Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 10, 2024

Eight entrepreneurial teams presented their business startup ideas to a panel of judges, friends, family, and other community members for a chance to win $10,000 to launch their business. On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Bootcamp.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 21, 2024

.” Maggie Horne, Director of the Gannon Small Business Development Center (SBDC), echoed similar sentiments, emphasizing the importance of collaborative initiatives like the TechCelerator program in fostering innovation and supporting local entrepreneurs. Premier Manufacturing – d.b.a

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Choo Heng Tong, the Executive Vice President for New Ventures and Innovation, EDB, said delivering sustainability goals is now more pressing as it also presents an opportunity for collaboration across the ecosystem to build and scale climate tech ventures.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 1, 2023

ENDERO’s mission is to improve the quality of life for women with innovative menstrual products. Sponsored by the Oklahoma Business Roundtable, the Paulsen Awards are $5,000 scholarships awarded to encourage Oklahoma students to become involved with economic development and entrepreneurship in the state.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

Fisher’s Popcorn officials presented to Delaware’s Council on Development Finance an application for a Jobs Performance Grant of $60,000 and a Capital Expenditure Grant of $145,500 from the Delaware Strategic Fund to support the company’s investment in construction, fit-out costs and new equipment.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 20, 2024

Selected finalists will present their innovative business ideas to a panel of judges, competing for up to $50,000 in prize money to help launch their startups. Their innovative approach harnesses the potential of biochar to sequester carbon, improve soil quality, and promote sustainable agriculture. Meet the Finalists!

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The Ben Franklin Technology Partners (Ben Franklin) Pennsylvania statewide network will present before the Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee regarding the proposed 2019-2020 Pennsylvania budget at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, March 6, live-streamed here: [link].

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 20, 2024

Selected finalists will present their innovative business ideas to a panel of judges, competing for up to $50,000 in prize money to help launch their startups. In addition to the $50,000 grand prize, audience members will have the chance to vote for their favorite presentation, awarding a $2,500 People’s Choice Award.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 14, 2024

The 2024 PA Wilds Big Idea Contest, an initiative aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, and Tioga Counties, has announced its grand prize winners. After rigorous evaluation, two outstanding contenders have emerged, each presenting groundbreaking solutions in diverse fields.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 13, 2024

The entrepreneurial talent of student innovators from across Oklahoma shone brightly at the 20th anniversary Entrepreneur’s Cup awards dinner, presented by Love’s Travel Stops, on Tuesday, April 30. In 2024, over 50 teams participated, an Entrepreneur’s Cup record.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 30, 2024

The 2024 PA Wilds Big Idea Contest, an initiative aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, and Tioga Counties, has announced its finalists. After rigorous evaluation, six outstanding contenders have emerged, each presenting groundbreaking solutions in diverse fields.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

Report aims to guide and further develop the state’s international business relationships TRENTON, N.J. The report, which will be released annually, aims to guide and further develop international business relationships with the state, while bolstering Governor Murphy’s global economic development goals.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 18, 2021

ERIE, PA – On Thursday, January 14, 2021,with more than 160 viewers in the zoom audience, seven companies made their final pitch presentations to four independent judges; a panel which also included a past BIG IDEA winner, Dr. Wei-Shin Lai with Acoustic Sheep.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 14, 2024

The 2024 PA Wilds Big Idea Contest, an initiative aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, and Tioga Counties, has announced its grand prize winners. After rigorous evaluation, two outstanding contenders have emerged, each presenting groundbreaking solutions in diverse fields.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 30, 2024

The 2024 PA Wilds Big Idea Contest, an initiative aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, and Tioga Counties, has announced its finalists. After rigorous evaluation, six outstanding contenders have emerged, each presenting groundbreaking solutions in diverse fields.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 10, 2024

Eight entrepreneurial teams presented their business startup ideas to a panel of judges, friends, family, and other community members for a chance to win $10,000 to launch their business. On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Bootcamp.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Meeting highlights Governor’s commitment to equity and inclusion in New Jersey’s innovation economy TRENTON, N.J. While we have more work to do to ensure minority entrepreneurs have access to the funding needed to launch and grow in the Garden State, discussions such as these will help to spark ideas for ways to level the playing field.”

