FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN WESTERN NEW YORK
You've got big dreams.
Let's build them
Coaching, community, education, and opportunity to help women start, grow, and scale a business at every stage of the journey.
ANNUAL IMPACT
300+businesses served
$32M+gross revenue represented
$200k+secured financing
170local jobs sustained
FREE BUSINESS COUNSELING
Trying to figure out your next move? Schedule an Ignite Session.
Whether you're exploring an idea, building your first business, or figuring out how to take your business to the next level, you don't have to navigate it alone.
Ignite Sessions are FREE, one-on-one business counseling sessions designed to help you get clear on where you are, what you need, and the best next step forward.
WHEREVER YOU ARE
We'll help you take the next step.
Choose the statement that sounds most like where you are right now.
I want to start a business
"I want to explore whether my idea could work, build the right foundation, and take the leap."
I want to grow my business
"I’m ready to attract more customers, increase revenue, and grow with greater intention."
I want bigger opportunities
"I want to access capital, pursue certification and contracts, and take my business to the next level."
I'm looking for community
"I’m looking for genuine relationships, accountability, and a community that gets it."
WHAT WE HELP YOU DO
Real programs. Real experts. Real results.
Idea to Plan Fast Track
You owe it to yourself to explore that business idea.
Explore whether your idea has what it takes and turn it into a clear customer, compelling offer, and practical roadmap for moving forward.
Lauren Jenkins
Entrepreneur, Marketing Strategist &
WBC Executive Director
The Launch Lab
Build it. Launch it. Lead it.
An immersive, hands-on experience that helps you turn your idea into an operating business, bring your offer to market, and begin generating real revenue.
Mercedes Wilson
Serial Entrepreneur, Media Personality & Business Leader
The Readiness Standard ™
A done-with-you certification pathway paired with the operational readiness to actually win contracts and grow your business.
Talia Johnson-Huff
Serial Entrepreneur, Author & Nationally Recognized Procurement Expert
The Growth Mastermind ™
Your business is ready for the next level, are you?
A confidential executive advisory experience designed to help established founders solve complex challenges, strengthen their leadership, and build a business that no longer depends on them for everything.
Nicholle Overkamp
Nationally Recognized Business Coach, Wealth Strategist & Entrepreneur
Empower Network
The right connections can change everything.
A nine-month, facilitator-led experience where women sharpen their business skills, strengthen their sales message, exchange opportunities, and build relationships that go far beyond networking.
Lynn Rybak
Business Leader & Counselor
START-UP TRACK
Content Confidence Lab
Post with a plan and start selling.
Turn content overwhelm into a clear message and repeatable strategy that helps the right people understand, trust, and choose your business.
Salley Crews
Content Marketing Expert, Creator & Entrepreneur
Brand Authority Accelerator
Be the brand they remember, trust and choose.
Clarify what makes your business distinctive and align your positioning, messaging, offers, and marketing around a brand built to attract the right customers.
Kim Marie McKernan
Award-Winning Brand Strategist & Founder of Inspired Outcomes Now
HAPPENING AT THE WBC
There's always something happening here.
From free workshops and expert-led conversations to networking, meetups, and special events, there are plenty of ways to learn something useful, meet someone new, and stay connected to what's happening in the WBC community.
NETWORKING
WBC Networking Meet-ups
Monthly · Locations Across WNY
Join us each month for our Caffeinated Connections, Cocktail Connections, and experience-based meetups designed to help you make real connections, build relationships and have some fun along the way.
SEE WHAT’S COMING UP →
FREE BUSINESS SUPPORT
Small Business Legal Clinic
2nd Wednesday Monthly · Canisius University + Virtual Options
Have a legal question about your business? Get free guidance from the WNY Law Center on contracts, business formation, employees, insurance, document review, buying or selling a business and more.
GET LEGAL SUPPORT →
FREE LENDING SUPPORT
Pursuit Lending Clinic
3rd Wednesday Monthly · Canisius University
Have questions about financing your business? Meet one-on-one with Pursuit to talk through small business financing, budgeting, capital needs and your options for funding at no cost.
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT →
INTRODUCING
The WBC Founder
The room where the women shaping WNY's economy trade wins, referrals, and real talk. Applications for founding members are open for a limited time.
THEY STARTED SOMEWHERE TOO
Everyone building something remarkable once stood at the beginning.
Meet our Ignite Awards Honorees who turned possibility into progress and are building businesses that are changing their lives and strengthening Western New York.
Kristen Murray
Founder, Red Barn Occupational Therapy
Amanda Popovski
Founder, Amanda Popovski Coaching
Jillian Lenhard
Therese Deutschlander
PARTNER WITH US
Put your brand in front of the women shaping WNY.
Sponsors, facilitators, and community partners reach our members where they already are — in their inbox, every week. Here's a real send from our list.
Get it from the
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