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

• Virginia Business Incubators Association
• Virginia Innovators Network
• Reinvent Hampton Roads
• Virginia Startup Information