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Celebrating and supporting Black artists, makers, designers, and craftspeople working in western Pennsylvania and beyond,

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ORIGINS Business Tune-Up

The ORIGINS Creative Business Tune-Up will help you get your creative business ready for the next level. Passionate entrepreneurs often bootstrap their businesses to life and create the basic tools they need to sell products and services. But to grow steadily and sustainably, business owners often need specialized support from experts. The ORIGINS Creative Business Tune-Up enables participants to work one-on-one with consultant specialists in the areas below. It also helps business owners build a CEO mentality where they work with teams to realize sustainable business success.

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Curtis Reaves Design Studio

Curtis Reaves

Blakbird Jewelry

Selima Dawson
  • Guidance
  • Capital
  • Space
  • Peers
  • Markets

Triple Moon Alchemy

Denise Edwards

Djoi Designs

Florence Smith

Virtually the last Wednesday of each month from 6 - 7 PM

ORIGINS Monthly Meetings

A monthly meeting to provide a space for ORIGINS Network members to gather, share ideas and opportunities, collaborate, and build community among peer creative businesses. ORIGINS is a dynamic, quickly growing initiative that seeks to grow connections among Black entrepreneurs in Western Pennsylvania. Each month, the network is invited to an hour-long virtual meeting to meet new ORIGINS members, learn about resources and opportunities, and discuss topics that are important to the network.

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