Center for Creative Economy

The Center for Creative Economy (CCE) provides inception-stage and early-stage business training that helps creatives and artists build viable businesses. Based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, CCE supports entrepreneurs across the Piedmont Triad through inclusive, customized education and mentorship. Its work focuses on helping creative founders develop business skills and move ideas toward sustainable ventures.

CCE delivers its support through programs including Pathways, Kinetic, and Velocity. Pathways offers mindset training for people exploring entrepreneurship; Kinetic is a boot camp focused on testing ideas and understanding customers; and Velocity is a cohort-based accelerator for creative businesses. Through these programs and its mentor network, CCE works to launch, accelerate, and grow a diverse range of creative entrepreneurs and businesses.