“Practice Makes Perfect”
This statement is especially true when you are going to make a presentation to potential investors. Whether you plan to pitch to angels or VCs, the word will spread quickly if you do a...
View ArticleClean Energy Alternatives: Pennsylvania Has ‘Home-Grown” Solutions
Pennsylvania’s coal resources helped fuel the growth of American industry and played a significant role in the Industrial Revolution — but not without consequence. Pennsylvania was also one of the...
View ArticleFunding Options for Start-Up Companies
The development and commercialization of new technology is a very expensive process. Yet, even today nearly 30 years after the inception of the Ben Franklin program, an entrepreneur or small business...
View ArticleWhy enter a Business Plan Contest?
It used to be that Business Plan Contests were typically a part of an academic exercise. Student teams developed ideas and then pitched their plans to classroom rivals or a panel of instructors from...
View ArticleAccording to the Pew Study, “The U.S. is Falling Behind on Energy Research?”
The U.S. lags behind many of its G-20 partners in clean energy finance and investment, according to a new study by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Many factors, including a tight credit market and the lack...
View ArticleBen Franklin Portfolio Company, Actuated Medical, Obtains FDA Clearance for...
Actuated Medical, Inc. announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined substantial equivalence of AMI’s TubeClear™ system specific to nasogastric (NG) feeding and decompression...
View ArticleLOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND DOZENS OF INVESTORS WIN!
LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND DOZENS OF INVESTORS WIN! Liz Wilson/Ben Franklin Technology Partners In 2006, Dan Bensur, Kevin Seeker and Bill Catania started a business around an idea to develop a mobile...
View Article“Practice Makes Perfect”
This statement is especially true when you are going to make a presentation to potential investors. Whether you plan to pitch to angels or VCs, the word will spread quickly if you do a...
View ArticleClean Energy Alternatives: Pennsylvania Has “Home-Grown” Solutions
Pennsylvania’s coal resources helped fuel the growth of American industry and played a significant role in the Industrial Revolution — but not without consequence. Pennsylvania was also one of the...
View ArticleFunding Options for Start-Up Companies
The development and commercialization of new technology is a very expensive process. Yet, even today nearly 30 years after the inception of the Ben Franklin program, an entrepreneur or small business...
View ArticleWhy enter a Business Plan Contest?
It used to be that Business Plan Contests were typically a part of an academic exercise. Student teams developed ideas and then pitched their plans to classroom rivals or a panel of instructors from...
View ArticleAccording to the Pew Study, “The U.S. is Falling Behind on Energy Research?”
The U.S. lags behind many of its G-20 partners in clean energy finance and investment, according to a new study by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Many factors, including a tight credit market and the lack...
View ArticleBen Franklin Portfolio Company, Actuated Medical, Obtains FDA Clearance for...
Actuated Medical, Inc. announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined substantial equivalence of AMI’s TubeClear™ system specific to nasogastric (NG) feeding and decompression...
View ArticleWhere Do You Go If You Need #Startupfunding In PA?
If you are developing a new tech-product, process, or software application, that you intend to commercialize, your personal assets and credit are only going to go so far. Many of the folks we’ve worked...
View ArticleBen Franklin Invests Nearly $1 Million in PA Startups
STATE COLLEGE, PA – If you are thinking about developing a new, innovative product or process, you need to be thinking about Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA. We have been...
View ArticlePrivacynq Brief Eases Consumer Privacy Concerns for IoT Products
New standard for easy-to-understand privacy and security disclosures builds consumers’ digital trust in IoT products YORK, Pa. – September 21, 2015 – Today PrivacyCheq (www.PrivacyCheq.com) announced...
View ArticleShell Petrochemical Complex (“Cracker”) is a Game Changer in PA!
In June 2016, Shell announced their decision to build the ethane cracker plant and petrochemical complex in Beaver County, PA. This announcement has been referred to as a “game changer” by Governor...
View ArticleBen Franklin’s Business StartUP Boot Camps
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA (BFTP/CNP) provides startup funding not only for tech-entrepreneurs and small manufacturers, but we also invest in innovative,...
View ArticleSHOULD YOU ENTER A PITCH COMPETITION?
Back in the day, developing a business plan was typically part of an academic exercise. Student teams came up with product ideas and then pitched their plans to classroom rivals or a panel of...
View ArticleSHOULD YOU ENTER A PITCH COMPETITION?
Back in the day, developing a business plan was typically part of an academic exercise. Student teams came up with product ideas and then pitched their plans to classroom rivals or a panel of...
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