Two years after the Berks LaunchBox opened its doors within the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in downtown Reading in January 2019, it is clear that entrepreneurship and innovation have sparked positivity and harnessed energy within the Greater Reading community. In the past year alone, the Berks LaunchBox has assisted 80 entrepreneurs with startup ideas, hosted eight co-working companies, and welcomed more than 800 community members to free classes and webinars.
The mission of the Berks LaunchBox is to support economic development and entrepreneurship. An innovation hub of Penn State Berks, the LaunchBox connects local entrepreneurs to the support, resources, and facilities that they need to build sustainable and scalable businesses with a viable plan for growth. It specializes in supporting technology-based, medical innovation, and social enterprise startups. Services include…
