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Small Business Startup Training


YW Enterprising Women Post Training Services

Post Training Services are offered through Peer Lending Support groups. Peer Lending is a credit arrangement in which a small group of borrowers guarantee each other’s loans in lieu of providing collateral.  Small business owners form business groups in which they make loan determinations for their group members based on the viability of that member’s business proposal and the character and commitment displayed by the prospective borrower. The traditional barriers that prevent small business owners from obtaining a loan such as poor credit, collateral, or lack of a full-time job do not necessarily apply to peer lending prospects.

Additional benefits of the post training services include, reduced isolation; increased motivation; peer pressure/peer assistance help to keep loans current; increased opportunities for networking; reduced organizational costs; increased participant empowerment; and easier delivery of technical business assistance and mentoring.   

In addition to access to microloans, YW Enterprising Women also provides:

 • Business Plan Review
 • Peer Support
 • Access to business coaches through NAWBO Pittsburgh; www.nawbopittsburgh.org
 • Opportunities to Network/Collaborate
 • Access to life coaching services through one to one
 • Referrals to University of Pittsburgh Community and Economic Development Law Clinic www.law.pitt.edu
 • Referrals to University of Pittsburgh Small Business Development Center
 • Access to Markets Opportunities
 • Business Banking Clinic

 

These concentrated efforts support women as they become empowered through career and wage advancement. For more information please call: 412-255-6749 or email: assetdevelopment@ywcapgh.org

 

Click here to download an application.  Please send completed application to:

 

YWCA Greater Pittsburgh
Asset Development Initiative
305 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

412-255-6749 (Phone)
412-255-1271 (Fax)

tellison-jones@ywcapgh.org

 

 

Resources

 

Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov


Allegheny County Department of Women, Minority, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
http://alleghenycounty.us/mwdbe/appidx.aspx 


Diversity Business Resource Center
www.dbrconline.org


Pennsylvania Open for Business
www.paopen4business.state.pa.us
 
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
www.newpa.com 

 

SCORE Pittsburgh
www.scorepittsburgh.org 

 

 

Online Training Programs
 
PA Statewide SBDC
www.pasbdc.org
 
SCORE
www.score.org 

 

Seton Hill University’s E-Magnify
www.e-magnify.com


 

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