Oakland Thrive can connect you with consultants who will work one on one with you to help strategize, implement your business plan, and more.
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Our team of business consultants can assist in everything from using social media effectively, introducing you to lenders, writing a business plan, and more.
Oakland Thrive, formerly Business Forward, is composed of business experts and consultants with a deep understanding of Oakland County’s business climate and decades of combined experience with the challenges of small business, growth into large global entities, and the limitations of government.
We work with entrepreneurs and small business owners to provide free targeted support including one-on-one consultations, training, and workshops in business development, market research, eCommerce, legal support, accounting, and more.
Oakland Thrive exists to connect Oakland County’s entrepreneurs and small business owners with the resources they need in order to be successful. We partner with local business service providers, chambers of commerce, and other known economic support organizations. While Oakland County has a great many programs and organizations that support community and economic development, too often small business owners are unaware that these resources even exist. While Oakland Thrive exists to help all of Oakland County, special attention is given to underrepresented communities and minority-, woman-, LGBTQ- and veteran-owned businesses. Oakland Thrive services previously fell under the county as a government initiative.
Oakland Thrive is composed of business experts and consultants with a deep understanding of Oakland County’s business climate and decades of combined experience with the challenges of small business, growth into large global entities, and the limitations of government. We work with entrepreneurs and small business owners to provide free targeted support including one-on-one consultations, training, and workshops in business development, market research, eCommerce, legal support, accounting, and more.
Oakland Thrive exists to connect Oakland County’s entrepreneurs and small business owners with the resources they need in order to be successful. We partner with local business service providers, chambers of commerce, and other known economic support organizations. While Oakland County has a great many programs and organizations that support community and economic development, too often small business owners are unaware that these resources even exist. While Oakland Thrive exists to help all of Oakland County, special attention is given to underrepresented communities and minority-, woman-, LGBTQ- and veteran-owned businesses. Oakland Thrive services previously fell under the county as a government initiative.
Oakland Thrive exists to connect Oakland County’s entrepreneurs and small business owners with the resources they need in order to be successful. We partner with local business service providers, chambers of commerce, and other known economic support organizations. While Oakland County has a great many programs and organizations that support community and economic development, too often small business owners are unaware that these resources even exist. While Oakland Thrive exists to help all of Oakland County, special attention is given to underrepresented communities and minority-, woman-, LGBTQ- and veteran-owned businesses. Oakland Thrive services previously fell under the county as a government initiative.
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This program is aimed to assist newcomers who are becoming entrepreneurs and/or improving their small business in Oakland County.
The goal is to build a comprehensive and accessible program for newcomers, to create an entrepreneurial pathway for newcomers by providing practical training that helps potential and existing entrepreneurs to develop realistic business plans to start and to improve a sustainable business in Oakland County. If you are a newcomer, new to the United States and have been in the country less than 5 years and want to start your own business, Oakland Thrive Newcomer Entrepreneurship Program can help. Whether you come to the US as an immigrant, refugee or Asylee, our Newcomer Entrepreneurship Program has a variety of resources to help you plan or start your business including: Business guide for newcomers to Oakland County (you can learn about different resources for newcomer entrepreneurs), newcomer special skills (if you acquired business skills, training or qualifications outside of the US), and business consultation (one on one consultation with potential and exciting Oakland County business owners).
Oakland Thrive offers a wide array of free or low cost resources supporting Oakland County’s entrepreneurial economic ecosystem.
Oakland Thrive can connect you with consultants who will work one on one with you to help strategize, implement your business plan, and more.
Attracting, hiring, and retaining talent is key to success. Oakland Thrive can help you with hiring issues, labor law compliance, determining employee benefits, and more.
If you’re interested in doing business with the government, Oakland Thrive has expert partners who can help you properly register, look for opportunities, and provide aid with government contracts.
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Oakland Thrive offers a variety of training and workshops on subjects pertinent to the small business owner and entrepreneur.
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From business contracts to patents to commercial real estate and more, Oakland Thrive can connect you with the business legal services you need.
Oakland Thrive offers financial support services for small businesses covering bookkeeping, financial analysis, financial literacy, growth projections, and more.
Whether you’re setting up a website for the first time or already have an established web presence, Oakland Thrive can help you market and sell your products and services online.
Oakland Thrive can help you find potential funding sources for your needs, understand different types of loans, identify grant opportunities, and more.
Oakland Thrive will work with your childcare business to ensure that you’re growing, connecting to resources, and developing a sustainable business.
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Oakland Thrive can help your business build a digital presence to help you increase sales.
Oakland Thrive can help connect your business with expert advice that can target your desired market and increase your visibility in the marketplace.
Oakland Thrive offers language services so that you can meaningfully connect with your customers and understand their needs.
Oakland Thrive has a dedicated expert in the food service industry to help your business grow.
Learn More NowOakland Thrive has a track record of success when it comes to helping small businesses in Oakland County by connecting them to the resources they need to thrive. Businesses that have benefitted from connecting with Oakland Thrive include:
When Total Glamour Beauty supply opened in 2021, business was slow. Our Business Forward consultant helped connect them with marketing assistance, education on retail best practices, and funding. Our consultant referred them to SCORE for marketing assistance and with CEED Lending, an initiative of the Great Lakes Women’s Business Council.
In 2020, Jennifer Heard started Love Bigger, an app to connect people downsizing with local charities. Heard’s Business Forward Consultant helped to adjust Love Bigger’s business structure, allowing Heard to apply for additional lending to begin the beta testing necessary for the app to go live. The consultant also set up a registered apprenticeship program through Michigan Works! and received a grant to help fund the program.
When Cynthia Dane, Founder and CEO of Recipes For A Reason, was looking to sell her jars of organic vegan soup in retail shops and online, our Business Forward consultant connected her with a valued Resource Partner for Oakland County who used their relationship with Whole Foods to give Dane an opportunity to present samples for consideration. Recipes For A Reason has a fully functional online store as well.
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