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A multi-stage rural innovation program combining an innovation bootcamp, pre-accelerator, and business accelerator for rural Oklahoma entrepreneurs in any industry, culminating in a Demo Day pitch for equity investment.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
A pre-accelerator for rural Oklahoma innovators with on-farm or production agriculture applications, connecting them with farmer networks, business curriculum, and pathways to the national AgLaunch365 accelerator.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
A state-certified business incubator operated by EOC Tech's Business and Industry Development Center in Choctaw, offering customized training, business support services, and office space for startups and early-stage companies.
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Choctaw
Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center (EOC Tech)
A state-certified business incubator at Meridian Technology Center in Stillwater offering office and R&D space, one-on-one consulting, and business development services with a 10-year Oklahoma tax exemption.
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Stillwater
Meridian Technology Center – Business & Entrepreneurial Services
A state-certified business incubator operated by Central Tech as service provider for the Central Oklahoma Business & Job Development Corporation (COBJDC), offering graduated-rate office and light manufacturing space, free consulting, and workshops across multiple district towns.
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Drumright
Central Tech – Incubator
A 10-week nationally proven CO.STARTERS Core pre-accelerator offered at Gradient in partnership with Tulsa Tech, walking aspiring entrepreneurs through lean business modeling, customer discovery, and sustainable business development using a cohort-based format.
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Tulsa
Gradient – Tulsa Innovation Hub
An OSU-based accelerator advancing innovation-based, proof-of-concept technologies toward venture-backable startups and licensable technologies, focused on energy, aerospace, agriculture, and One Health sectors in northeast Oklahoma.
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Stillwater
Cowboy Enterprises (OSU Innovation & Commercialization Hub)
An Oklahoma-licensed shared commercial kitchen incubator in OKC for food entrepreneurs, offering flexible rental space, business startup consulting, health department permit guidance, product costing, and peer networking for food-based business founders.
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Oklahoma City
Earth Elements Entrepreneurs' Kitchen
Business development counseling and assistance services from Pioneer Technology Center including business plan preparation, loan proposal writing, financial projection development, and small business management workshops.
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Ponca City
Pioneer Technology Center – Business Incubator
A range of affordable entrepreneurship courses and workshops covering topics from forming an LLC and hiring a team to product development and marketing, open to the Meridian district and broader community.
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Stillwater
Meridian Technology Center – Business & Entrepreneurial Services
A two-year learning program for early-stage entrepreneurs seeking to grow their business past $1M in revenue, featuring quarterly learning events, peer accountability groups, and EO member mentorship.
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Oklahoma City
Entrepreneurs’ Organization — Oklahoma City Chapter
EO's core peer-to-peer learning group where entrepreneur members meet monthly for confidential experience sharing, problem-solving, and mutual accountability in small forum groups.
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Oklahoma City
Entrepreneurs’ Organization — Oklahoma City Chapter
A calendar of regular workshops, networking events, and training sessions for Oklahoma entrepreneurs covering topics from social media and marketing to QuickBooks, taxes, and business planning.
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Oklahoma City
REI Oklahoma – Oklahoma City
A free, 7-week no-equity pre-accelerator by nationally ranked gener8tor for up to 5 early-stage OKC-based startups, providing intensive one-on-one coaching, mentor introductions, and a live investor pitch (Investor Swarm).
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Oklahoma City
gBETA Oklahoma City
Oklahoma's largest certified technology incubator at Gradient in Tulsa, supporting high-growth tech startups under 5 years old with in-house capital sources, one-on-one advisor meetings, accountability structures, and state tax benefits.
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Tulsa
Gradient – Tulsa Innovation Hub
A one-year pre-incubation program at Gradient for pre-revenue tech companies that have completed an accelerator, bridging the gap between accelerator graduation and full incubator readiness through targeted support, resources, and expert guidance.
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Tulsa
Gradient – Tulsa Innovation Hub
An elite 8-week intensive summer program at OSU's Riata Center for 3–5 selected OSU student entrepreneurs, offering $4,000 scholarships, dedicated workspace, one-on-one faculty mentorship, and weekly workshops to fast-track their startups.
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Stillwater
Riata Center — Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma's first industrial-grade medium-to-heavy manufacturing incubator in Tulsa, providing flexible office, warehouse, and manufacturing space alongside overhead bridge cranes, plasma cutting tables, and 60+ years of Hemphill family business expertise.
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Tulsa
Hemphill Create Incubator
A 9-week paid summer internship program (Campus Tulsa) where college students work in teams on high-impact social innovation projects for Tulsa nonprofits and businesses, using human-centered design and consulting methods.
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Tulsa
The Mine (Tulsa)
A state-certified business incubator at Autry Technology Center in Enid with 23,000+ sq ft of flexible office, lab, and manufacturing space, professional business training, and a 10-year Oklahoma tax exemption for tenants.
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Enid
James W. Strate Center for Business Development
A 12-week hands-on food business incubator and startup program at Kitchen 66/Mother Road Market in Tulsa, providing weekly workshops, mentorship, access to commercial kitchen space, and pop-up sales opportunities for aspiring food entrepreneurs.
