The North Carolina leg of My Most Trusted,
a national and global super-community of
90,568
trusted connections in our Trusted Universe, November 2026
North Carolina
North Carolina is full of good businesses. What it is short of is somebody who will say your name in the right room.
the pig pickin'. The Southern gathering around one whole hog, where the guests pick the meat off it together.
Take a tour of NC Business Connect Your host in North Carolina
A group of business owners across North Carolina, starting on the Cape Fear coast around Leland and Wilmington, who introduce each other, by name, to people they actually know.
The coast is growing fast. New people arrive every month with a business to build and nobody to call, and the people who have been here for years have more contacts than they could ever use. A good introduction joins the two, and it is the oldest way business has worked in this state: at the table, by name.
It is also where careers move. Members in North Carolina sometimes meet their next employer, find their next job or make their next hire through North Carolina Business Connect, because the best roles are often filled by someone a trusted person recommends.
A club starts with one person who answers for it. Here that person is Kayla, and a second seat beside her is open for the right connector.
Host
Kayla Price hosts North Carolina Business Connect from Leland, across the Cape Fear River from Wilmington. She runs several businesses of her own. Since 2022 she has provided insurance, retirement planning and notary services through Price Services Group, and retirement and legacy planning through Prosperity Services Group. In 2025 she started Purple Peaks Apps, which builds apps for busy people and business owners, and in 2026 Prosperity Federal Solutions, which supplies goods to government agencies. She began her career as a financial advisor with Edward Jones. She holds a law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law and an MBA in financial services from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Away from work she is happiest at the beach or fishing.
Second hostseat open
North Carolina is a big state, from the Outer Banks to the mountains. We are looking for a second host, somebody business owners already trust in Raleigh, Charlotte or the Triad, who wants to build this with Kayla from the first member onward.
Talk to us about itA plain guide for business owners new to the Cape Fear coast, and for those who have been here for years. Why the area is hard to break into even as it grows, where useful introductions really come from, and how a named introduction beats another networking breakfast.
Read How do small business owners in North Carolina get more referrals?Referrals still bring in the best customers for small businesses in North Carolina. Why they dry up, what the pig pickin' teaches about how people really connect, and four habits that make other people glad to send work your way.
Through an introduction from someone who knows you both. North Carolina Business Connect, part of My Most Trusted, is a group of business owners who introduce each other by name. It is hosted from Leland, on the Cape Fear coast, by Kayla Price. Read more
Be specific about who you help, give introductions before you ask for them, make the person who referred you look good, and ask clearly for one kind of person at a time. North Carolina Business Connect, part of My Most Trusted, helps by connecting members through people they already trust. Read more
Kayla Price hosts it from Leland. She runs several businesses of her own, including Price Services Group, which provides insurance, retirement planning and notary services, and a second host seat is open for the rest of the state. It is part of My Most Trusted's wider super-community.
Talk to Kayla. Tell her who you are trying to reach and why, and she will tell you straight whether this is any use to you.
In North Carolina, when there is something worth getting everybody together for, a reunion, a wedding, a church dinner on the grounds, somebody cooks a whole hog. It takes all night and more than one pair of hands. Then the guests come and pick the meat off it themselves, which is where the name comes from. Nobody is served. Everybody stands at the same table, talking to the people next to them, and by the end of the afternoon half the county knows each other a little better. Business here has always worked the same way: at the table, by name.