Vision 2026: From Goals to Growth

This class will be held live in person at the Raleigh Court Library

Vision 2026: From Growth to Goals

A Practical Planning Session for Business Owners Ready to Scale

Growth doesn’t happen by accident — it happens through clear goals, honest reflection, and intentional execution.

Vision 2026 is an interactive, in-person working session designed for established business owners who are ready to scale with purpose over the next 12–24 months. Using the Greater Roanoke & NRV SBDC Goal Setting Workbook, participants will step back from daily operations to assess where their business is today, define what meaningful growth looks like, and build a realistic plan to get there.

This session is hands-on and practical. Business owners will work through guided exercises to reflect on wins and losses, identify non-negotiables, uncover bottlenecks, set measurable revenue and operational goals, and translate those goals into clear actions and timelines. Peer discussion and facilitated guidance help participants pressure-test ideas and strengthen accountability.

During this session, you will:

• Reflect on business wins, losses, and missed opportunities to inform future decisions

• Clarify your Vision for 2026 and set intentional, values-aligned goals

• Identify bottlenecks, glass ceilings, and capacity constraints limiting growth

• Break revenue and operational goals into realistic milestones

• Prioritize actions using SMART goal planning and outcome-based thinking

• Align your time, energy, and resources to support sustainable growth

• Establish accountability and feedback loops to support follow-through

Who should attend:

• Business owners with 2+ years in operation

• Entrepreneurs thinking about scaling revenue, capacity, or impact

• Owners feeling stretched and ready to grow more intentionally

• Business leaders who want structure, clarity, and accountability not fluff

Participants will leave with momentum, having begun their planning workbook, identified priority actions, clarified their growth direction, and gained peer insights and connections to ongoing SBDC resources.

Fine Print:

This is an interactive workshop.

This workshop will not be recorded

Our workshops, events, and programs are designed with a small business owner in mind. Actionable, sharing of ideas, and takeaways to keep things straight.

The City of Roanoke is our fiscal host. The cost of this workshop is directly allocated to Virginia SBDC, Greater Roanoke & NRV Regional Small Business Development Center programming.

The SBDC reserves the right to cancel a workshop/event/program for insufficient enrollment, weather emergencies, and other unforeseen circumstances. Should a cancellation occur we will use the email you provided to contact you. Pre-registration is highly recommended. If an event is canceled or postponed and you have not pre-registered we will not be able to contact you.

All programs of the Virginia SBDC are open to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.