Service Types
The organizations captured in WayFinder EcoMap provide a variety of services to entrepreneurs, innovators, business owners and creatives. We grouped those services into type categories to provide consistency across organizations. Below are our definitions of each category.
Career Development
Resources to build skills for the workplace before becoming a full time entrepreneur.
Classes & Workshops
Structured one-time and series of educational sessions around various topics.
Coaching & Mentorship
Meet with someone who’s been there before.
Coworking
Structured one-time and series of educational sessions around various topics.
Events & Networking
Meet with someone who’s been there before.
Export Assistance
Help identifying international markets for your goods and services and navigating the laws and regulations that govern them.
Funding
Loans, grants, and equity-based opportunities for money to support the growth of your business.
Higher Education
Post-high school education specific to starting a new business.
Ideation & Acceleration
Brainstorming and design thinking processes to clarify a business idea and dial in a solution.
Incubation
Structured cohort-based programs to help promising startups tune their businesses for rapid growth.
Legal
Support from an attorney to help you set up and maintain your business properly.
Media
A source to tell your story to the community at large.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Help to consider all the unique aspects of selling or buying another company and combining all aspects of those businesses.
Social Enterprise
Support in creating a structure that has more than one bottom line: not just profit, but also community good.