Helping founders find community and connections
Our program for advanced manufacturing development and support boost your profitability, competitiveness, and functionality by incorporating high-tech 3D printing concepts into your operation.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI)
Creates opportunities for small and medium-sized members of the manufacturing workforce who lack the expertise and capital to gain an advantage over the competition. We work directly with Ohio manufacturers to assist with the implementation of manufacturing processes and assess the use of innovative technologies to improve new product quality/functionality. The Advanced Manufacturing (AM) team provides a diverse set of fee-for-service work to expand smart manufacturing offerings, for businesses in aerospace, automotive, robotics, medical devices, and more.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI)
Dedicated to startup companies with physical products and local manufacturing. First Batch helps you turn a physical product prototype into finished, locally manufactured products and then turn those products into a sustainable business.
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Cincinnati
Carl H. Lindner College of Business
A non-profit entrepreneurial assistance organization (often called a business incubator) supporting small businesses in Northeast Ohio, particularly the Mansfield area. Since 1986, over 150 start-up companies have found their first home with us.
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Mansfield
Braintree Business Development Center
Focuses on cultivating a balanced and mentally healthy approach to leadership. Through tailored strategies and expert guidance, it equips leaders with the tools to nurture their own well-being, empowering them to foster productivity and mental health within their teams, creating a thriving and supportive workplace environment.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Regional Chamber
Hands-on program designed to provide business owners with tools, insights, and strategies they need to thrive. This workshop will help you prepare your business to operate more effectively, accelerate growth of your revenue and profit, and increase the value of your business.
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New Albany
Innovate New Albany
Do you have a business in Hamilton County that was negatively impacted economically by the COVID pandemic? As we look to move beyond the effects of the pandemic, business owners still often face hurdles in securing business funding, having access to a network of business owners & mentors, and accessing the training to develop their business skills.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County Office of Small Business
4-month business development program designed for business owners who want to build sustainable and scalable companies. At the core of this Program is a community of peers; classmates support and encourage one another to pursue business growth.
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Cincinnati
Business Development & Entrepreneurship Center at ULGSO
The mission of the Business Development Program (AABDP) is to create an environment where experienced owners are challenged to explore new leadership concepts and opportunities that will create sustainable companies that benefit the community through economic growth and job creation.
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Cincinnati
Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio
Offers resources such as experiential learning courses, guidance for student businesses, internship opportunities, the Entrepreneurship Pathway, and connections with regional and international entrepreneurship activities. We help students from any major create solutions to problems ranging from market opportunities to deep social issues so they can make a positive impact on the world.
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Wooster
Wooster APEX
CEO/Business Owner peer groups provide a confidential, collaborative space where business leaders gain fresh perspectives, solve real challenges, and grow through shared experience, support, and accountability from those who truly understand the pressures of leadership and the desire to grow.
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Akron
Greater Akron Chamber
Online platform exploring the cooperative business model. Designed to educate cooperative entrepreneurs, members, boards, management, employees, and students, users can explore information about cooperative principles and frameworks, the 'cooperative difference' in financial operations, key stakeholders and their roles, and foundational steps in building a new cooperative enterprise.
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Piketon
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Three-day experiential learning environment, your team will rapidly validate, revise, or disprove their assumptions about target customers and markets. You’ll create surveys and conduct research to collect the insights you need to confidently determine if your business is ready for what’s next.
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Columbus
Rev1 Ventures
Dedicated to empowering and supporting female business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in OTR and surrounding communities. Through collaboration, education, and advocacy, we foster a thriving ecosystem where women can connect, grow, and succeed. Our mission is to provide resources, mentorship, and opportunities that enable women to build sustainable businesses, drive innovation, and create lasting impact in the local economy.
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Cincinnati
Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce
12-week, 20-session course taught by experienced construction professionals and includes education in contracting, marketing, procurement, bonding, scheduling, cost accounting, estimating, and project planning. Participants learn how to become certified with the City of Cleveland, obtain financing, bid on City contracts, and prepare business plans.
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Cleveland
City of Cleveland
Whether you’re just starting out or ready to grow, ECDI offers the training, mentoring, and resources to help your business succeed. From expert advice to practical tools like workshops, networking, and workspace, we’re here to support you at every stage of your journey.
