“Failure is not to be feared. It is from failure that most growth comes.”
-Dee Hock

AlphaLab – a software accelerator

AlphaLab Gear – a hardware accelerator

Ascender – a co-working space with entrepreneurial startup classes

Bridgeway Capital – provides flexible access to startup and growth capital

Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Chatham

CKV Suites – a co-working space in Homewood

Idea Foundry – an entrepreneurial support organization

Innovation Works Equitable Entrepreneurship Program – for underrepresented entrepreneurs

Launch PGH – events and news for Pittsburgh entrepreneurs

New Sun Rising – an entrepreneurial support organization

Own Our Own – business incubator and accelerator that equips African American entrepreneurs to start businesses

Pittsburgh Score – Mentoring

 Riverside Center for Innovation – Incubator Complex

Start Now Pittsburgh – information about Pittsburgh’s ecosystem

Work Hard Pittsburgh – a cooperatively organized business incubator

Urban Redevelopment Authority – programs and funds for underrepresented entrepreneurs

U.S. Small Business Development Center – many resources for entrepreneurs

Business Creation in Pennsylvania

PA Business One-Stop Shop – Plan, register, operate and growth your business in Pennsylvania

PA Chamber of Business and Industry – Advocating on key policies that affect businesses and industries of all size

Business Opportunties Fun (BOF) – Installment loans, lines of credit and technical assistance for minority business enterprises, women-owned business enterprises and small businesses.