Helping founders find community and connections
If you're a driven entrepreneur, a visionary startup founder, or a business owner ready to accelerate growth, the GEDDI Just Boss Up Academy is tailored for you. Whether you're in tech, retail, services, or any other industry, our program caters to your unique needs.
A state-of-the-art Black and Latinx business incubator and technology service center offering business development training, business services, assessments, referrals, and wraparound services to incubating businesses.
Learn more →Supporting emerging and established Kentucky artists and creatives by providing them with the tools, resources and education needed to build their businesses, gain exposure and sell their work.
Learn more →BEN helps connect the overall community workforce/education resources and businesses to capitalize on the education, arts, culture and environmental assets to attract, retain and develop a diverse talent pool for Lexington and the Central Kentucky region. Our role of connecting employers to schools and local communities helps young people and teachers to understand the workforce needs of business and how they need to be prepared to succeed in college and careers.
Learn more →A food business accelerator located in Louisville’s West End that provides commercial kitchen space and business training for entrepreneurs to start food‐related ventures.
Learn more →The term of the incubator for a cohort spans 8 months, during which time 6 selected creatives (folks) move through the collaborative process of ideating, planning, prototyping, devising participatory strategies, and exploring funding possibilities for their projects through monthly meetings and sessions with creative guests and mentors. The process taps civic imagination and worldbuilding methodologies, as well as ‘by any media necessary’ approaches to creating media and support folks on their creative journeys.
Learn more →Our goal is to help you to succeed at bringing your technology to market by taking advantage of the SBIR/STTR Federal programs non-dilutive funding. During the accelerator you will be matched with one or more topics within your capabilities and interest. You will receive virtual instruction, templates and resources to help you write your proposal, one-on-one counseling, and when possible, match-up with experts in your area.
Learn more →A one year, mentor-driven program designed to accelerate your high tech startup.
Learn more →Launch Blue’s Industry Transformation Accelerator is designed to provide early-stage tech startups with in-depth insights on securing their first corporate clients.Through the virtual 7-week program, startup founders will develop strategies for pilot projects, dilutive and nondilutive funding, and technology adoption—culminating in a pitch to Launch Blue’s corporate innovation partners.
Learn more →I-Corps Hubs provide experiential entrepreneurial training to academic researchers across all fields of science and engineering. Launch Blue’s Regional I-Corps Program will coincide with our UAccel program.
Learn more →JFCS Navigate has more than 20 years of experience in helping entrepreneurs from underserved communities start and expand small businesses. By providing financial access, training and a pathway to start and grow businesses, Navigate is able to empower micro-entrepreneurs to sustain viable businesses that support themselves and the communities where they live.
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