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NCGrowth

NCGrowth is a university center that helps businesses and communities create good jobs and equitable opportunities through applied research and technical assistance. Since 2012, NCGrowth has helped to create hundreds of jobs and worked with more than a hundred clients.

About

NCGrowth-SmartUp is an award-winning applied economic development university center with a goal of directly addressing inequality, poverty, underemployment and other factors that keep people and communities from reaching their greatest potential. NCGrowth’s team includes expert staff across the Carolinas, academic advisors from multiple universities and hundreds of local partners. Together we are transforming communities by (1) providing technical support to promising businesses so they can grow, hire more people, and create wealth; (2) helping towns/counties/tribes create robust local economies with equitable opportunities for residents; and (3) providing policymakers across the U.S. the tools to learn how to achieve success. Learn more at https://ncgrowth.unc.edu/

NCGrowth-SmartUp is part of CREATE, an economic development research center at the UNC Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise working to tackle the problem of severe and increasing wealth inequality by generating shared economic prosperity through a combination of research, data analytics, homegrown interventions and policy development. Learn more at createprosperity.unc.edu.

Services Provided

Economic and Site Development

  • Revitalization
  • Economic Forecast
  • Economic Development

Business Planning

  • Business Succession Planning
  • Diversification
  • Business Plan Consulting
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Demographic and Census Data
  • Identification and Research of Foreign Markets
  • Market Plan Development
  • Market Research

Financial Resources and Assistance

  • Budget, Financial Statement and Cash Flow Training
  • Accounting and Bookkeeping
  • Revenue Based Financing (i.e. factoring)

Human Resources, Workforce and Talent

  • Retention
  • Policies and Templates
  • Workforce Incentives

Internship Programs and Student Services

  • Student Research Projects (Specialty)

Libraries and Research

  • Business Research Resources
  • Demographic/Census Data
  • Industry Data
  • Company Data/Prospect Lists
  • Lifestyle and Psychographic Data

Manufacturing, High Tech, Life Sciences Development

  • Technology Transfer

Marketing and Sales

  • Advertising/Brochure Design
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Demographics/Census Data
  • E-Commerce/Internet Marketing
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Identification/Research of Foreign Markets
  • Market Plan Development and Training
  • Market Research
  • Student Marketing Projects
  • Website Development

Nonprofit and Social Enterprise

  • Accounting
  • Strategic Planning
  • Technical Services

Operations and Logistics

  • Freight and Distribution
  • Pollution Prevention
  • Quality Improvement (Supply Chain, Six Sigma)

Starting a Business

  • Feasibility Studies

Technical Assistance

  • Website Development

Accelerators and Incubators

  • Accelerator
  • Incubator

Events and Community Building

  • Neighborhood Fairs and Festivals
  • Farmers Market
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Contact Information
Elizabeth Basnight
Address
300 Kenan Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27704
Phone
(919) 962-8444
Website
https://ncgrowth.unc.edu/
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