Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 30, 2024

As they prepare to compete for up to $50,000 in prize money and additional support, the PA Wilds Big Idea Contest celebrates their creativity and dedication to making a positive impact. We congratulate them on their achievements and look forward to supporting their continued success.” first appeared on BFTP/CNP.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

With a mission to empower creators and foster a vibrant community, Ashley brings a wealth of expertise in human-centric design, mobile-development and advocacy for mental and physical health to Fini. Fini is more than a platform; it’s a community fostering well-being. What motivated you to launch your startup? This was very insightful.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Flux says its technology is supported by “all modern browsers,” requiring no downloads. The Community Library, meanwhile, offers access to schematics, models and open source parts — a little bit GitHub, a little bit Makerbot Thingiverse. Image Credits: Flux.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Mostaque co-founded and bootstrapped Stability AI in 2020, motivated both by a personal fascination with AI and what he characterized as a lack of “organization” within the open source AI community. We’re completely independent,” Mostaque told TechCrunch in a previous interview. “We

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

At the time, the massively popular left-pad package had raked in more than 15 million downloads , and even today the library continues to be downloaded millions of times weekly. It puts extra scrutiny on any, and all, versions of the sabotaged project and it can hurt the community’s trust in the developer.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

We know firsthand the struggle and frustration of explaining the importance and impact of working to support and grow entrepreneurship in a community. The Right to Start campaign launched recently with a mission to build the American economy by putting starters first—by changing minds, policies, and communities.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

But over the years, the network expanded to support women through other life stages. Now, that will include menopause, as well — a life stage that will impact nearly half the world’s population at some point, but where opportunities there are few online communities where women can connect and learn. Image Credits: Peanut.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Given the legal status of these substances, people are hesitant to call 911 if they are experiencing a crisis, many don’t have access to peer groups that can offer support and there’s not a lot of other support available either. Very few people in the LGBTQ+ communities. And so that has really stuck with me.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

There are a number of no-code platforms out there, but I started using Bubble last year and have built several projects on it (including the MVP of my startup Gaya : a platform enabling people in close-knit communities to share their cars with each other). Bubble has a vibrant developer community that can help you with technical issues.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 27, 2022

In this role, I spearhead a program that helps veterans and community heroes like teachers, police, firefighters, medical professionals and social workers acquire housing. Building relationships and enhancing a sense of community. The way to make sure that your community can trust you is by showing up.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Since its launch six months ago, Serverless Stack has grown to over 2,000 stars on GitHub and was downloaded more than 60,000 times. The proof is in the pudding, and if they can get people to adopt it, like they did on GitHub so far, and keep that community engagement, that is my strongest signal of staying power.”.

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Forward Cities

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Anchor Institutions’ Contributions to Building Inclusive Small Business Ecosystems was jointly developed by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Forward Cities with support from the Annie E. DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT. Casey Foundation. Creating Shared Value for Anchors and Small Business Ecosystems.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

” a title that’s seen a billion-some downloads by now. “The way I like to do things is you find somebody special and then get out the way and support their vision,” Decrem explains. Decrem brought the developer into his group and gave him the space to create what became “Where’s My Water?,”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The app, which seeks to support those struggling with mental health issues, was built by Balvin and his two co-founders Mario Chamorro, a creative wellness activist and acting CEO; and Patrick Dowd, a creative strategist, and the company’s COO. Users who download the app before October 31 will have access to a one-month free trial.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Working family caregivers spend an average of 25 hours a week caring for their loved ones on top of their full-time jobs, and ultimately, the current lack of support and resources drives 32% of them to leave their job to care full time. . Today, caregiver support is the most overlooked gap in healthcare and employee benefits.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 5, 2023

community with extensive experience in enterprise deployments. ecosystem with over 4 million downloads per month and 3x year-on-year growth, whose users include Capital One, Walmart, and American Express among hundreds of other enterprises. Collina is a creator of Fastify , one of the most popular web frameworks in the Node.js

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The holiday, which falls on the Saturday between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, celebrates shopping locally at small businesses throughout neighborhoods and communities. Support for small businesses matters now more than ever. How long have you been part of the community? What do you love about Small Business Saturday?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