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The Echoing Green is a foundation that distinguishes transformational leaders via its fellowships. Kairos Fellows. “The

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2023

Uvax Bio LLC is an innovative company in the science and technology sector, specializing in vaccine platform technology. Plans there include renovating the site’s existing wet lab and office space into a facility ideal for achieving the company’s goal of developing vaccines that support public health and improve life.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 21, 2020

An ecosystem builder is a person that takes the system-level view of the innovation and entrepreneurial assets in a community, connects them, and fills in the gaps where necessary in order to help the ecosystem to continue to thrive and grow. To you, what is an Ecosystem Builder? What motivates you as an ecosystem builder?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A $5,000 scholarship to the Oklahoma university or college of his or her choice for the fall semester, an opportunity to give a five minute presentation at the Oklahoma Business Roundtable annual meeting where the Governor and Oklahoma Business Roundtable members will be in attendance. The purpose of this award? The Process?

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With support from partners that believe in the power of social entrepreneurship to transform communities, we are able to bring Impact Hub’s vision of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale to all corners of the planet, providing the grounds for interested local changemakers to engage and flourish in an empowering environment.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 9, 2023

With support from partners that believe in the power of social entrepreneurship to transform communities, we are able to bring Impact Hub’s vision of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale to all corners of the planet, providing the grounds for interested local Impact makers to engage and flourish in an empowering environment.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

Collaboration between organizations providing various services creates a cohesive network of resources better suited to support innovation. Without intentional and strategic collaboration across support organizations, entrepreneurial ecosystems will not meet their full potential for incubation of new ideas and inclusive innovation.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Competitions have three rounds: Executive Summary, Full Plan, and Public Presentation. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The Kairos Fellows. “The

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As an emerging field that is challenging the status quo of entrepreneurship in economic development, ecosystem builders are bound to run into obstacles along the way which – if repeated and consistent – make us want to pull our hair out. and abroad between February and September 2020. Eric Parker. Christina Theodoraki.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. ” Climate resiliency . . Water and power infrastructure .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

As far as green shoots, COVID-19 has “played a role of an accelerator for innovation in many business areas and even e-government and other rigid/conservative industries,” said one. Innovative. I miss a more innovative approach. Steady rapid growth, innovative mind. What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

i2E Receives 2024 Excellence in Economic Development Bronze Award from the International Economic Development Council IEDC’s annual Excellence Awards honor the economic development organizations, government entities, initiatives, and programs that have demonstrated consistent, exemplary performance in the profession i2E, Inc.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 29, 2010

In fact, the failure of the local chamber of commerce and economic development organizations is largely the reason why it’s so expensive for local plays to acquire customers. Chase should be a reseller of Homerun, Foursquare, Square, and all of the different ways that retailers can innovate, save money or grow revenues.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Over the course of the summer, hundreds of people located in Ben Franklin’s 32-county footprint in Pennsylvania, visited BIGIDEA.BenFranklin.org to check out the rules and the easy application process for our $50,000 innovation contest.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Over the course of the summer, hundreds of people located in Ben Franklin’s 32-county footprint in Pennsylvania, visited BIGIDEA.BenFranklin.org to check out the rules and the easy application process for our $50,000 innovation contest. More than 225 audience members in attendance (Zoom) were able to vote for their favorite presentation.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 19, 2024

(June 19, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and AfroTech have partnered to host AfroTech Executive 2024 in Newark during this year’s North to Shore Festival. We are thrilled to partner with AfroTech, which has been dedicated to uplifting the Black community in the tech and innovation sectors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

The TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa winner in 2017 is currently present in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria. There is so much potential in the region, but it’s only through innovation that this can be fully unlocked,” commented Gajria on Google’s participation.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 30, 2024

We have the talent right here in our state, and this expansion presents opportunities for our workforce to stay right here at home.” As the company has evolved, including raising $16.5 million in a Series A venture capital round in 2023, CMS has investigated where best to continue its growth.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

AUGUST 10, 2021

ERIE, PA – In 2020, when Dr. Jeffrey Vaitekunas made his investment pitch presentation to Ben Franklin Technology Partners, he began with some very somber facts. WaveClear’s innovation is an ultrasound system, CaviClear , that safely disintegrates blood clots in a single session without damaging the surrounding tissue.

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EntreWorks Consulting

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

I’ve written about the power of innovation vouchers on numerous past occasions , and still remain surprised (and saddened) that we don’t embrace this useful tool here in the US. At present, only a few locales in the US use this tool. Innovation vouchers are a low cost tool that works. EntreWorks Blog.

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