Entrepreneurial Resources & Support
In an effort to support a healthy local entrepreneurial environment and encourage innovative new business development in York County, the OED:
- Supports several local entrepreneurial training opportunities, startup competitions, and business incubators
- Ensures that licensing/permitting procedures are business-friendly
- Partners with local businesses on education and training initiatives
- Provides new business networking, grant and scholarship opportunities
- Recommends changes in legislation aimed at improving the business environment
Local Entrepreneurial Programs
- Center for Retail Excellence Scholarship Program
- Launchpad - The Greater Williamsburg Business Incubator
- START! Peninsula - Annual Startup Weekend Competition
- Shark Tank Virginia, presented by Ignition
- William & Mary’s LAUNCH Program - Entrepreneurial Training (PDF)
- William & Mary’s Entrepreneurship Program
- Opportunity Inc’s LAUNCH Hampton Roads Program
- Ignition Center Business Incubator
- Start Wheel
- 757 Angels
- The Bank of America Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Cornell
- Company Reimagined
Entrepreneurial Resources