Philly eco-system resources

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Great ways to get started

Philly Startup Leaders

Philly - Technical.ly

Top Entrepreneur in Philadelphia

Co-Working, Incubators, Accelerators

Quorum

Indy Hall
NextFab (see below)

Accelerators & Incubators

Philadelphia startup accelerators and incubators: a full guide for founders

Small Business and Startup Advising Services

The Enterprise Center
Service Corps of Retired ExecutivesGovernment Initiatives & Non-Profits
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
The City of Philadelphia Office of Business Services
Free Library of Philadelphia - Business Science & Industry Department
PA Biz Online

For Hardware-based Startups

Hive76 (Makerspace)
Book a Call - if any students or startups in the Drexel community are looking for advice on product development strategy, book a call with Nextfab’s Matt Bell at https://calendly.com/matt_bell_nextfab/product-dev-discovery
Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) Matching Grant Programs - BFTP has two matching grant programs, PRIMA and FabNet. PRIMA awards up to $10k in matching funds and is for medical devices. FabNet is a $5k matching grant and is for any hardware product.
Nextfab offers a 20% discount on their standard membership (regular price $219/month) to students. Students can apply for the discount on their membership signup form at https://nextfab.com/join/membership-sign-up/?plan=standard

Events

For Philly from UEV

Philadelphia, PA Entrepreneur Events | Eventbrite

PACT Events Calendar

For Female Entrepreneurs

Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs

Springboard Enterprises

For Food Entrepreneurs

Open Access

For Fashion Entrepreneurs

Fashion Index

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