Resources
LaunchBox Resources
Lehigh Valley Resources
Mentoring and Coaching:
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC) – https://sbdc.lehigh.edu
- SCORE Lehigh Valley: https://lehighvalley.score.org
Resources & Toolkits:
- LVEDC – Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation https://lehighvalley.org/
- Full list of local economic organizations: https://lehighvalley.org/about-lvedc/partners/
- A map of the Lehigh Valley Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: https://kumu.io/ECLV/lehigh-valley-entrepreneurial-ecosystem
- Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Events Calendar: https://web.lehighvalleychamber.org/events
Current Start Up Lehigh Valley Newsletter
25 Email Newsletters Every Entrepreneur Should Read
Networking Opportunities in the Lehigh Valley 2024
Artificial Intelligence
- Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (PSU) https://ai.psu.edu/
Weekly Entrepreneurial Event! 1 Million Cups Lehigh Valley About 1 Million Cups: https://youtu.be/UiscWISgJgw
Funding
- Lehigh Valley Angels Investors: https://www.lehighvalleyangelinvestors.com
- Digital undivided by JP Morgan Philly Cohort (apply for Fall 2023). https://www.digitalundivided.com/breakthrough-2022
- Hello Alice: https://helloalice.com/funding/grants/
- https://ifundwomen.com/grants/apply-for-grants
- Truist NonProfit Grant – The Truist Foundation supports nonprofits with grants that target leadership development, economic mobility, thriving communities and educational equity. Quarterly deadlines – https://www.truist.com/purpose/truist-foundation/grant-application
- Fearless Strivers Grant – Open to black women who are legal U.S. residents (including DC), 18+ and the principal owner of a U.S.-based small business. Grants for $10,000. Apply by 12/31/22. https://www.fearless.fund/strivers
Intellectual Property & Patents
Additional Resources
Books:
- Guide to borrowing from the PSU LV Library: https://libraries.psu.edu/services/borrow-renew/pennsylvania-residents
- Free Online Books: https://archive.org (outside resource)
Articles:
- The Minimum Viable Testing Process for Evaluating Startup Ideas: https://review.firstround.com/the-minimum-viable-testing-process-for-evaluating-startup-ideas
Outside resources:
- https://www.klaviyo.com/ (email marketing )
- https://www.volunteerlv.org/ (Volunteer organizations)
- https://afpglobal.org (Association of Fundraising Professionals)
- Kauffman FoundersSchool – YouTube
- The Kauffman Founders School taps the potential of online education, presenting a robust curriculum from which entrepreneurs can learn anywhere, anytime. Subject experts present lectures that are embedded in modules designed to give founders a rich learning experience, engaging them in lessons that will make a difference in what they do in their business today, tomorrow, and in the future.
More Coming Soon!
This list of resources is under construction and we’ll be add and updating it throughout 2024! Please email us at LVLaunchBox@psu.edu to suggest resources that should appear on this page. Thank you for your help!