Coaching/Consulting
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Toledo
ECDI Akron & Canton
Whether you’re just starting out or ready to grow, ECDI offers the training, mentoring, and resources to help your business succeed. From expert advice to practical tools like workshops, networking, and workspace, we’re here to support you at every stage of your journey.
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Cleveland
ECDI Cleveland
Whether you’re just starting out or ready to grow, ECDI offers the training, mentoring, and resources to help your business succeed. From expert advice to practical tools like workshops, networking, and workspace, we’re here to support you at every stage of your journey.
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Cincinnati
ECDI Dayton
Whether you’re just starting out or ready to grow, ECDI offers the training, mentoring, and resources to help your business succeed. From expert advice to practical tools like workshops, networking, and workspace, we’re here to support you at every stage of your journey.
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Cincinnati
ECDI Cincinnati
Whether you’re just starting out or ready to grow, ECDI offers the training, mentoring, and resources to help your business succeed. From expert advice to practical tools like workshops, networking, and workspace, we’re here to support you at every stage of your journey.
Coaching/Consulting
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Toledo
ECDI Toledo
Whether you’re just starting out or ready to grow, ECDI offers the training, mentoring, and resources to help your business succeed. From expert advice to practical tools like workshops, networking, and workspace, we’re here to support you at every stage of your journey.
Coaching/Consulting
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Portsmouth
ECDI Portsmouth
Whether you’re just starting out or ready to grow, ECDI offers the training, mentoring, and resources to help your business succeed. From expert advice to practical tools like workshops, networking, and workspace, we’re here to support you at every stage of your journey.
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Columbus
ECDI Columbus
A dedicated resource for service members, veterans, and military spouses looking to start or grow a business. Our team will help you navigate SBA programs, government contract opportunities, and other resources to support your business journey—whether you’re a seasoned business owner or just getting started.
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Dayton
ECDI's Veterans Business Outreach Center of Ohio
UC students and startup founders can partner with dedicated business mentors and entrepreneurs in residence. EIRs bring extensive expertise and a long-term track record of success incubating and accelerating startup ventures across industries and markets.
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Cincinnati
1819 Innovation Hub
From setting your goals to managing cash flow and expanding into new markets, our no-cost, confidential counseling services are here to support your journey every step of the way. Whether you’re launching a new business or scaling an existing one, we’re in your corner.
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Dayton
Entrepreneurs' Center
We work side-by-side with driven founders to take your concept from idea to growth. Whether you’re navigating your first prototype or looking to scale into new markets, our team of experts is here to support you at every stage.
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Dayton
Entrepreneurs' Center
Technology program that works directly with entrepreneurs who have any tech-based startup with an emphasis on digital or advanced manufacturing. Just an idea? We will help you take the necessary steps to find your product market fit and gain traction in the marketplace.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI)
Offer entrepreneurs and innovators the opportunity to gain answers to their challenging business questions through free, private 30-minute consultations with experts from a variety of fields ranging from information technology and public relations to law and finance.
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New Albany
Innovate New Albany
Dedicated to startup companies with physical products and local manufacturing. First Batch helps you turn a physical product prototype into finished, locally manufactured products and then turn those products into a sustainable business.
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Cincinnati
Carl H. Lindner College of Business
Start your morning with a productive and energizing small business networking group at the Cuyahoga Falls Chamber Business Gateway. Registration is not required. Whether you're looking to grow your business, connect with like-minded professionals, or simply kickstart your day with meaningful conversations, the Goldmine Group is the place to be. Learn more.
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Akron
Greater Akron Chamber
Business incubation program for viable early-stage, technology-based, and technology-enabled companies that want to scale. We provide professional space, onsite coaching, access to a network of experts, a community of support, a virtual membership option, and much more.
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Athens
Center for Entrepreneurship
12-month program that helps small business owners develop the skills they need to run thriving businesses. Through the program’s cadence of workshops, peer group meetings, and business coaching sessions, participants will learn and practice professional management—a proven, transformative approach to long-term business success.
