Inspire Ideas, Empower Solutions, & Support Growth
Free help from the first day of your new idea, through growing your company and any day in-between.
Lehigh Valley LaunchBox, a key player in the Invent Penn State and Lehigh Valley Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, offers programs and resources to help entrepreneurs and innovators bring their ideas to reality.
Our advisory board and champion network provides start up and early stage businesses brainstorming and mastermind sessions that explore innovative solutions and spark creativity to solve challenges and identify opportunities.
Resources for Entrepreneurs:
At Lehigh Valley LaunchBox. we believe that access to critical resources should never be a barrier to success. Our comprehensive suite of no-cost services includes, business development support, legal and intellectual property (IP)) advice and specialized programs tailored to help you start, scale and improve your company.
- Brainstorming Sessions: To provide initial guidance, support and connections to resources to take the first few steps of the entrepreneurial journey.
- Masterminds: Peer-to-peer mentoring sessions to discuss challenges and celebrate sucesses.
- Idea Test Lab: Validate and refine your business concept with virtual guidance and real-world testing with mentors throughout Eastern PA.
- Customer Discovery 101: Helps entrepreuners to identify, reach and understand their target consumer and market, ensuring preliminary target market fit.
- Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge: Encourage and support the next generation of innovators with dedicated resources and mentorship in an intensive business summer camp format complete with a final group project to be presented to a panel of judges.
- Veterans Business Outreach Center: The Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) program offers resources to veterans, service members, and military spouses who are interested in starting or growing a small business
Meet the Lehigh Valley LaunchBox
Upcoming Events
Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge – July 27-August 2, 2025
For more information see our events page
Events
Coworking Space
Lehigh Valley LaunchBox microgrant recipients have access to coworking space at Velocity in downtown Allentown.
Find an inviting space to work or book a conference room or training room. You will also find 24-7 access to the building, wi-fi, a kitchenette, and a lounge.
Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic
Provides a variety of free legal services related to startups.
Intellectual Property Clinic
Provides entrepreneurs free assistance to determine if they have intellectual property and how to protect it.
news & events
June 5, 2025
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — Haley Marie McClain Hill is an entrepreneur, Air Force veteran and former NFL cheerleader. But before she was any of those things, McClain Hill was a Penn State student. McClain Hill shared stories from her own...
March 5, 2025
Penn State Lehigh Valley (PSU-LV) LaunchBox recently hosted two screenings of “Show Her the Money,” a documentary that sheds light on how venture capital funding works and the disparity between male and female entrepreneurs when it comes to venture capital and...
February 12, 2025
Changemaker Partners with Penn State Lehigh Valley’s LaunchBox to Bring “Show Her the Money” Documentary to Lehigh Valley Documentary Highlights the Importance of Diversity Among Angel Investors, Challenges Faced by Female Founders, and the Quest for Venture Capital [Center...
October 24, 2024
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — A sweet dessert infused with tropical flavors took home the top prize in the 6th Annual Start Up Lehigh Valley pitch competition held on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center in Bethlehem. The...
October 5, 2024
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — Teens with an eye toward starting and managing their own businesses learned the basics of what it takes to be an entrepreneur at Penn State Lehigh Valley’s (PSU-LV) annual Teen Entrepreneur Challenge (TEC), held July 28...
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