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Tulsa
Kitchen 66
A 10-month leadership development program with monthly full-day sessions connecting current and emerging community leaders in Broken Arrow through site visits, guest lecturers, and leadership training.
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Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation
A 10-session leadership development program run by the Edmond Chamber preparing community leaders with a deep understanding of local issues through a two-day retreat, monthly full-day sessions, and behind-the-scenes community access.
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Edmond
Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce
A community leadership development program with 10 full-day sessions preparing participants for civic and volunteer leadership roles through on-site visits, group projects, and community engagement.
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Midwest City
Midwest City Chamber of Commerce
A statewide multi-month leadership development program for Native American business and governmental leaders, featuring immersive visits to multiple tribal nations, an Indianpreneurship course, and sessions on tribal sovereignty and commerce.
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Oklahoma City
American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma (AICCO)
A competitive-entry business incubator backed by UCO for companies building education and training products/services, providing Learning Environment Modeling® coaching, Growth Wheel business capability coaching, prototype testing with real learners, and downtown OKC office space.
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Oklahoma City
LX Studio Business Incubator (University of Central Oklahoma)
A free, three-phase national program at OSU's Riata Center providing disabled and service-distinguished veterans with rigorous entrepreneurship training, including a self-study phase, an 8-day residential bootcamp in Stillwater, and 5 months of ongoing venture development.
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Stillwater
Riata Center — Oklahoma State University
A 10-week accelerator program supporting socially and economically disadvantaged (SEDI) founders on OKC's Eastside, providing business education, capital preparation, industry expert mentorship, and connections to the OKC Innovation District ecosystem.
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Oklahoma City
Northeast OKC Renaissance (NEOKCR)
A 13-week incubator program for Black-led nonprofits and organizations serving Northeast OKC, providing training in nonprofit management, governance, fundraising, strategic planning, and connections to OKC's philanthropic leadership.
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Oklahoma City
Northeast OKC Renaissance (NEOKCR)
A no-cost SBIR/STTR grant program helping Oklahoma small businesses secure federal funding through proposal development, solicitation matching, and commercialization planning support.
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Norman
Tom Love Innovation Hub (University of Oklahoma Innovation Hub)
A concept-focused biotech accelerator supporting early-stage life science innovators in the OKC 10-county region through Community, Concept, and Launch programs to translate lab discoveries into commercial solutions.
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Norman
Tom Love Innovation Hub (University of Oklahoma Innovation Hub)
A 16-week, 60-hour accelerator program (NEOKCR) equipping OKC minority founders with supply chain scaling strategies, one-on-one operational coaching from local entrepreneurs, and access to non-dilutive, non-recourse grants.
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Oklahoma City
Northeast OKC Renaissance (NEOKCR)
No-cost government contracting marketing and technical assistance from Oklahoma's APEX Accelerator at Indian Capital Technology Center's Coweta campus, helping eastern Oklahoma businesses find and win government contracts.
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Coweta
Oklahoma APEX Accelerator – ICTC Coweta
No-cost government contracting marketing and technical assistance from Oklahoma's APEX Accelerator at Indian Capital Technology Center in Muskogee, helping eastern Oklahoma businesses find and compete for government contracting opportunities.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma APEX Accelerator – ICTC Muskogee
No-cost government contracting counseling and marketing assistance from Oklahoma's APEX Accelerator at Kiamichi Technology Centers, helping SE Oklahoma businesses compete for federal, state, tribal, and local government contracts.
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Wilburton
Oklahoma APEX Accelerator – Kiamichi Technology Center
No-cost government contracting counseling from Oklahoma's APEX Accelerator at Metro Technology Centers in OKC, helping businesses identify and compete for federal, state, tribal, and local government contracts.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma APEX Accelerator – Metro Tech
No-cost government contracting assistance from Oklahoma's statewide APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC), helping businesses compete for and perform federal, state, tribal, and local government contracts, with the Stillwater office serving as program headquarters.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma APEX Accelerator – Stillwater
No-cost government contracting counseling from Oklahoma's APEX Accelerator at Tulsa Technology Center, helping Tulsa-area businesses identify contracting opportunities and compete for federal, state, tribal, and local government contracts.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma APEX Accelerator – Tulsa Tech
No-cost, confidential one-on-one business advising and management workshops from Oklahoma's statewide SBDC network, helping small businesses and entrepreneurs start, sustain, or expand through financial analysis, market research, capital sourcing, and more.
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Edmond
Oklahoma SBDC – Edmond
No-cost, confidential one-on-one business advising and management workshops from Oklahoma's statewide SBDC network, helping small businesses and entrepreneurs start, sustain, or expand through financial analysis, market research, capital sourcing, and more.
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Durant
Oklahoma SBDC – Durant
No-cost, confidential one-on-one business advising and management workshops from Oklahoma's statewide SBDC network, helping small businesses and entrepreneurs start, sustain, or expand through financial analysis, market research, capital sourcing, and more.