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Columbus
Jobs Ohio
Works directly with entrepreneurs to support small business development in the eastern corridor of Ohio (Ashtabula, Columbiana, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe, Trumbull, and Belmont counties). The LTRSBS Program aims to create as many success stories as possible by providing business resources and knowledge to those participating. YBI’s Certified Business Advisors (CBA) work directly with small business owners for access to capital, pursuing procurement opportunities, business plan and economic development, adopting advanced technologies (in manufacturing and non-manufacturing settings), and other forms of business counseling to support startup formation in the state of Ohio.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI)
Membership program that takes your alumni experience to the next level. It enables you the opportunities for further networking and connection, continued leadership development, inside look on big initiatives happening within the region, and the ability to give back to futures leaders.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Regional Chamber
Dynamic leadership development program aimed at cultivating leadership skills, identifying emerging leaders, and enhancing the capabilities of existing leaders. Participants will gain insight into their unique leadership styles and develop a deeper understanding of their strengths and areas for growth as leaders.
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Greenville
Darke County Ohio Economic Development
Six-month, experiential leadership program that provides professional women+ of color with social justice education and entrepreneurial leadership skills. In addition to leadership opportunities and a behind-the-scenes purview of our work, Leadership Fellows receive monthly opportunities for support and fellowship, personal and professional development, strategic connections with other women of color, and professional references as needed.
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Columbus
Zora's House
By providing educational and networking opportunities, Leadership Wooster brings the 'best and brightest' together to address local issues and needs. With over 700 alumni, the program has become an ever-increasing network of graduates who have, among other efforts, contributed to the community by serving on boards, improving the local parks system and creating programs and networking opportunities within non-profit organizations and the educational system.
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Wooster
Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce
FREE founder-focused entrepreneurship education program, serving early-stage business founders and their teams through two days of mentorship, specialized curriculums, and for the most remarkable companies-- investment. Our program enables founders to completely reevaluate product, sales, and marketing strategies, prepare investment pitches and connect to our network of partners.
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Cincinnati
Lightship Foundation
The MEP program provides easy access to the university researchers, facilities, equipment, and students in support of small and medium-sized businesses. MEP works with more than 1,000 manufacturers each year to implement on-site projects, conduct training, and connect manufacturers to our resources and partners throughout the state.
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Piketon
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
One of the nation’s longest running and most successful minority business initiatives. We maintain a portfolio of over 40 larger-scale African-American and Hispanic-owned businesses that have grown to an average of nearly $30 million in aggregate annual revenues.
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Cincinnati
Minority Business Accelerator Cincinnati
The Minority Business Assistance Centers (MBAC) in Ohio provide essential support to minority-owned businesses, helping them grow and sustain their operations. These centers offer a range of services, including management, technical, financial, and contract procurement assistance. They also provide access to capital, surety bonding, and assistance with MBE, EDGE, WBE, and VFBE certifications. The MBACs aim to connect entrepreneurs and emerging business owners to resources and opportunities that help them achieve, scale, and market success.
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Youngstown
Valley Economic Development Partners
The Minority Business Assistance Centers (MBAC) in Ohio provide essential support to minority-owned businesses, helping them grow and sustain their operations. These centers offer a range of services, including management, technical, financial, and contract procurement assistance. They also provide access to capital, surety bonding, and assistance with MBE, EDGE, WBE, and VFBE certifications. The MBACs aim to connect entrepreneurs and emerging business owners to resources and opportunities that help them achieve, scale, and market success.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI)
The Minority Business Assistance Centers (MBAC) in Ohio provide essential support to minority-owned businesses, helping them grow and sustain their operations. These centers offer a range of services, including management, technical, financial, and contract procurement assistance. They also provide access to capital, surety bonding, and assistance with MBE, EDGE, WBE, and VFBE certifications. The MBACs aim to connect entrepreneurs and emerging business owners to resources and opportunities that help them achieve, scale, and market success.
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Columbus
Minority Business Assistance Center Columbus
The Minority Business Assistance Centers (MBAC) in Ohio provide essential support to minority-owned businesses, helping them grow and sustain their operations. These centers offer a range of services, including management, technical, financial, and contract procurement assistance. They also provide access to capital, surety bonding, and assistance with MBE, EDGE, WBE, and VFBE certifications. The MBACs aim to connect entrepreneurs and emerging business owners to resources and opportunities that help them achieve, scale, and market success.
