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GrowthX Academy First Stage

GrowthX Academy First Stage: where good businesses get built to grow

You built something real. Customers like you, the phone rings, and somehow you’re still the one fixing the printer. The GrowthX Academy First Stage program is for owners who are ready to stop holding everything together with sticky notes and start building a company that can grow, hire and thrive without them in every room.

Delivered in partnership with Louisiana Economic Development, the program brings together owners from services, manufacturing, tech and more for expert-led training, real implementation work and a peer group that keeps you honest.

Cohort 1 · Class of 2026

They came, they built, they graduated

Meet the Louisiana business owners who finished the first six-month GrowthX Academy First Stage program on October 19.

Meet our first graduates

Cohort 2 · Starts January 2027

Your business has outgrown your sticky notes

Come to the free info webinar on November 18 and see if Cohort 2 is a fit. Applications are due November 30.

Join Cohort 2