Day 11| Mel Wright |The Wright Village

Mel Wright is an Army veteran, a mother of a 19 yr. old son and the owner of 2 businesses and has also been appointed as 1 of 15 group leaders for the area community study of the Dix Edge project for the city of Raleigh. She takes pride in The Wright Village coworking/incubator space and her tax business A big believer in Cotivation, Mel supports collaborations and motivation between entrepreneurs.

Mel is no stranger to the entrepreneurial lifestyle. She has over 7 years of entrepreneurship. After2.5 years of Mel’s attempt to of business # 2 Beau and Beauty a resale clothing store, she had to make a choice. Lose her home or close the store. Spending tons of money to build a business she had no idea how to run, knew nothing about a target market, analytics, or even the area. Mel decided to go back to school, where she attended North Carolina Central and graduated in May 2020 with a BBA with a concentration in marketing. She knew that once she graduated she would be able to help other entrepreneurs along their journey and help them avoid the same mistakes she made.

Always having a passion for helping others, she wanted to become this small business liaison. In December of 2019, she started to look for an office for her Tax business and came upon the current location of TWV and knew that a coworking/incubator space would be that perfect fit. She would be able to help others and also build a village of like-minded entrepreneurs looking to collaborate, build and grow their businesses with each other.

The Wright Village is a place for entrepreneurs to come and build their businesses while learning and helping others along the way. Providing the resources and the accountability that one would need to become successful, is what you will get by being a member of the TWV.  It takes a village, ”The Wright Village.”