Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 26, 2022

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 innovation competition targeted the counties of Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, and Jefferson. BIG IDEAS GROW IN WILD PLACES! . appeared first on BFTP/CNP.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 2, 2021

“Communities seeking to grow their economy need to understand the impact entrepreneurship and small business play in economic growth.” — Grow Your Own: Entrepreneurship-based Economic Development for Local Communities, Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

LANCASTER, PA – On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 six local tech-entrepreneurs made pitch presentations to a panel of judges for a chance to win up to $10,000. The audience of more than 70 people who attended also had the opportunity to vote for their favorite pitch. About the TechCelerator@TheCandyFactory. appeared first on BFTP/CNP.

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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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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

The company pitched to River Valley Investors in April 2022 and RVI invested one week later. Apprentiscope ApprentiScope exists to bolster our national workforce by facilitating the adoption, expansion and success of apprenticeship programs through innovative, efficient and powerful software solutions. Jaia Robotics Inc.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 24, 2024

Rutgers University CUEED, Covenant Business Concepts, and Ideation to Valuation are supporting the NMSDC MBE Center for Accelerated Growth, Innovation, and Resiliency program pillar of contract readiness to help minority business owners scale their businesses. Pitching for Success and Growth. Succession Planning.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Our journey began with a single email to Ben Franklin in October 2021, leading to subsequent pitches and our participation in the Penn State TechCelerator program. Showcase how your startup can drive economic growth, innovate technologically, and create high-quality jobs.

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Impact Hub

MAY 13, 2021

To help shape the post-COVID-19 economic recovery in Ghana and Nigeria and support their entrepreneurs , Impact Hub created a program called “ New Economy Booster ” in partnership with Lab of tomorrow and with support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Samuel Danso says. .

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

The Act, which allocates $2 billion to states under the “Innovation and Startups Equity Investment Program,” enables investors in undercapitalized regions to leverage federal dollars into startup investments. Innovation and entrepreneurship policy experts view the expansion of this program as a key lever for improving economic growth.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

“We are convinced that the contribution of these type of companies, especially the scale-ups, is super significant to the prosperity and to the economic growth of the country.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 19, 2022

Claude Grunitzky , serial entrepreneur, founder of Trace TV and the event’s keynote speaker, expressed the need for Africa to focus on ‘market-creating innovations’ , new ways to create jobs and prosperity for Africans. SMEs are the best suited for these kinds of innovations, as they need to be agile and flexible by nature.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The driving force of economic growth for the US is gains in productivity driven by calculated risk-takers, passionate entrepreneurs and disruptive innovation. There is a lot of inertia in keeping things the way they are, which largely funds and supports the innovation coming from founders who are white or Asian men.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 13, 2024

In this fireside chat from the American Dynamism Summit , a16z Cofounder and General Partner Marc Andreessen sits down with economist, podcaster, and polymath Tyler Cowen to discuss the state of innovation in America, from recent AI advances to growing support for nuclear power. Nobody yet has bid on that idea when I pitched it.

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