April 22nd, 2022 by WCBC Radio

The Allegany County Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to welcome Startup Portal to the community.  They are located at 48 North Centre Street, Cumberland, Maryland.  At the ribbon cutting Startup Portal announced its newest feature—a fully equipped coworking facility—to support startups, solopreneurs, and small to medium-sized businesses in need of an office, a video conferencing meeting room, or simply a dedicated desk space.

Beyond its newest coworking space, Startup Portal is a cloud-based platform that specializes in guiding current and future entrepreneurs, startups, equity crowdfunding ventures, helping small businesses scale operations, and infusing struggling companies with fresh strategies to jump-start their ventures. The team at Startup Portal provides outsourced financial services as well, including training seminars for future entrepreneurs, business financial projections, business funding expertise and business planning with benchmarking data of approximately 25 industries. 

“We are honored for Startup Portal to be part of the entrepreneur eco-system in Cumberland and Western Maryland”, Rick Leimbach, CFO Advisor and founder commented. “Our role is to educate and guide current and future business owners with the financial expertise to build a business plan, manage cashflow, prepare for the appropriate funding or build metrics to scale their business”.