Online Entrepreneurial Hub Launching to support Fulshear Small Businesses

FULSHEAR, TX (Covering Katy News) - The Fulshear Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with regional business hub The Cannon, is launching a free online initiative to help small businesses grow.

Starting Tuesday, April 2, those interested can join Fulshear Fast Track’s online community, providing a place for business owners to network and receive support through:

Online educational resources, including proactive coaching
Monthly networking lunches
Business seminars

Managing Director Mat Yelvington told Community Impact that the organization is for established small businesses and those interested in starting one, even if they have no formal plan or idea.

“We are here to support you no matter where you are,” he said.

The initiative follows a 2019 study that found a gap in services to local entrepreneurs.

A launch party is set for 4 p.m. on April 2 at The Perfect Round, 6619 W. Cross Creek Bend Lane in Fulshear.

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Fulshear Economic Development Small Business Help

Many economic development organizations focus on attracting large firms to their communities. This homerun attitude is great however coach told me that if each player makes a base hit we will win the game. If Fulshear is is helping to het their local small business in their startup phase, that is getting the base hit. It appears that Fulshear's Economic Development group intends to become those most important base coaches that keep the runners moving around the bases. First base coach may get the runner started but that runner then looks to the third base coach for guidance once he has started his run. One of the elements of building a successful team is the time spent between games with the coaches focusing on the basics and constant improvement. A good coach tells you what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong but more importantly, how do you change your wrongs to rights and your rights to better rights.

I see so many businesses start because the owner is the best there is at building cabinets, doing body and paint, repairing electronic devices..... They get their business license and start. They have clients focus on the technical work. A year later they fold because they did not know about cash flow, finding and keeping customers, insurance, inventory, taxes, and a multitude of those other things that are the business side of business. Business is hard for those experienced in the details and can be overwhelming for a startup during that period where the firm is normally bleeding cash for the first year or so. Being at the low point on the learning curve is very uncomfortable.

Fulshear Economic Development Corporation, in my opinion has a great opportunity here to help the small businesses in there area to move around those bases and put a W in their scoreboard. A small business has so many distractions that they sometimes lose their focus on the basic blocking and tackling that is necessary to keep them in business.

Richard Huffman 33 days ago