Turning passionate people into extraordinary entrepreneurs
GETTING YOUR STARTUP CAN FEEL HARD AND LONELY
A supportive community with tools, training, and guidance is available to help you turn your dreams into reality.
Our Programs
We Believe Entrepreneurs are everywhere.
Entrepreneurship Incubator
Our 12-week incubator program provides both for-profit and non-profit entrepreneurs a chance to validate their concepts and learn the “lean startup” framework. Our incubator is based on the Quatere’s Foundry model of peer mentorship, teaches the importance of a sustainable business mindset, and how impact and purpose can create value and differentiation for startups.
Idea Factory: Youth Entrepreneurship
Our youth entrepreneurship program helps grow the next generation of community-oriented entrepreneurs. In partnership with the Sorenson Unity Center, we work with high schools students to launch their very own social enterprise, and give them a jumpstart into the world of entrepreneurship
Sustainable Startups Series
An interactive discussion series featuring established local companies dedicated to growing truly sustainable businesses. The events continue to grow community around triple bottom-line principles and inspire early-stage entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship isn't just for high growth tech startups.
E4 all is a novel, grassroots entrepreneurship program designed to bring people " off the sidelines" and engage them in using entrepreneurship as a tool for community change. Our programs are designed to support entrepreneurs with the right access to resources, mentors, training, community partners, capital sources, and local resources.
Wo WE Work With.
We aim to give noble ideas the chance to flourish and to provide any motivated person the opportunity to become an entrepreneur. We focus on assisting entrepreneurs from underserved and under- represented communities, as well as those with ideas for social innovation.
Our Impact
Building a Thriving Community
Founded in 2013 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Sustainable Startups has created a vibrant entrepreneurial community that connects motivated individuals and fosters innovation. Our impact is significant
Over 80 Entrepreneurs
Our community has grown to include more than 80 entrepreneurs who have collectively generated over $1.9 million in direct revenue, creating 28 jobs in our local economy.
Diverse Representation
Nearly half of these entrepreneurs are women, almost 30% come from minority backgrounds, and over half represent low-to-moderate income households.
Recognized Excellence
We are proud to be a two-time U.S. Small Business Administration Growth Accelerator (2014, 2015), a distinction achieved by only 1.5% of competing accelerators.
Our Partners