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Columbus
Minority Business Assistance Center Columbus
The Minority Business Assistance Centers (MBAC) in Ohio provide essential support to minority-owned businesses, helping them grow and sustain their operations. These centers offer a range of services, including management, technical, financial, and contract procurement assistance. They also provide access to capital, surety bonding, and assistance with MBE, EDGE, WBE, and VFBE certifications. The MBACs aim to connect entrepreneurs and emerging business owners to resources and opportunities that help them achieve, scale, and market success.
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Columbus
Minority Business Assistance Center Columbus
The Minority Business Assistance Centers (MBAC) in Ohio provide essential support to minority-owned businesses, helping them grow and sustain their operations. These centers offer a range of services, including management, technical, financial, and contract procurement assistance. They also provide access to capital, surety bonding, and assistance with MBE, EDGE, WBE, and VFBE certifications. The MBACs aim to connect entrepreneurs and emerging business owners to resources and opportunities that help them achieve, scale, and market success.
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Columbus
Minority Business Assistance Center Columbus
The Minority Business Assistance Centers (MBAC) in Ohio provide essential support to minority-owned businesses, helping them grow and sustain their operations. These centers offer a range of services, including management, technical, financial, and contract procurement assistance. They also provide access to capital, surety bonding, and assistance with MBE, EDGE, WBE, and VFBE certifications. The MBACs aim to connect entrepreneurs and emerging business owners to resources and opportunities that help them achieve, scale, and market success.
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Columbus
Minority Business Assistance Center Columbus
Designed to provide support and guidance to entrepreneurs and young companies, helping them grow and succeed. This mentorship program matches participating startups with experienced entrepreneurs, business professionals, VCs, angel investors, and subject matter experts who can share knowledge and provide valuable insights and startup advice on a range of topics, including finance, operations, marketing, and more.
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Cincinnati
Alloy Development Co. Cincinnati
Designed to provide support and guidance to entrepreneurs and young companies, helping them grow and succeed. This mentorship program matches participating startups with experienced entrepreneurs, business professionals, VCs, angel investors, and subject matter experts who can share knowledge and provide valuable insights and startup advice on a range of topics, including finance, operations, marketing, and more.
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Dublin
Alloy Development Co. Dublin
Fifteen-week course, helps both existing and aspiring entrepreneurs build a comprehensive business canvas and learn the nuances of business management; The goal being to launch businesses that create jobs and circulate dollars locally. MORTAR alumni will have access to new customers and opportunities for additional funding in addition to a mentorship network of business leaders.
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Cincinnati
MORTAR
Five-week virtual course to learn about essential business functions and the main components of a formal business plan. Participants must be living at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
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Eaton
Miami Valley Community Action Partnership Preble County
Five-week virtual course to learn about essential business functions and the main components of a formal business plan. Participants must be living at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
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Greenville
Miami Valley Community Action Partnership Darke County
Five-week virtual course to learn about essential business functions and the main components of a formal business plan. Participants must be living at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
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Dayton
Miami Valley Community Action Partnership Montgomery County
Five-week virtual course to learn about essential business functions and the main components of a formal business plan. Participants must be living at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
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Xenia
Miami Valley Community Action Partnership Greene County
Provides existing and potential entrepreneurs with assistance on topics such as starting a business, managing a business, marketing plans, financials and human resources. Business consulting is FREE, confidential and one-on-one (Consultoria Disponible en Español)
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Cleveland
NEOHCC
Helps early-stage founders build venture-backable companies. Our 17-week program leverages seed funding, mentors, education, and professional services to help grow startups while inviting founders to integrate their faith, purpose, relationships, and health into their startup journey.
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Cincinnati
OCEAN Programs
Our personalized one-on-one counseling includes everything from determining your business readiness level and identifying potential opportunities to competing to win bids and understanding contract clauses and compliance. Not sure where to start? We can help with that too.
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Youngstown
Ohio APEX Accelerator at YSU
OEDI will offer five Core Courses that cover the necessary skills for economic development professionals, including Business Retention and Expansion, Finance and Incentives, Real Estate Development, Workforce and Talent, and Site Development and Site Selection.
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Columbus
Ohio Economic Development Association
A unique roundtable program designed especially for leaders of second-stage companies, to enhance leadership abilities and improve decision-making. The group provides a confidential forum where participants can share challenges and experiences — and enhance their capabilities.
