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As a current business owner you can join the Cohort to discover new ways to grow your small business while sharing your experience and knowledge to support others.
Join the Consortium to learn and collaborate with other entrepreneurs and small businesses to increase your success.
Follow our blog, learn about available coaching, and discover our other resources.
Join the Consortium
The $1,000 Start-Ups Consortium is a network of local business owners and representations of a local organizations who mentor, encourage, refer, supply, purchase, sell, and market together within the scope of the $1,000 Start-Ups values.
We welcome new members to join as a way of giving and receiving support and sharing expertise, ideas, resources, and experiences that benefit the small business community.
Books
The belief that owning and operating your own business and understanding how to manage your money puts you in control of your financial future caused Leah Ward-Lee and Tony Lee to write and publish $1,000 Start-Ups, 60 Business for Micro-Entrepreneurs… and How to Start Them and The Bartender’s Guide to Financial Freedom.
The books are available to anyone and can be useful and practical resources for those considering starting a business.
Follow our Blog
Fall For Small Business Fair!
We are very excited about the 35 wonderful vendors who will be at our Annual Fall For Small Business Fair on Saturday September, 30! This includes some familiar and some brand new to our fairs. You'll find everything from food and art to clothing and accessories to...
A Successful Young Entrepreneur’s Camp
We are proud and honored to have participated in another Young Entrepreneur’s Camp hosted by Nassau County Schools!
Entrepreneurship Summer Camp
We are proud to be among the presenters at the The Nassau County School District Entrepreneurship Summer Camp at the FSCJ Yulee Campus this year.