Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 9, 2023

In partnership with the PA WILDS Center for Entrepreneurship, and with funding support provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ recent $50,000 BIG IDEA Contest targeted the counties of Cameron, Elk, McKean, Warren located in the PA WILDS.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 22, 2022

Here are short bios of each venture and what the entrepreneurs had to say about their e3 experience: CONCIERGETECH – Residents of senior housing centers benefit from the innovative software-as-as-service technology developed by ConciergeTech. I’m amazed at how much hard data I gathered using their customer discovery methodology.”

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

Here’s my best attempt to shed some light on the most common misconceptions about building a company here in NYC: Misconception #1: There’s no money in NYC for startups… and the money that’s here isn’t smart or experienced money. Should they work on your “real time” web startup or write code that processes a million trades a minute?

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

To amplify the impact of such innovative initiatives, Impact Hub Accra plays a pivotal role by harnessing the power of innovation generated by startups within its vibrant community. Impact Hub Accra , as an all-inclusive hub, heavily leverages innovation from startups within the hub community, an unlimited resource.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Business plan competitions are the air guitar championships of the startup world. It’s as if the plan for creating a startup is: Step #1: Come up with an idea. The fact of the matter is, most startups, particularly ones built by young professionals with no network and no track record, aren’t going to get funded.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 10, 2023

This is happening, in part, due to the rapid technological change that comes with disruptors backed by venture capital. It served us well in the past, yet it’s time to adapt and change, or eventually perish — if the rapid degradation of our ecology is of any guidance.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

” The startup’s work doesn’t stop there. The August 2020-founded startup has just closed a €6.5 “We help the farmer to do that with a digital platform that gives the farmer a way to transition, it gives them the know-how to do it, and it gives them farm management tools to achieve that.”

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

From 2003-2022 the River Valley Investors operated as a traditional angel group, investing in nearly 100 startups. Building upon its patent-pending behavior change platform, Lumme’s smartwatch app is the world’s first technology to effortlessly track objective eating metrics and behavioral patterns without manual input.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

LA and Bangalore-based space startup Pixxel has closed a $7.3 At the time, the startup had only revealed that it was focusing on Earth imaging,, and it’s unveiling its specific pursuit of hyperspectral imaging for the first time today. Early Stage is the premier “how-to” event for startup entrepreneurs and investors.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 20, 2023

Register Beijing-based technology company Ellipspace has successfully concluded a new financing round, securing 100 million yuan. Founded in 2020, Ellipspace specializes in developing advanced satellites capable of integrating remote sensing technology. The funding round was led by Yulin Fund, with participation from Changsheng Fund.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Alipay Ant Forest | Fantastic Ocean enables users to contribute to marine conservation projects (Seagrass planting in Shandong, China) In 2022, Ant Group launched Alipay Ant Forest | Fantastic Ocean, extending Ant Forest’s initiatives from land-based ecological protection to the ocean.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

New space startup bluShift wants to bring a new kind of propellant to the small satellite launching market, with rockets powered by bio-derived rocket fuels. These differ from traditional fuels in that they offer safety advantages during handling, and ecological advantages during production and use.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Spain is preparing to push forward with pro-startup legislation, having recently unveiled a big and bold transformation plan with the headline goal, by 2030, of turning the country into ‘Spain Entrepreneurial Nation’, as the slightly clumsy English translation has it. So that’s our job.” France and Germany.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

The startup creates a durable yet backyard-compostable packing foam out of shrimp shells produced (and discarded) by the seafood industry. Early on, the startup experimented with all kinds of formulations, finding that the foam could be tuned to meet diverse requirements for shape, rigidity, and so on.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. The new owner isn't going to be putting any tech startups in the building--he's going to make the space more inhabitable for artists and their work. 55 Washington Street.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 19, 2010

If Yelp proves this startup unfriendly, how long before they start going after its own engineers who undoubtedly have their own side projects? Yelp just showed its true colors: It’s not a startup anymore, and it will try to crush anyone that gets in its way—Microsoft 90’s style. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Startup LyteLoop has spent the past five years doing tackling the physics challenges that can make that possible, and now it’s raised $40 million to help it leapfrog the remaining engineering hurdles to make its bold vision a reality. I spoke to LyteLoop CEO Ohad Harlev about the company’s progress, technology and plans.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

But in what might be a sign of the times, today a startup that’s focused on e-learning and the subsequent job market for a completely different end of the spectrum — home services — is announcing some funding to continue building out its business in earnest. “There are 5.9 “It’s really upsetting me.”

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

We wanted to stay in that physical space, so we wound up merging with a startup who needed at office. There were about ten indie coworkers from the original community and ten employees of this startup. When technology learns how to treat us humanely, individually and actually makes us better people to each other—maybe we’ll get there.

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