12 Ohio programs, funders and advisors that serve women-owned founders, including Accelerating Angels, Aviatra Accelerators and Columbus Urban League — IncubateHer & MBAC.
Columbus Urban League — IncubateHer & MBACColumbus · Mentorship & Advising IncubateHer is a free incubation program for women-led startups and small companies; CUL also houses the Columbus/Athens Minority Business…
ECDI — Economic & Community Development InstituteColumbus · Funding & Capital, Loans & Debt Capital, Mentorship & Advising The nation's top SBA microlender, funding loans from $750 to $500K. Runs Ohio's only SBA-backed Women's Business Centers in Columbus, Cleveland, and…
ECDI Women's Business Centers of OhioCleveland / Akron · Education & Community, Funding & Capital, Loans & Debt Capital, Mentorship & Advising ECDI Women's Business Centers of Ohio.
Ohio MBE / EDGE / WBE CertificationStatewide · Certification & Compliance, State & Public Programs State certification that unlocks set-aside contracts for minority-, women-, and disadvantaged-owned businesses — Ohio's EDGE program also covers…
Ohio Women's Business Center (OWBRN)Cincinnati · Mentorship & Advising, Certification & Compliance, Education & Community Ohio Women's Business Center, run by the Ohio Women's Business Resource Network (founded 1992).
Smashing Your Sales Goals: Velocity AcceleratorCleveland / Akron · Mentorship & Advising, Accelerators & Studios, State & Public Programs, Education & Community For business owners and entrepreneurs 0-6 years in business looking to create a step-by-step sales process that can be used again and again to…
Women's Network of Northeast OhioCleveland / Akron · Mentorship & Advising, Education & Community Women's Network of Northeast Ohio (Akron).
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