VestedIn Programs

Empowering Our Youth

WesGold Fellows

The WesGold Fellows program, of VestedIn (formerly WPFSI), is a paid internship for high school youth focused on personal and professional development, financial literacy, real estate, and entrepreneurship. Our mission is to engage the youth, positively impact disadvantaged populations, and increase financial literacy in families and communities throughout the City of Philadelphia.

Guiding Entrepreneurs

B-Smart

(B-Smart) is an entrepreneurship program created in partnership with Drexel University and the West Philadelphia Corridor Collaborative. The program takes local entrepreneurs and early-stage companies through an intensive 10-week training on core business topics such as marketing and operations, technology for small businesses, business planning, and finance and capital.

Taking beauty salons and barbershops to the next level!

Beauty Salon & Barbershop Entrepreneur Accelerator Program

Barbershop and salons are small businesses that need to evolve as new techniques in building, sustaining, growing, and marketing businesses evolve. How can you ensure that your beauty salon or barbershop is evolving in this digital age? Join our Beauty Salon & Barbershop Entrepreneur Accelerator Program!

Our Neighborhoods, Our Businesses, Our Stories

ONOBOS Program

Our Neighborhoods, Our Businesses, Our Stories” is a project which will highlight selected commercial corridors and neighborhood businesses through video. These videos will showcase the business owners who make up these diverse corridors and the products and services within them.