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Akron
Greater Akron Chamber
El distintivo programa de JumpStart Impacto es uno educativo, grupal e intensivo de 9 semanas que le provee a los emprendedores con: Asesoramiento enfocado a negocios Educación en temas esenciales para los negocios Herramientas y recursos para ayudar a impactar a los dueños de negocios a perseguir el crecimiento. El programa pone un énfasis especial en la planificación del negocio y las proyecciones financieras. Culmina en una presentación final con la oportunidad de exponer su compañía.
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Cleveland
JumpStart
Provides manufacturers with the resources, expertise, and connections needed to succeed in today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape. Join us in shaping a stronger, more competitive manufacturing ecosystem in Ohio with these manufacturing resources!
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Youngstown
Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI)
Fosters a vibrant small business community through free mentoring; learning, and business development resources to the Akron and Youngstown areas, as well as Canton. Our vision is to ensure that every person has the support they need to thrive as a small business owner.
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Akron
SCORE Akron & Canton
Free 5-week online educational program that provides early-stage small business owners with: A foundation for starting and growing a small business, including discussion of value proposition, marketing and sales, revenue streams, and goal-setting Practical applied exercises to help business owners create their Business Blueprint Impactful tools and resources that help business owners set up their businesses for the long term
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Cleveland
JumpStart
The Small Business Council’s mission is two-fold: to meet and discuss issues pertinent to small businesses and provide programming to further the growth, network and success of the small business community in Licking County.
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Newark
Licking County Chamber of Commerce
An event series specifically for small and mid-sized businesses leaders and owners consisting of in-person roundtables and networking events, virtual information sessions, and lunch-and-learn workshops that create opportunities to connect with fellow business owners and leaders, build their networks, and learn about resources to help them grow their business and address everyday challenges.
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Akron
Greater Akron Chamber
Addresses topics of interest to professional people exploring new business pursuits beyond their current professional endeavors. Each event will feature a panel representing different roles within each topic area and led by a moderator with extensive experience and knowledge of the topic being explored.
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New Albany
Innovate New Albany
The program starts with a bootcamp over 6 Saturdays and continues for the balance of 12 months. You will get training, one-on-one coaching, and mentoring from seasoned small business owners and entrepreneurs. By achieving business milestones, you will be eligible for grants (while funding lasts). You will have access to small business loans through partnering lenders.
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Athens
Center for Entrepreneurship
Non-profit organization with the mission of providing assistance to small businesses desiring to enter local, state and federal government markets, as a means to support economic development, and to foster the retention and creation of jobs. The SOAPEX serves 10 Southeastern Ohio counties which include: Adams,Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton.
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South Point
Southern Ohio APEX
Ready to share what you make at home with your whole community? Spark has memberships tailored to small food businesses wherever they are on their journey. Located on Main St, in downtown Fairborn, our commercial kitchen incubator is designed to meet the needs of small businesses. Our members have the space and resources to focus on their products and customers to make their dreams a reality.
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Fairborn
Spark Fairborn
Intensive 12-week group-based educational program that provides promising entrepreneurs with: Focused business advising Education on various essential business topics Impactful tools and resources to help business owners pursue growth. The program places a special emphasis on financial projections and capital pitches, culminating in a pitch competition where participants will present to a panel of judges for a chance to take home up to $10,000.
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Cleveland
JumpStart
The Gallup CliftonStrengths management training helps individuals, teams, and organizations discover and develop their talents. Gallup consultants help company leaders to craft business strategies that maximize those talents.
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Canton
Leadership Stark County
8-week accelerator program for early-stage startups in the environmental sustainability space. Companies accepted to participate will receive a hybrid of online & in-person coaching, connections, and pitch opportunities to advance their innovative solutions.
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Cincinnati
Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub
Innovate New Albany’s special interest synergy groups meet periodically to share success strategies as well as discuss new challenges, offer perspective, swap ideas, and build connections that count. The informal format and alignment of interests among participants stimulate open communications and collaboration to achieve common goals.
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New Albany
Innovate New Albany
12-month cohort-based program designed to propel polymer and advanced materials startups toward success. As part of the Accelerator, you’ll gain exclusive access to expert mentorship, tailored industry connections, and specialized workshops covering leadership skills, customer validation, financial modeling, marketing, and investor outreach.
