Resources
Lehigh Valley Resources
Networking:
Network Lehigh Valley- One Resource for all Networking and Business Resources in the Lehigh Valley and Beyond
https://networklehighvalley.com/
Educational Opportunities:
Mentoring and Coaching:
- U.S. Small Business Administration – https://www.sba.gov/
- 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
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Artificial Intelligence
- Generative AI for Entrepreneurs
- Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (PSU) https://ai.psu.edu/
Funding
- Lehigh Valley Angel Investors: https://www.lehighvalleyangelinvestors.com
- 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
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!