Resources by topic

 

Workshops/classes

• ​Community Power to Prosper program (enrolling for summer)

 

Personal Growth

 

• What type of entrepreneur are you? Find out with this free assessment

• What is your work style? What areas do you need to work on to be successful?

 

Entrepreneurship

• Pittsburgh’s entrepreneurial resources are listed here

• CO.STARTERS offers great links to business plan resources

 

Financial Management

 

• What’s your break-even point?

• Financial literacy for start-ups

• 12 best sources of business financing

• You don’t need investors – how to bootstrap your startup

• Crowdfunding with Kiva

• Contact Own Our Own to learn about our accounting services for African-American and other underestimated entrepreneurs

 

Marketing

 

• CO.STARTERS offers collections of resources for sizing your market and messaging

• Free website resources from Hubspot

• YouTube marketing courses from Hubspot

• Instagram for business

• Social marketing resources from Marketo

• Attracting customers with Facebook

• Contact Own Our Own to learn about our marketing services for African-American and other underestimated entrepreneurs

Legal

• CO.STARTERS offers a round-up of great legal advice sources

• Contact Own Our Own to learn about our HR services for African-American and other underestimated entrepreneurs

 

HR

• HR basics for startups

• HR for startups

• HR templates from Innovation Works

• Contact Own Our Own to learn about our HR services for African-American and other underestimated entrepreneurs

 

Resources in the Pittsburgh Community

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While Own Our Own focuses on African American and other entrepreneurs of color, there are many entrepreneurial ecosystem players in the Pittsburgh Region. Below are a few that we recommend you check out.

 

• 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

• 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