education and mentorship programs fulfill our mission to launch, accelerate, and grow creative businesses.
Our Programs For Creatives
How We Accelerate Growth
Unlock your creative potential with our programs designed for artists, entrepreneurs, and makers. Whether you’re looking to validate your idea, launch your startup, or scale your business, our accelerator programs – Velocity, Kinetic, and Pathways – provide the support, guidance, and resources you need to reach your goals. Join our community of passionate and driven creatives today!
6-week mindset training to spark your passion for entrepreneurship
6-week bootcamp to designed to discover your customer and ignite your idea
10-week business accelerator where creatives find direction with speed
Community Love
A Few Words From Our Community
"CCE has been pivotal to my business development. I started Velocity with little more than a concept, and the program gave me the tools (and confidence) to test, learn and evolve.”
"CCE is an important part of the entrepreneurial growth of Winston-Salem. The creative jobs they nurture and launch are perfectly aligned with our city’s transition and growth."
"Velocity has completely transformed my business. They helped me find my business model and provided great ideas for customer discovery. It put us on a better path for scaling our business in the state."
"I found Velocity and it stood out because it was one of the few accelerators that was trying to build a community of entrepreneurs. Whatever you learn you can start applying."
“During my time in Kinetic, I was able to take ideas that I had in the past on the way my business started and where I thought it should end. But now that we’ve honed in, I have a place to start.”
"I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur my whole life and have started and failed, because I didn't know what the building blocks were. The accelerator laid a foundation under my work."
"CCE empowers creative entrepreneurs by giving us a chance, and I appreciate CCE for allowing me to have a chance [to succeed]."
“The Center For Creative Economy draws people from across the world that want to come here, participate and learn the process of how to have a successful creative startup.”
“The Center for Creative Economy is a center of gravity in the Piedmont Region, where creatives can now go and have a place to explore the economic potential of their creative process and products.”
