Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program

About the Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program

Creative entrepreneurs are invaluable assets to communities. They lead innovation, deliver creative products and services, generate economic opportunity, and build community identity. This program is designed for creative entrepreneurs who aspire to start their own for-profit business or who operate an existing for-profit micro business. The program encourages the participation of interested creative entrepreneurs located in communities across the commonwealth, including those located in low-income communities, urban, suburban, and rural communities. Successful applicants receive small business consultation services and a grant of $2,000.

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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