Year in review: What changes did 2023 bring Philly’s tech community?
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Media Outlet
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Sarah Huffman & Julie Zeglen
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The Enterprise Center awarded $200K in its first pitch competition for entrepreneurs of color
The program was funded by a $125,000 grant from the Most Diverse Tech Hub initiative from the City of Philadelphia’s Commerce Department. Eight companies were selected to go through a 10-week accelerator program that culminated with an October pitch competition. Four of the companies received prizes of varying amounts.
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Success Stories
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The Enterprise Center’s Dorrance H. Hamilton Center for Culinary Enterprises (CCE),is a great community to be a part of.
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Remaining competitive in the current marketplace often requires access to capital at key moments in our business.
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The $14,000 working capital funding will be used to formalize registration as a home care provider and hire initial staff.
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The CCE has been a helpful place to get questions answered when dealing with the city, how to create recipes, so we can be more consistent, create a budget, and best of all having other ‘foodprenueurs’ to meet and gain ideas and support in their endeavors.
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When they’re given easy opportunities to serve, our citizens really step up.
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As my business moves to the next level, leadership training, and management support that the Enterprise Center provides are keys to achieving greater sales and more contracts.
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When we first started with The Enterprise Center Capital Corporation, we had maybe 6 or 7 accounts, and we've doubled that now. The Enterprise Center Capital Corporation has been very helpful funding my larger jobs and assisting me with maintaining payroll and buying equipment.
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I hope that when it all opens up that everybody goes out and supports our small businesses.
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