Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 20, 2019

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Every year, dozens of PA startups get their start with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. The largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin provides startup funding and business support services to emerging tech-entrepreneurs and small manufacturers located in central and northern Pennsylvania. www.cnp.benfranklin.org. At the March 2019 Board of Director’s meeting, four more companies were approved to receive an investment from the program: Located in Erie, PA, Vid

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2019

EO Philadelphia Executive Director Katie Baer shares her story of entrepreneur-style community and support. It has been almost 10 years since I walked into a Strategy Summit dinner, my absolute first experience with EO. I was hired in early June 2009 as the part-time administrator for the EO Philadelphia chapter. Frank Signorello , whom I had known personally for many years, mentioned they were looking for help planning and managing events.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 20, 2019

SOMERSET, PA – For the past two months, several tech-entrepreneurs have been participating in a business startup accelerator program, the Tech Celerator @Somerset. On March 14, 2019, they each made a graduation “pitch” to a team of judges from the surrounding area. The winners, Mark Albert Barbera and his company Mark Albert Boots, and Timothy Kretchman with Action Driven Education each took home $5,000!

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Continuations

MARCH 20, 2019

Last week’s Uncertainty Wednesday was titled “ Fooled by Small Numbers ” and discussed why drawing conclusions from small samples is dangerous. A reader asked how that relates to grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane after two crashes ? Isn’t that also drawing a conclusion from a small sample? No. Because here we are actually looking not at a sample but at the population of all flights.

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