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Akron
Bounce Innovation Hub
Founders in this program connect with researchers at Ohio State and industry across the broader Ohio ecosystem to help provide an unfair advantage in product and customer development. With a particular focus on AI, Quantum, and Deep Tech, Techstars Columbus is ideal for companies building bleeding edge solutions for business transformation at scale.
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Columbus
Techstars Columbus
At Alloy, we strive to be more than a space for you to work in, but an entrepreneurial environment where startup businesses can learn, grow, and thrive. Many aspects of our organization set us apart from others that claim to do what we do. Some of the critical components of Alloy that set us apart from other startup incubators include factors like our coaching leaders (now being called startup catalysts), access to capital, facility, connectivity, and alumni. Over the years, we have helped more than four hundred innovative and scalable businesses grow with our startup incubator program.
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Cincinnati
Alloy Development Co. Cincinnati
At Alloy, we strive to be more than a space for you to work in, but an entrepreneurial environment where startup businesses can learn, grow, and thrive. Many aspects of our organization set us apart from others that claim to do what we do. Some of the critical components of Alloy that set us apart from other startup incubators include factors like our coaching leaders (now being called startup catalysts), access to capital, facility, connectivity, and alumni. Over the years, we have helped more than four hundred innovative and scalable businesses grow with our startup incubator program.
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Dublin
Alloy Development Co. Dublin
Critical initiative addressing the systemic challenges Black entrepreneurs face, particularly in the food service industry. By collaborating with the PepsiCo Foundation and the National Urban League, the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio aims to dismantle barriers to growth, such as limited access to capital, biased community perceptions, and the adverse effects of gentrification.
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Cincinnati
Business Development & Entrepreneurship Center at ULGSO
The 10-week program, targeted to underserved Columbus youth, allows participants to gain business experience through the screen-printing process. We show the process from start to finish, teaching business and creative skills along the way through classes, workshops, and events. The ultimate program goal is for students to create their own brand with products available for sale to the public. We provide an opportunity, to those that may not have one otherwise, to become a professional artist, designer, creative, and/or business owner.
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Columbus
FRANK
This one-day intensive workshop is designed to help you master these advanced 3D printing technologies and understand how to apply them alongside or in place of traditional manufacturing processes.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI)
The Social Enterprise Ecosystem (SEE) offers one-on-one professional business coaching to social enterprises — mission driven for-profits and nonprofits that sell goods and services. The team also provides student engagement for graduate and undergraduate students, including year-round mentoring, peer-to-peer learning, and enterprise client research opportunities.
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Athens
Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service
With topics ranging from predictive analytics and angel funds to sustainable innovation strategies, TIGER® Events provide entrepreneurs, business leaders, and employees with insight, perspective, guidance, and relevant connections to grow and run highly successful businesses.
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New Albany
Innovate New Albany
Designed to help you level up, providing a deep dive into regulatory, clinical, reimbursement and commercialization strategies. This includes quantifying clinical and economic potential and building a roadmap for commercialization to get your startup ready to raise capital, navigate the regulatory path and demonstrate commercial value. Additionally, the three-month intensive prepares you to demonstrate the benefits or your solution to a range of healthcare stakeholders including physicians, patients, health systems, payers and commercial partners.
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Cleveland
JumpStart
Three-month accelerator helps software startups solidify go-to-market strategies, fuel platform and business development and – prepare for their next dilutive fundraise. With hands-on advising, access to top-tier resources, and a network of industry experts, this program prepares your tech business for venture capital and accelerates your growth. During the three-month accelerator participants will work with advisors on building their business and preparing to raise capital. Following the program’s pitch competition finale, participants will receive two additional months of dedicated support from serial entrepreneurs that will assist in the capital raising process.
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Cleveland
JumpStart
Venture Development Organization for for New Majority startups and small businesses looking to grow. Who is the New Majority? Black and other underrepresented younger people - the people who are creating the culture, the products and the services of the 21st century and beyond.
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Dayton
Trephouse
This eight-week accelerator program is designed to help answer key questions about product-market fit, customer acquisition and funding sources. With cohorts running three times a year, selection to the Venture Lab Accelerator is competitive and applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Venture Lab Accelerator applicants must complete our Digital Pre-Accelerator before applying, though we’ll consider business ventures with demonstrated traction.
