Resources for Entrepreneurs

Are you a business owner, founder, entrepreneur in the Dayton, Ohio region? You don’t have to take this journey alone. Watch our short documentary, “Untapped: Navigating Dayton’s Best-Kept Secrets for Entrepreneurs” to see how local business owners just like you have utilized resources to grow,  or take our simple resource-matching quiz to see a list of resources tailored just for you!

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Business Resources

No matter what stage of business you’re in, there is someone in the Launch Dayton community who can help you move forward. We know that each entrepreneur’s journey is different, and almost no entrepreneur’s journey follows a straight path.

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Explore Your Idea

Build Your Business

Find Mentors

Networking

Pitch Events

Prototyping & Manufacturing Services

Startup Funding

Early Capital

Growth Capital

Grow Your Business

Find Your Customer

Starter Space/Coworking

Expand Your Space

6888 Kitchen Incubator

Location: Dayton, OH`

AFRL Small Business Hub

Stage: Find Your Customer

Location: Dayton, OH

APEX (Parallax)

Stage: Find Your Customer

Location: Beavercreek, OH

Aviatra Explore

Location: Dayton, OH

Better Business Bureau Dayton/Miami Valley

Stage: Build Your Business

Location: Dayton, OH

Black Restaurant Accelerator

Stage: Build Your Business

Location: Dayton, OH

Business Blitz (GWDI)

Location: dayton, OH

Business First

Stage: Expand Your Space

Location: Dayton, OH

Cultural Capital (GWDI)

Stage: Startup Funding

Location: Dayton, OH

Dayton Development Coalition

Stage: Expand Your Space

Dayton First Floor Fund

Location: Dayton, OH

Dayton Offices

Stage: Starter Space/Coworking

Location: Dayton, OH

Dayton SCORE Mentors

Stage: Find Mentors

Location: Dayton, OH

Dayton SCORE Workshops

Stage: Explore Your Idea

Location: Dayton, OH

Daywork 130

Stage: Starter Space/Coworking

Location: Dayton, OH

EC Angels

Location: Dayton, OH

Entrepreneur Rising Academy

Stage: Build Your Business

Location: Dayton, OH

Entrepreneurs’ Shoppe

Stage: Starter Space/Coworking

Location: Dayton, OH

ESP Program (The EC)

Location: Dayton, OH

FastLane (UDRI)

Stage: Prototyping & Manufacturing Services

Location: Dayton, OH

Flyer Angels (UD)

Stage: Early Capital

Location: Dayton, OH

Flyer Pitch

Stage: Pitch Events

Location: Dayton, OH

Genuine Work

Location: Dayton, OH

Goldman Sachs 10K Small Businesses

Stage: Grow Your Business

Location: Dayton, OH

Kiva Dayton

Stage: Startup Funding

Location: Dayton, OH

Launch Dayton Mentor Network

Stage: Find Mentors

Location: Dayton, OH

Launch Dayton Newsletter

Stage: Explore Your Idea, Networking

Location: Dayton, OH

Launch Dayton Startup Week

Stage: Explore Your Idea, Networking

Location: Dayton, Ohio

Launch Point (@Dayton Metro Library)

Stage: Explore Your Idea

Location: Dayton, OH

Micro-Enterprise Business & Development Training (CAP)

Stage: Build Your Business

Location: Dayton, Ohio

Minority Business Assistance Center (MBAC)

Stage: Grow Your Business, Find Your Customer

Location: Dayton, OH

Minority Business Partnership (DACC)

Stage: Grow Your Business

Location: Dayton, OH

Ohio Gateway Tech Fund

Stage: Early Capital

Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)

Stage: Find Your Customer

Location: Dayton, OH

Rotunda Fund (The EC)

Location: Dayton, OH

SBA-Backed Loans

Stage: Growth Capital

SBDC Business Counseling (@The EC)

Stage: Grow Your Business

Location: Dayton, OH

Site Seeker (DDP)

Stage: Expand Your Space

Location: Dayton, Ohio

SOAR Business Loans

Stage: Startup Funding, Early Capital

Soin Award for Innovation

Stage: Pitch Events

Location: Dayton, OH

Spark Fairborn

Location: Fairborn , OH

Startup Fellowship Program (GWDI)

Stage: Starter Space/Coworking

Location: Dayton, OH

Startup Week Pitch Competition

Stage: Pitch Events

Location: Dayton, OH

Supplier-Diversity Program (DACC MBP)

Stage: Find Your Customer

Location: Dayton, OH

The Collider Project (WBI)

Stage: Networking

Location: Dayton, OH

The Hub

Stage: Starter Space/Coworking

Location: Dayton, OH

Trep House

Stage: Explore Your Idea

TVSF

Stage: Startup Funding

UD Innovation Center

Stage: Prototyping & Manufacturing Services

Location: Dayton, OH

Urban Elevation Accelerator (GWDI)

Stage: Build Your Business

Location: Dayton, OH

Workspace Dayton

Location: Dayton, OH

Wright Ventures

Stage: Pitch Events

Location: Fairborn, OH

Business Resources

Resource Quiz

We’re so excited that you’re here! We have built this interactive form to better understand where you are in your entrepreneur journey so that we can help you start or grow your business. Please answer the following questions as best you can, and we’ll share a tailored list of business resources that can help you move your venture forward.

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