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Entrepreneurs

Greater New Haven offers several advantages for entrepreneurs. Its proximity to major cities like New York City and Boston provides easy access to large consumer markets, while its concentration of top-tier universities and colleges provides access to a highly skilled and diverse talent pool. The region boasts a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem with numerous resources and support organizations, including business incubators, accelerators, and co-working spaces. Moreover, the region encourages knowledge sharing, networking events, and collaboration among startups, creating a supportive community that fosters growth and innovation.

Collab



Collab is an organization that empowers individuals and families to use entrepreneurship to gain autonomy, build wealth, and shape their communities. We prioritize serving people of color and women — particularly Black and Latinx entrepreneurs — who face persistent and significant barriers because of structural racism and sexism.

Entrepreneurship is a way to create economic stability for families, and also for individuals to have agency and ownership in their lives and their communities. Our core belief is that entrepreneurship (which we define as the act of taking a risk on behalf of our community) should be accessible to every single person, no matter where they come from.

We see our work as being a part of a wider ecosystem of entrepreneurship support resources, funding, and programs in our community. Our work within that ecosystem has 3 components:

  • Programming: We provide entrepreneurship programming that combines high-quality business education with a heart-based leadership development curriculum. Our programs are high-touch and provide wraparound services like childcare, transportation, and interpretation to make sure individuals can be supported and successful.
  • People: Our entrepreneurs gain access to a broad network of mentors, advisors, pro bono partners, and funders who form a net of support, expertise, and technical assistance.
  • Power: Our entrepreneurs are more powerful when they move and work together. We bring our 100+ graduates together to act as a coalition to advocate for themselves and our community’s collective good.

Coworking Locations

DistriCT New Haven
470 James Street, New Haven
347-632-8380
www.districtnhv.com

Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
900 Chapel Street, 10th Floor
New Haven
203-787-6735
www.gnhcc.com

Urban Collective
85 Willow St., New Haven
www.theurbancollectivect.com

S*Park Innovation
5 Science Park, New Haven
203-497-3953
www.scienceparknewhaven.org

New Haven Free Public Library
133 Elm St., New Haven
203-946-8130
www.nhfpl.org

Regus
19th Floor, 157 Church St, New Haven
475-655-3000
www.regus.com

KNOWN Coworking
139 Orange St 4th Floor, New Haven
www.nhvknown.com