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ENTREPRENEUR TOOLBOX

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Hello, entrepreneur.

So glad you found us. The best way to get started is to complete this inquiry form:
Inquiry Form

In the meantime, explore this toolbox we made for you:

These tools are designed to connect you to your local entrepreneurship ecosystem and help you find the right resource at the right time.
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Intake Tool & Customized Roadmap - FREE
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Answer a series of questions and one of our Navigators will send you a customized list of resources. The more questions you answer, the stronger the match will be.

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Quarterly Member Meetings - $50/year
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Become a Bay Area Entrepreneurship Alliance member! Once a quarter, members share best practices, develop partnerships, identify potential mentors, engage in speed networking with business supporters and financial supporters, and coordinate community efforts. The organizer of our Entrepreneur Stakeholder Group is Melanie Nuni, email Melanie for more information.

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Face-to-Face Navigation Session - FREE
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Schedule a face-to-face Navigation Session with one of our Bay Area Entrepreneurship Navigators. In this session, you review your Roadmap (customized resources), receive access to a system for tracking your progress, and receive periodic check-ins to re-assess needs and relevant resources.

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Resource Database -  FREE
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Scroll through our Resource Database with over 300 resources here in our Bay Area ecosystem. Want to be added as a resource in this database? Use our Intake Tool in either of our Supporter Toolboxes!

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Business Stage Wheel - FREE
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The Business Stage Wheel illustrates your journey in six stages. Use the wheel to determine your stage, and help narrow down resources in the database.

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Resource Matching Table - FREE
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After using the Business Stage Wheel to identify where you are in your journey, use this matching table to find resource entities relevant to you.

Definitions.

  • Entrepreneur: Those with the vision. Includes current business owners, company founders, former business owners.aspiring business owners and not-for-profit leaders, those with side hustles, those with social enterprises, those who are on or who wish to join an entrepreneurial team.
  • Business Support Provider: Those who help with planning and implementation of the vision. Includes individuals and organizations and people who provide mentorship, networks, technical assistance, acceleration, incubation, legal aid, marketing, HR support, co-working spaces, pop-up spaces, governmental services, etc.
  • Financial Support Provider: Those who help by providing funding for the vision. Includes individuals and organizations who provide financial support such as lending, crowdfunding, CDFIs, banks, angel investment, venture capital, contracting opportunities, etc.
  • Bay Area Entrepreneurship Navigator: Those certified by the Alliance for Community Development to help entrepreneurs navigate the Bay Area entrepreneurship ecosystem based on business stage, type of support, diversity emphasis, and other valuable criteria.

Hours

Impact HUB Oakland
2323 Broadway
M-F: 7am - 9pm

Email

For general inquiries: [email protected]
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