View our comprehensive report of the inaugural Homewood Small Business Expo!

Thank you to all who participated in the first ever Homewood Small Business Expo! With so much positive feedback, we hope to continue to make the Expo an annual event!

Check out The New Pittsburgh Courier, Next Pittsburgh Magazine, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and a special invitation from Mayor Peduto!

Following the conclusion of the Expo, the team sent out a Feedback Survey to all exhibitors and sponsors to solicit opinions of the event.  Overall, the attendees were very pleased by the Expo and expressed interest in attending the next one!  The results displayed in the chart below show the attendees’ responses about what they found most useful about the Expo.

Most people who completed the survey did attend the morning panel discussions.  The respondents reported that they appreciated the variety and relevancy of the information presented on the panels, in particular, the discussions covering financing and social media.  Respondents also remarked that the information was useful for start-up and entrepreneurs.

 

Given that the Homewood Small Business Expo was an inaugural venture, it was vital for us to understand how people heard about this event.  Most answered that they had either received a personal invitation or heard about it through word of mouth.  The chart below reflects how participants heard about the expo:


Check out all of the businesses that made it to the Expo!


Photo coverage of the day’s events. 

Photos courtesy of James Robertson


Thank you again to our sponsors: 

PNC, Bridgeway Capital, Neighborhood Allies, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Invest in Her, Whetstone Workgroup, The Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Chatham University, Innovation Works, Riverside Center for Innovation, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, and the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence at University of Pittsburgh.