2026 BIPOC Maker Accelerator Cohort
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Kim Flurry
AKLW Gemstone Jewelry LLC
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Michelle Grant
Archposters
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Yu Pei Lin (Bash)
Goan Ho Crochet
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Daynell Marbury
HelloBoutiq LLC
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Marieke Van Der Maelen
House of Paidia
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Khaliah Guenther
Kay Cee Collection
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Raquel Kueffner
Raquel Kueffner Art
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Destiny Folks
Rising Arts LLC
Meet Talpha Harris, the 2025 Cohort Workshop Instructor
Talpha Harris is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sustainible, a business model assessment tool that helps entrepreneurs determine how they can improve or implement their business model. She also owns Ancient Path Adventures, a biblical innovation hub, producing creative card games, board games and more. Talpha previously worked as an Entrepreneurship Hub Manager at a local CDFI, helping entrepreneurs build businesses by developing entrepreneurial programming such as accelerators and incubators. Talpha graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a degree in Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship and currently lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and toddler.
Funding for the 2025 BIPOC Maker Accelerator Program was provided by The Pittsburgh Foundation.