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Cincinnati
1819 Innovation Hub
The online Digital Pre-Accelerator helps you build a business model, master customer discovery and craft a compelling story, all at your own pace. Finish the Digital Pre-Accelerator to earn a UC microcredential and meet with Venture Lab staff about next steps.
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Cincinnati
1819 Innovation Hub
The Venture Lab NEXT Accelerator is a 12-week, student-only startup accelerator program that takes place in the summer. It curates peer-to-peer learning, offers direct funding to startups and prepares you to enter the marketplace by engaging with venture capitalists or angel investors.
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Cincinnati
1819 Innovation Hub
A dynamic, cohort-based program for early-stage founders to unlock essential skills, strategies, and insider insights for crushing your first venture capital fundraise. Set yourself—and your startup—up for rapid growth and funding success with a program built to accelerate your journey.
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Cincinnati
Cintrifuse
Leadership development program that focuses on the whole person, engaging with leaders, developing strategic goals, and executing on aspirations. WE Lead leans into issues women in our community face such as diversity and inclusion through its programming, facilitators, experiences, and cohorts.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Regional Chamber
Provides wraparound support for beginning farmers, including access to capital, land, mentorship, professional services, site visits, and management plans. We aim to uplift the voices of experienced farmers in serving as mentors and peer educators to help build a strong small farm community.
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Athens
The Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet)
Designed to foster meaningful connections between participants and the communities they serve, providing them with essential self-management and business management skills. Participants will be educated in critical nuances that can determine a business’s success or failure, ensuring they are well-equipped to navigate challenges.
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Cincinnati
Business Development & Entrepreneurship Center at ULGSO
Designed to foster meaningful connections between participants and the communities they serve, providing them with essential self-management and business management skills. Participants will be educated in critical nuances that can determine a business’s success or failure, ensuring they are well-equipped to navigate challenges. Through this knowledge, each entrepreneur will be empowered to stay on the path to success.
Accelerator
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Cincinnati
Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio
We offer one-on-one counseling, workshops and education programs to make sure that no matter where you are in your journey, we have what you need to reach your goals! Our community of like-minded women are ready to provide support and foster success — and we know that when women work together, incredible things happen!
Coaching/Consulting
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Toledo
ECDI Akron & Canton
We offer one-on-one counseling, workshops and education programs to make sure that no matter where you are in your journey, we have what you need to reach your goals! Our community of like-minded women are ready to provide support and foster success — and we know that when women work together, incredible things happen!
Coaching/Consulting
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Toledo
ECDI Toledo
We offer one-on-one counseling, workshops and education programs to make sure that no matter where you are in your journey, we have what you need to reach your goals! Our community of like-minded women are ready to provide support and foster success — and we know that when women work together, incredible things happen!
Coaching/Consulting
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Portsmouth
ECDI Portsmouth
We offer one-on-one counseling, workshops and education programs to make sure that no matter where you are in your journey, we have what you need to reach your goals! Our community of like-minded women are ready to provide support and foster success — and we know that when women work together, incredible things happen!
Coaching/Consulting
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Columbus
ECDI Columbus
We offer one-on-one counseling, workshops and education programs to make sure that no matter where you are in your journey, we have what you need to reach your goals! Our community of like-minded women are ready to provide support and foster success — and we know that when women work together, incredible things happen!
Coaching/Consulting
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Cleveland
ECDI Cleveland
We offer one-on-one counseling, workshops and education programs to make sure that no matter where you are in your journey, we have what you need to reach your goals! Our community of like-minded women are ready to provide support and foster success — and we know that when women work together, incredible things happen!
Coaching/Consulting
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Cincinnati
ECDI Dayton
We offer one-on-one counseling, workshops and education programs to make sure that no matter where you are in your journey, we have what you need to reach your goals! Our community of like-minded women are ready to provide support and foster success — and we know that when women work together, incredible things happen!
Coaching/Consulting
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Cincinnati
ECDI Cincinnati
Gather with your fellow business owners on Campus at this Business Owner Series as you actively work on the future of your business. You’ll identify your succession priorities, create a succession map and 90-day action plan, and learn from a panel of business owners who have navigated successions themselves.
Training/Course
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Tipp City
Aileron