Ben Franklin Technology Partners News- Wolf Administration Announces Funding for Tech Investments in Southeastern Pennsylvania
- Insurance Tech Company Livegenic is Acquired by Australia-Based Claim Central
- Ben Franklin to Invest $407,130 in the Regional Economy
- From Turntables to Tactile: How Marc Coleman Designed a Career in Entrepreneurship
- Manufacturing a Personalized Cellular Universe: 3D Bioprinting in the Biotech Industry
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- Federal Signal Corporation Declares Dividend of $0.08 per Share
- Creator of Brain Regenerating Biomaterial Launches Patented Skin Care Product
- La solicitud de Rusia para la precalificación de la vacuna Sputnik V por parte de la OMS, una de las primeras desde el inicio del proceso de solicitudes
- NorthStar construirá a primeira constelação de satélites do mundo para combater ameaças iminentes de colisões espaciais
- Foot Locker Celebrates the Love of Basketball with Multi-City Art Series
- Mercedes-Benz AG and Aston Martin to expand technology partnership and shareholding
- University of Illinois and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation Propose First Gen IV Research Reactor at a U.S. University
- Synthetaic is Developing a Real Time Tumor Classification System
- HybridChart Announces Partnership with PointClickCare
- Stanford Health Care Study Reports Zero Blood Culture Contaminations and False-Positive CLABSIs Using Steripath Gen2 ISDD
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- What to expect when three of Greater Baltimore's biggest companies report earnings
- JPMorgan Chase awards $5 million to three Portland CDFIs
- Triangle bankers: PPP forgiveness trickles along as some businesses hoard cash
- Covid-19 has changed how Central Ohioans spend money, JPMorgan finds
- As Schwab nears HQ move, it’s cutting about 1,000 workers after TD Ameritrade deal
- Enterprise Bank & Trust makes change in top HR post with retirement
- M&A wrap: AMD doing $35B deal; SolarWinds going shopping; Your Fare buys fellow Austin startups
- Jacksonville among the cities with the most financially distressed residents because of Covid-19
- Schwab cutting about 1,000 workers after TD Ameritrade deal
- Truist names new chief marketing officer, looks ahead to ongoing rebrand
Category Archives: Commentary/Editorial
Why I Loathe Tumblr.
I loathe Tumblr. But not for the 1.1 billion reasons that you think. Sure, I’m a little professionally jealous that I’ve never had a client sell themselves for $1.1 billion. But it’s not like I had a chance to invest … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary/Editorial, Entrepreneurial Advice, Just Kidding
Tagged entrepreneurs, founder advice, founders, new venture, Tumblr, valuations, venture tips, Yahoo
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The Search for Serendipity…And Why It Matters To Your Venture
I turn 48 this week and like most people passing from one year to the next, I find myself a bit nostalgic for the way things used to be. One of the things I miss…a little at least…has gotten extremely … Continue reading
Can Humanity Be Saved From Instant Replay?
Global life is increasingly obsessed with instant replay of all types. In the pre-digital days, the extent of instant replay for use in judging actions and words by people, was largely limited to newspaper editorial pages. If enough readers read … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary/Editorial, Technology and Society
Tagged humanity, instant replay, Kevin Kelly, society, technology
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Ladies and Gentlemen…the Next President of the United States…Alexander Hamilton!
I woke up this morning from a dream which was set in the late 1700’s. I believe it was 1796, because I was presenting to an enormous room full of people and the banners hanging declared “Welcome to the Federalist … Continue reading
Even In the Beginning, Entrepreneurs Created Jobs
I’m going to get right to the point of this blog post. Sometimes, shocking information is best delivered in a no-nonsense, unapologetic manner. So, I’m just going to hit you with this right now and I just don’t want you … Continue reading
Entrepreneurial Quarks…the Elementary Particle of the American Economy
Some of you may have recently read about the Higgs boson particle and how its potentially confirmed existence would explain how anything with mass (ie, everything that exists) is built. Some of you may have also recently read about how … Continue reading
Entrepreneurship…Highway of the Future!
I’d like to suggest a new way for governments to look at seed stage technology company funding. I’d like to suggest that state governments in particular think about funding seed stage tech companies in the same way that they … Continue reading
The Secret Energy of Entrepreneurs
I disagree with those who believe that people can be trained to be entrepreneurs. Scores of scholarly pieces have been written that claim that entrepreneurs are not born, but instead are trained to be good entrepreneurs. In fact I’d say that … Continue reading
Ohhhhh. I Get It Now. You Said Valuation…I Thought You Said Value.
I am obviously slower than I thought I was. And I’m certainly slower than the capital aggregators known as Silicon Valley venture capital. They understood long before I did that early stage company investing is NOT about the value of … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary/Editorial, Innovation and the World, Seed/Venture Capital
Tagged Instagram, seed capital, Sequoia, venture, venture capital, Viddy
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Every Business is an “L” Business
Ah, the “L” word. No, not “love”. The other “L” word. You know the one…the one that puts startup founders into an internal rage. The one that signals to the founder that the person using the word finds their business … Continue reading →