Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 12, 2019

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA provides investment capital and business support services to tech-startups and small manufacturers located in our 32-county footprint. Our goal is to share the risk that is inherent in starting a business with the entrepreneur while providing a funding opportunity that does not require fees, points, collateral, or personal guarantees.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Q: What is your deeper “why” behind your commitment and work to support inclusive entrepreneurship in Kansas City? A: There are two glaring facts that were reported this year that only validated my “why” and made it deeper. LendingTree reported Kansas City as number 49 out of 50 major cities for Minority Entrepreneurship. I am usually the only person in the room that has been on the other side—on top of being the only Black person or Black woman in the room.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Our portfolio company Protocol Labs is the creator of the IPFS protocol and the Filecoin protocol. The idea behind both of these open source projects is to decentralize the storage of information on the web. The Filecoin project is very ambitious. The idea is to create a decentralized storage network by allowing anyone to mine Filecoin by hosting files on the Filecoin network.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The warning is real. You’ve heard the old one – that a banker always seems willing to offer a loan when you don’t need it. For small businesses, there is such truth in that statement that you can trust the story to be based as fact from experience. Exceptions and good reasons to work on them. There are great exceptions for growing businesses and for businesses that have a track record with a banker.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Payroll is a big part of any business. It includes every employee, from paying and recording their salary or wages to calculating bonuses, benefits, deductions, taxes, and leave. It starts on the first day of employment and can continue after a person leaves, with the calculation of notice entitlement and your legal obligation to keep records. In most companies, payroll is one of (if not the) largest expenditure item and it’s every company’s responsibility to ensure it’s done c

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