Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce Blog

Monday, February 20, 2017

Happy National Entrepreneurship Week!

National Entrepreneurship Week is February 20-24, 2017. Each year, over six million new businesses launch and millions more grow. At the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, we celebrate entrepreneurs every day. To be an entrepreneur is to be...

COURAGEOUS

INNOVATIVE

A PROBLEM-SOLVER

A MARKETER

AN INVENTOR

A SUPER HERO!

Seriously, the number of diverse skill sets required to be a successful entrepreneur is astounding. We celebrate you and thank you for creating local economies for us all to live, work, and thrive within.
We'd like to kick off the week by highlighting a Chamber member who is a young entrepreneur with a really innovative idea.

Entrepreneur Q&A with Zak Ammar,
Vixster Waste & Recycling

Name: Zak Ammar

Age: 25

Business Name: Vixster - Waste & Recycling

Business Description: Vixster provides waste & recycling collection services for rural America.

Secret Weapon as a business: Unparalleled customer service, and value for our clients.

Best part about owning your own business? You get out of it, what you put into it.

Worst part about owning your own business? Having really high - high's, and extremely low, low's.

Keys to success as a start-up? Having a solutions oriented, and problem solving mindset - at all times.

Thoughts on social media marketing for your business? (What works, doesn’t, lessons learned?) Social media marketing provides a good avenue for Vixster to inform clients, and potential clients with valuable content. I have learned that content is important for a start-up and that sharing your story, and useful content - helps create business value. We have not found SM marketing to be a good sales tool.

Anything else you’d like to add? People decide not to start their own business for thousands of reasons. Taking the leap, enduring for 2-3 years, and being persistent in your own business, will create substantial personal growth, and long term financial freedom. My advice for people of all ages: Determine what you are passionate about, and how you can provide extreme value to people; then start a business revolving around these two core principles. Persistence, perseverance, and a hard work (but smart-work) mentality will take you to places that many people only dream about.

--Thanks Zak! We are all cheering for you!

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Member Events & News 2/16/17

Stay Tuned for a NEW FEATURE Coming Soon

ROCK SOLID

Are you a chamber member who has been in business in the Blowing Rock area for 20+ years?
If so, we want to celebrate you with a feature! Email us your business name, a few short sentences about your business including when you opened, what services and/or products you offer, a link to your website and your logo or photo. After receiving your information, we will schedule your feature! Call the Chamber at 828.295.7851 with any questions!

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Welcome New Member:

The Children's Council

The Children's Council of Watauga County is a local nonprofit that works to build a strong foundation for children's learning and development by strengthening families, the early childhood system, and the wider community.

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Table Rock Food Tours

15% Off Inaugural Tour

Saturday, February 18th

Table Rock Food Tours will host their first Blowing Rock tour is this Saturday afternoon beginning with a behind the scenes look at Blowing Rock Brewing Company's beer making facilities. Beer samples and great food in the pub house to follow! Other stops will include samples from Ugga Mugga, Sunset & Vine, The Mellow Mushroom and Savannah's Oyster House. Tours can be booked until Thursday, February 16th. Please call direct 828-448-5239 if the website booking window has closed to see if additional guests can be accommodated.

Use the code Blowingrock to save 15%!