American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

One of the companys key innovations is its unique actuation technology, which underpins Apollos performance and enables more affordable production while simplifying maintenance. Apptronik takes a full-stack approach to designing humanoid robots, focusing on making them not only functional but also user-friendly and approachable.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The companys technology uses non-invasive screenings for early detection based on over one million personalized health insights across its member base. Prenuvos innovative approachusing cutting-edge technology to offer comprehensive, non-invasive screeningshas already impacted the health space.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

Post-round, the same metrics framework became our quarterly board template, saving hours of prep. For example, we worked with a technology startup that used our business plan software and, within four months, managed to raise a $500K investment from an investor connected through our network. Tips for other founders: 1.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 6, 2025

Keshia Theobald-van Gent I had the pleasure of interviewing Keshia Theobald-van Gent , an accomplished executive with deep experience in innovation, strategy, and stakeholder engagement. She’s a frequent speaker, startup advisor, and nonprofit board member. Keshia holds a Master’s from the University of Groningen.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

Tulikas focus on fostering a culture of innovation not only inspires her team but also ensures customer success, consistently delivering exceptional value and creating substantial improvements for clients. I saw an opportunity to innovate and bring a unique solution that wasnt being fully addressed by existing players.

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StartupNation

JUNE 6, 2025

Twenty years ago, I kickstarted the company with only one employee on board. Speaking about innovative leaps overall. Don’t Hesitate to Innovate and Pioneer Don’t listen to “couch critics” or “armchair experts.” consider investing in white-label innovative tech. Pre-developed technology is much cheaper.

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StartupNation

JUNE 6, 2025

Twenty years ago, I kickstarted the company with only one employee on board. Speaking about innovative leaps overall. Don’t Hesitate to Innovate and Pioneer Don’t listen to “couch critics” or “armchair experts.” consider investing in white-label innovative tech. Pre-developed technology is much cheaper.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 13, 2025

(January 3, 2025) The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (CSIT) awarded over $2.7 The funding will support pilot demonstration projects from startup companies creating technologies that mitigate the emission of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. In 2023, the NJEDA awarded more than $3.6

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Revolution

MARCH 10, 2025

billion board feet of usablewood. Scaling a BetterSystem A recurring theme among the 150+ startups weve backed is that, often, the countrys biggest challenges are the most compelling innovation opportunities. The numbers tell thestory: Every year, the U.S. generates approximately 45 million tons of tree waste, the equivalent of 7.2

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 7, 2025

Since merging with Vungle in 2021 under Blackstones leadership, Liftoff has accelerated its growth trajectory by combining complementary technologies and expanding its product portfolio. Weve merged, innovated, and built momentum, yet we believe the opportunity for growth in mobile is just beginning.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Benefits of AI automation Key components and technologies that AI automation uses How to implement AI automation AI automation use cases Examples of AI automation processes What's the difference between AI automation and RPA? Drives innovation: AI automation is a powerful R&D assistant.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Agile Best for: Innovation projects, changing requirements Agile is a collaborative, flexible project management methodology designed by a group of software practitioners in 2001. If you've ever used Trello , you've used a Kanban board for project management. Those are the ones I'll cover here.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 24, 2025

Reimagining Compute Infrastructure Beyond CMOS In an era where the limits of traditional CMOS (complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor) technology are being pushed to their breaking point, Snowcap is charting a new course. The compute needs of these technologies are outstripping what legacy chip architectures can deliver.

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StartupNation

MAY 26, 2025

Those ­were the two Ps—­ Pragmatic Innovation and People First policies—­ that I wanted to delve into when we took about 50 members of Tugboat Institute on an exemplar visit to Radio Flyer. PalmPi­lot and Handspring creator Jeff Hawkins, whom I had worked with at Good Technology, was another. He then pointed to the other side.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 15, 2015

Mayor Bill DeBlasio is on the verge of making NYC one of the most unfriendly cities in the world for technology companies to operate. And now, our anti-tech progress Mayor is helping NYC join an exclusive list of cities that have stood in the way of Uber providing an innovative consumer service that is in high demand.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In a recent board meeting, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) proudly unveiled its latest investments in six exceptional tech enterprises situated in central and northern Pennsylvania, totaling $725,000. The funding provided by Ben Franklin is a catalyst for rapid growth and innovation.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 25, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in four dynamic companies.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 30, 2018