“For three years, we have created a product that brings a lot of value to developers, which has allowed us to form a strong community,” De Quelen said via email. Available on GitHub, the project grew to over 10 million downloads, making it among the most popular open source search projects. Image Credits: Meilisearch.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Growing up, she attended a small Catholic school that provided her with an intimate, close-knit community. A self-described “lifelong learner,” Ambrose has made it her mission from those earliest days to turn her passion into a career educating young members of her community. Download more information HERE. Sign up now.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off. As an Asian-American woman and a venture investor myself, I know this to be true — that investing in startups owned by people of color is key to unlocking innovation, elevating underserved communities and fostering long-term economic success.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The past 18 months drew more users to the AllTrails mobie app, which now has over 40 million downloads and 30 million registered users across 190 countries. The funds will be used for product development, to build out the AllTrails team, and expand its community internationally.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It’s been amazing to watch Rec Room grow from a tiny collection of mini-games into a global platform with millions of experiences built by the community.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

The platform’s software (which can be downloadable as an app on any smartphone or automatically installed on Qwili’s phones) turns these smartphones into point-of-sale devices permitting merchants to sell value-added services such as data and pay-TV subscriptions, groceries and clothing to their customers.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Since then, that open source project has been downloaded over 40 million times. Today, they have 500 companies using Prodigy including Microsoft and Bayer in addition to the huge community of millions of open source users. “Open source is a community of users, customers and employees.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Users can download the Phantom wallet to their browsers to interact with applications, swap tokens and collect NFTs. At the moment, Phantom is best-known among the Solana community, where it has become the go-to wallet for applications on that blockchain. 0x lets any app be the Craigslist of cryptocurrency.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

At Impact Hub, we have been working relentlessly towards this goal for the past 15 years, supporting impact entrepreneurs who put people and the planet at the forefront. We strive to give them tools to succeed with our support programs and a strong network of 16,500 people throughout 59 countries. The Kitchen at 44 .

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

If they could get 20 engineers to download Graphite before the end of August, they would complete the transition. The new approach has resonated with developers and today they’ve grown to more than 2,500 users participating in the company’s Slack community, so it seems they made the right decision.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since then, its software has been downloaded almost 750,000 times, growth of about 30% per month. Van Luijt didn’t give specifics on the company’s growth metrics, but did say the number of downloads can correlate to sales of enterprise licenses and managed services. SeMI raised a $1.2

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The app gives power to the members, who have the ability to view and download their financial statements, apply for loans and make repayments. On its platform, Kwara supported $40 million in transactions between credit unions and their members.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Female entrepreneur, Sarah-Allen Preston, launched an app to help people who feel like they’re sinking, but have a hard time leaning on their community to receive a helping hand. It allows users to create an online support system and send or receive help. Sarah-Allen Preston, founder of Afloat).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Strategies to cultivate a community, iterate with an audience and convert it into a customer base Photo: Unsplash In today’s hyper-competitive, fast-paced digital world, it seems like everyone and their smartphone-savvy grandmother is developing a mobile app. Instead, think about building a community (or joining an awesome existing one ).

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off. More than ever before, startups and small businesses relied on the support of their communities to stay in business this year. Entrepreneurship has always meant taking risks, and the risks are worth the rewards.

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StartupNation

MAY 6, 2021

Internet usage has spiked amid the pandemic, and TikTok remained the most downloaded app in Q1 of 2021. They can also develop promotions based on local holidays, sentiments or customs, therefore building strong ties with local communities around the world.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

To date, Fruitz has been downloaded 5.6 By plugging the app into our technology platform, community support, brand and growth marketing, we can accelerate Fruitz’s growth,” she said. As a result, no one was being honest with their intentions and everyone was wasting each other’s time,” he said. As of Feb.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 20, 2023

The funds raised will be used to support the development of the studio’s first game, the competitive, socially driven VR basketball experience Blacktop Hoops. The Beta introduces the first downloadable content for Blacktop Hoops , the Rising Legends Pack. rating and over 9,000 reviews and a 90% positive rating on Steam.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. But over 90% of Ukrainian startups say they need financial support to survive the war.

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Impact Hub

MAY 13, 2021

From healthcare to education, agriculture, and engineering, meet the resilient entrepreneurs who are creating a positive impact on their local communities as well as national economies and contributing to the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery during these incredibly tough times. . Let’s start with some context.

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