We are a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing technical and research assistance to groups who wish to organize as cooperatives. Through this we meet the economic and business development needs of rural and non-rural areas in the multi-state area of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware.

Our Future Depends on the 
Choices We Make Today"

At the Slippery Rock University Sustainable Enterprise Accelerator (SEA), we believe that our future depends on the choices we make today. If we desire better lives for ourselves and future generations, we must utilize the power of markets and commerce...

As an agriculture and natural resource educator with the OSU Extension Wayne County office I am available to provide educational materials, advice, and resource networking on a range of agricultural and natural resource topics.  My area of speciality is forages, pasture managment and ruminant livestock production.

The Appleseed Microfinance loan fund is designed to help provide small amounts of capital to small business with the goal of creating or retaining jobs. Loan amounts will range from $1,000-$35,000.

Eligible borrowers:
•US citizens, 18 years of age or older
•Startup and existing businesses including home based businesses
•Businesses with less than $1,000,000 in annual revenue

Use of funds include:
•Equipment
•Inventory
...

Promoting profitable farms that produce healthy food for all people while respecting the natural environment.

Founded in 1992, PASA's consistent and driving vision has been to transform agriculture and food systems in Pennsylvania and beyond in a way that makes our farmers more viable, improves the land and restores the health and wellbeing of all our citizens. We are nonprofit in structure, but entrepreneurial in spirit, as we use our resources carefully to work...

TimeBanks USA's mission is to nurture and expand a movement that promotes equality and builds caring community economies through inclusive exchange of time and talent.  We work with local communities and sustainable food initiatives to support a focus on exchange of time and talent that supports local food production and sustainability and the many necessary sources we need in our lives.

The college already has students working with entrepreneurs in the Northeast Ohio area! Students work in the social entrepreneurship program for nonprofit companies and also provide services to for-profit companies through internships. There are no limitations to the services that can be provided!

Contact James Levin, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, at 330-263-2227 or jlevin@wooster.edu

Walsh University's "Entrepreneur in Resident" is ready and willing to help entrepreneurs! His service is branding businesses, giving them a "firm foundation in which to to start and build their brand awareness." His expertise, then, is graphic design, advertising, and marketing. This includes logo design, website design and development, e-marketing strategies, social integration, etc.

Contact Joe Rozsa at joe...

Malone University is very interested in working with entrepreneurs in the area. The university currently has a SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) chapter and would use this program to work with entrepreneurs. Services they provide include environmental sustainability, making websites, etc. The door is wide open for services they can provide!

The SIFE program is even able to help provide funding for businesses, as long as entrepreneurs contact the chapter before the fall semester to...

Kent State University is interested in working with entrepreneurs! They currently have an "Entrepreneur in Resident" who, in collaboration with students, is willing to provide any type of help, including agricultural technology and business sustainability.  Contact the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation at cebi@kent.edu or 330-672-9430.