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Weatherford
Oklahoma SBDC – Weatherford
No-cost, confidential one-on-one business advising and management workshops from Oklahoma's statewide SBDC network, with the Midwest City location at Rose State College serving OKC Metro startups and existing businesses including a focus on the military/veteran community near Tinker AFB.
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Midwest City
Oklahoma SBDC – Midwest City
No-cost, confidential one-on-one business advising and management workshops through SWOSU, helping Lawton-area small businesses and entrepreneurs start, sustain, or expand with guidance on financials, marketing, capital sourcing, and operations.
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Lawton
Oklahoma SBDC – Lawton
A state-certified business incubator in a 20,000 sq ft facility in Pawhuska serving Osage County, providing low-cost office, manufacturing, and warehousing space alongside business coaching, training, and community event space managed by Tri County Tech's Strategy Center.
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Bartlesville
Tri County Tech
A state-certified business incubator at Pioneer Technology Center in Ponca City, offering flexible space for service, light manufacturing, and food production businesses, along with coaching and an Oklahoma income tax exemption.
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Ponca City
Pioneer Technology Center – Business Incubator
A 13–15 week Spanish-language food business startup program at Kitchen 66, offering the same curriculum as the Launch Program entirely in Spanish, supporting Tulsa's Latino food entrepreneurs with business training, kitchen access, and sales opportunities.
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Tulsa
Kitchen 66
A two-phase student incubator program at OSU for students, faculty, and staff entrepreneurs interested in pursuing or growing a business concept, combining one-on-one coaching, learning opportunities, and university-wide competitions.
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Stillwater
Riata Center — Oklahoma State University
A 5-month retail pop-up incubator program in partnership with Citizens Bank of Edmond, offering shopkeepers an affordable storefront space ($50/month) to launch or test their retail concept in downtown Edmond.
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Oklahoma City
Independent Shopkeepers Association Inc.
A nonprofit energy tech incubator backed by Fortune 500 energy companies (Williams, ONEOK, Devon Energy, H&P) offering a 6-week accelerator followed by a 1-year lab-to-market program with up to $100,000 in non-dilutive funding and corporate pilot pathways.
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Tulsa
Tulsa Innovation Labs
Free, confidential one-on-one business mentoring and low/no-cost workshops for OKC-area entrepreneurs and small business owners, provided by a volunteer network of experienced business professionals across dozens of industries.
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Oklahoma City
SCORE Oklahoma City
Free, confidential one-on-one business mentoring and low/no-cost workshops for Northeastern Oklahoma entrepreneurs and small business owners, provided by ~30 volunteer professionals from manufacturing, oil & gas, aerospace, retail, and more.
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Tulsa
SCORE Tulsa Chapter
A monthly peer group program for Edmond Chamber member business owners with fewer than 25 employees, providing a trusted, supportive setting to connect, share challenges, and learn from one another.
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Edmond
Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce
A Tulsa-based startup incubator program offered in partnership with iStart, providing customized business mentorship, core curriculum, legal and technical assistance, and marketing consultation to help early-stage companies reach MVP and revenue generation.
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Tulsa
Momentum3, LLC
A six-session lunchtime accelerator program for Stillwater-area entrepreneurs, covering customer identification, market research, financial projections, and business structure, with virtual and in-person options.
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Stillwater
Meridian Technology Center – Business & Entrepreneurial Services
A nonprofit entrepreneurial support organization and startup studio serving as the back office for early-stage tech startups in the Midwest and Southern U.S., reducing administrative burden and allowing founders to focus on building and scaling their companies.
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Tulsa
StartupOK Foundation
A 4-month social innovation program where teams of nonprofit and business leaders use human-centered design and consulting frameworks to develop solutions to high-impact community challenges in Tulsa.
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Tulsa
The Mine (Tulsa)
A 9-month fellowship program for OKC-area professionals using human-centered design and consulting frameworks to work on high-impact social innovation projects while accelerating their own leadership development.
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Oklahoma City
The Mine (Oklahoma City)
A state-certified business incubator at Meridian's Guthrie South Campus offering furnished office space, light manufacturing bays, shared commercial kitchen access, and one-on-one business consulting.
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Stillwater
Meridian Technology Center – Business & Entrepreneurial Services
Tri County Tech's business enterprise arm providing customized business training, industry-specific education, corporate training solutions, and incubator management services for employers and entrepreneurs in the Bartlesville/Pawhuska district.
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Bartlesville
Tri County Tech
A multi-stage bilingual business training program combining the University of Arizona's Dreambuilder online course (12 modules) with in-person sessions at the Greater OKC Hispanic Chamber, supporting Latina and underrepresented women entrepreneurs.
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Oklahoma City
Hispanic Chamber Women’s Business Center (HCWBC)
Customizable workshops and training sessions for organizations, teams, and community leaders on human-centered design thinking, social entrepreneurship, and startup methodologies drawn from top consulting firms.
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Tulsa
The Mine (Tulsa)
Customizable workshops and training sessions for organizations, teams, and community leaders on human-centered design thinking, social entrepreneurship, and startup methodologies drawn from top consulting firms.
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Oklahoma City
The Mine (Oklahoma City)