You’ve successfully completed one of our programs, but that’s just the start of your journey with us. By joining our dynamic and expanding network of accomplished alumni, you’ll be able to establish long-term business relationships, acquire the latest business knowledge—and master the strategies and know-how you need to ensure the long-term growth of your enterprise.
Involvement in our alumni network means:
- Networking with other accomplished professionals to acquire market insights, advice, mentorship—and new business relationships
- Continuing your business education with courses that can help you scale up your company
- Sharing your insights through surveys—information that can help us deliver more focused and effective programs for our participants
Here are some ways to stay involved in our alumni network, give back, and prosper from your new connections.
Interise Connect
Interise Connect, our exclusive social media platform, connects you with an expansive network of business owners, instructors, program managers, and advisors. Specifically, Interise Connect enables you to:
- Share your knowledge, useful resources, and industry contacts
- Register for online and in-person events—or host your own gathering
- Explore a library of business-focused resources, including webinars, articles, research papers, and videos
- Join cohort or alumni groups based on expertise and interest
- Take advantage of the network directory to keep tabs with your peers and make B2B connections
Small Business Stronger
Continue your business education with shorter, focused courses on challenges that you may have encountered as a small business owner. Online or in-person, Small Business Stronger courses connect you with a cohort of likeminded peers, and are designed to help you meet your business goals—from advancing economic mobility for your employees to taking advantage of applicable federal programs.
- Share your knowledge, useful resources, and industry contacts
- Register for online and in-person events—or host your own gathering
- Explore a library of business-focused resources, including webinars, articles, research papers, and videos
- Join cohort or alumni groups based on expertise and interest
- Take advantage of the network directory to keep tabs with your peers and make B2B connections
GET INVOLVED
- Learn more about our programs
- Find an Interise program near you
- Learn how Interise supports small businesses in your community
- Contact us about hosting or sponsoring a program
- Support small businesses—and help close the wealth gap in your community.
AN ESSENTIAL SOURCE OF RESEARCH DATA
Interise alumni:9,000+
from alumni, annually: 1.5 million data points