Part of the University of Pittsburgh’s Innovation Institute, the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence (IEE) serves small businesses throughout western Pennsylvania with a dynamic mix of consulting, education and networking opportunities.

We welcome Robert Stein, IEE Executive Director, and Rhonda Carson Leach, Director, IEE Entrepreneurial Fellows Class and Urban & Community Entrepreneurship Program, to overview the institute's key services and programming to help more people build small businesses in underserved and moderate income communities.

Learn how the IEE is fostering economic empowerment by investing in one individual, one job and one business at a time.