Welcome Start-ups, Entrepreneurs and Small business owners. This community is for you if you're looking to connect, build business relationships, and share challenges and solutions within your business with other like-minded individuals. If you're looking for your business family, we are just that at The Village. We will meet monthly in person as group, but will also have free or discounted access to workshops, Business After Hours and other events going on with The Wright Village.
A relaxed, no-pressure lunch where entrepreneurs and professionals connect, refuel, and build community!
## Lunch & Link
Theme: Sustain & Simplify
Lunch & Link is a relaxed, no-pressure lunch gathering designed for entrepreneurs and professionals who want to connect, refuel, and build real community, Wright Village style!
Held every 2nd Wednesday of the month, this casual networking experience creates space for meaningful conversation, shared insight, and authentic connection without the awkward pitches or forced small talk.
Each month features a new theme, guiding a 30-minute open conversation where attendees can exchange ideas, real-life experiences, and practical takeaways they can actually use. Occasionally, guest experts will join to help spark dialogue and deepen the discussion.
Whether you’re growing a business, building your network, or just craving a genuine connection during the workday, Lunch & Link is your mid-week reset. What to Expect
A laid-back lunch networking experience
30-minute guided conversation around the monthly theme
Shared insight, real talk, and practical nuggets
Occasional guest experts
No pressure. No pitches. Just community.
Lunch Options
Grab lunch from the on-site food truck or bring your lunch.
Good food. Real conversation. Meaningful connections. Every 2nd Wednesday | The Wright Note Cafe
Learn how to take your LinkedIn profile from invisible to a client, collaborator, and opportunity magnet!
Most entrepreneurs are invisible on LinkedIn, not because they lack value, but because no one taught them how to show up. In this power-packed one-hour workshop, business consultant and personal branding strategist Alexis Gant breaks down exactly how underrepresented founders can transform their LinkedIn profile from a digital résumé into a magnet for clients, collaborators, and opportunity.
Attendees will leave with a clear personal brand message, a profile that positions them as the expert they already are, and a simple content strategy they can start using the same day.
About Alexis
Alexis Gant is the founder of The Mommy Mogul Consulting, a business consulting firm dedicated to helping underrepresented women entrepreneurs build sustainable, scalable businesses from the ground up. A Raleigh-area entrepreneur herself, Alexis knows firsthand what it takes to build something real with limited resources and unlimited determination. Through her signature workshop, LinkedIn With Lex, she equips founders with practical tools to grow their visibility, strengthen their brand, and step into rooms they've always deserved to be in.
Learn how to clarify your message. Stop sounding uncertain, stop overexplaining your value, and start communicating with authority!
Your business cannot grow beyond the clarity of your message.
UNMUTE the Room is a high-impact communication and visibility workshop designed for entrepreneurs, professionals, and business leaders who are ready to stop sounding uncertain, stop overexplaining their value, and start communicating with authority.
In this interactive session, Dr. Rita Renee helps participants refine how they introduce themselves, position their expertise, and speak about their business in a way that is clear, compelling, and memorable. This is not just a public speaking workshop — it is a business growth experience that teaches participants how to use their voice as a strategic tool for visibility, credibility, connection, and opportunity.
Attendees will walk away with a stronger business message, a more confident introduction, and practical language they can use immediately in networking rooms, client conversations, presentations, pitches, and professional spaces.
### About Dr. Rita Renee
Dr. Rita Renee Gibson, known professionally as Dr. Rita Renee, is a TEDx Speaker, International Keynote Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Executive Leadership Coach, and founder of Ultimate PowerHouse Coach. With more than 34 years of experience in healthcare and over two decades in corporate leadership, she equips women, professionals, and leaders to communicate with clarity, confidence, and conviction.
Through her UNMUTE movement, Dr. Rita helps accomplished women and emerging leaders stop shrinking, overexplaining, and waiting for permission to use their voices. Her work focuses on leadership communication, personal branding, public speaking, storytelling, and helping individuals move from silence to influence with authenticity and authority.