We started with the easiest problem that technology could attempt to solve. LESSON: Technology solves silicon-intensive problems and humans solve judgment-intensive ones. Our attribution rate of 91% was a roaring success—we’d created a scalable technological solution in the process! Tight timeline, undefined goals.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 19, 2021

And I believe that for the most part, these changes are good for early-stage company formation and innovation. I also think startup boards need to evolve. There should be many more independent directors and many fewer investor directors on startup boards. I believe that for the most part, these changes will be permanent.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 16, 2014

I am there, along with other investors and board members to audit their thinking--to make sure they were considerate about the plans *they* came up with, not me. Fifth , as I intend to be a long term participant in the innovation ecosystem, I have a role to support and champion the community at large. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 18, 2020

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Every year, dozens of PA startups get their start with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. At the March 2020 Board of Director’s meeting, six companies were approved to receive an investment: CPNet, located in Harrisburg , is an industrial IoT and AI company founded to bring Industry 4.0 WE INVEST IN INNOVATION.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 28, 2013

The other day, I took part in a forum about technology education in Brooklyn. And yet the number of software developers in NYC who work at startups has probably grown tenfold in the last eight years, leading me to ask the question of whether or not putting code in the classroom will make the biggest impact on innovation in our community.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. What person hasn’t crouched at an airport to get 18% extra on one’s battery before boarding an airplane? Now they are partners.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 17, 2012

It has grown to be a dynamic place to build a company--and has the potential to be the very best place in the world to start a technology business. I got a term sheet out less than 100 days into the job and was lucky enough to get to work with my friend Rob May as a Board Member for my first investment, Backupify.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

I’m involved with a few boards where we have taken a position of revenue-centric spending. Focus on Growth and Innovation. For the future, focus on business model innovation. If your business has taken a beating given the sector that you are in, is it possible to innovate out of this crisis?

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

At the September 2021 Board of Director’s meeting, five additional companies were approved to receive an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA. Tech-startups and small manufacturers have been getting their “start” with Ben Franklin Technology Partners for nearly 40 years.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 4, 2022

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Every year, dozens of PA startups get their start with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. WE INVEST IN INNOVATION. . The post STARTUPS RECEIVE INVESTMENT FROM BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS appeared first on BFTP/CNP. Visit www.cnp.benfranklin.org for program details. www.cnp.benfranklin.org.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. To the credit of Danny, Ben & Lisa – they never aspired to be the CEO’s of a rocket ship media & technology company.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2023

30 Investments to date in the areas of AI, autonomy, cybersecurity and space Shield Capital was launched in 2021 by the Managing Partners Philip Bilden and Raj Shah, both of whom have deep experience in technology and investing, driving their passion to support founders of frontier technologies.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Startups that embrace inventiveness and creativity rise, and such innovation happens when leadership and teams unify in pursuit of a shared vision within a culture that highly values collaboration. Here are six ways to establish the foundation for collaboration and innovation within your startup: Establish a company mission.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

Wouldn’t we be a bit hypocritical if we talked with entrepreneurs about innovation and change but we weren’t willing to take it on ourselves? We also run annual CEO summits and topical discussions groups in marketing, technology, recruiting and the like. What’s up with that? And there’s much more of this to come.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 25, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in eight dynamic companies. This innovative approach is set to make significant contributions to cancer research and treatment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Working in concert, Brown, Caltech, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, the University of Illinois, Michigan, Northwestern, Penn, Princeton, SUNY Binghamton, UC Berkeley, UCLA, the University of Southern California and Yale formed The University Technology Licensing Program LLC (UTLP) to create a centralized pool of licensable IP.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Businesses that provide this enabling technology and equipment can capitalize on this with special pricing and promotions. You can expect to see families invest in toys, to keep their children occupied, as well as board games, projects and puzzles that can be done as a family in the evening and on weekends. Direct to Consumer Brands.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

From vehicle design and data to safety reporting and infrastructure, these five innovative moments have helped fuel the global growth of shared e-scooters and are helping lead cities into a healthier, more sustainable future. #1: 1: Shared scooters launched (fall 2017). IP67 or IP68 waterproofing on batteries. Looking forward.

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Dream It

AUGUST 6, 2020

link] — Infermedica (@Infermedica) August 6, 2020 Technology and Benefits to Health Systems/Payers/Telemedicine Companies Infermedica is an AI-driven, customizable, multi-language platform that aids patient care and healthcare service delivery. Take a look! About Infermedica Infermedica, Inc.

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