Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program

Notice to all applicants or potential applicants:

The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program is not currently accepting applications. Updates on availability of future grant cycles will be shared as they are available.


About the Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program

The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program is designed to pair access to existing small business consulting services with financial resources for creative entrepreneurs who aspire to start their own for-profit business or who operate an existing for-profit micro business.


Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

Grant Amounts

All grants are $2,000.

To begin your application, contact a referral coordinator:

Leigh Fennie

Business Consultant

The University of Scranton Small Business Development Center (SBDC)


570.408.3336

leigh.fennie@scranton.edu

Gretchen H. Kukuchka 

The University of Scranton Small Business Development Center (SBDC)


gretchen.kukuchka@scranton.edu


Zakiyyah Smith

The University of Scranton Small Business Development Center (SBDC)



zakiyyah.smith@scranton.edu

Lucy Singer

Wilkes University


lucy.singer@wilkes.edu

Raymond Haden

Wilkes University



raymond.haden@wilkes.edu

Jacqueline Escobar

Wilkes University



jacqueline.escobar@wilkes.edu

Dorothy P. Lane

Wilkes University



dorothy.lane@wilkes.edu

Kristin Sassi

Wilkes University



kristin.sassi@wilkes.edu

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