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- Venture News from PR Newswire
- Eighth Annual Sister Accord® Day Will Be Held August 31st With Johnny Gill, DJ Spinderella and Byron Cage To Perform & Receive The Sister Accord® Leadership Award
- EPI Group Acquires Disability Help Group and Veterans Help Group
- Baby Monitors Market: Sales Growth is Expected to be Worth $226.59 Million by 2025
- Global Rail Wheel and Axle Market to Reach $4 Billion by 2026
- Digimarc Appoints Mignon Senuta as Vice President
- Abcentra Announces First Patients Dosed with Orticumab in Clinical Trial Evaluating Blockade of Oxidized LDL in Psoriasis with Elevated Cardiometabolic Risk
- Talroo releases new feature enhancement to Talroo Pro pay-for-performance job advertising: Target CPA
- Global Immune Health Supplements Market to Reach $27.6 Billion by 2026
- Global Protein Alternatives Market to Reach $4.4 Billion by 2026
- Global Aerospace Tubes Market 2021-2026 with AMETEK Dominating with it's Added Capabilities and Expansion of it's Product Portfolio
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- Venture News from BizJournals
- SBA releases list of businesses awarded Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program (database)
- PE giant Vista Equity has new president
- Dallas private equity firm announces sale agreement of $245M in its third exit of the last year
- Inszone buys Grass Valley insurance brokerage IB&C in fifth deal this year
- How Valley credit union leaders face challenges of keeping employees, customers and money safe
- Charlotte's financial-services firms reassess return-to-office options as Covid-19 cases increase
- Tampa Bay companies raised nearly $50 million in July
- Another Charlotte company joins Fortune's Global 500 list
- Jax-based PS27 announces investment from Rhea fund
- Funding seminar: Why Impellent Ventures backed Kickfurther
Tag Archives: Ben Franklin
What Erich Brenn Can Teach Us About Funding of Start-Ups
Who remembers Erich Brenn? In these blog posts, I’ve occasionally tried to understand, and explain, the business world I see by comparing it to famous people you’ve probably never heard of. We’ve previously talked about Don Ho and Jim Riggleman. And … Continue reading
Flexibility or Focus…The Founders Dilemma
Yesterday afternoon I had yet another opportunity to participate in a Tiger Session for one of my clients. Well, I didn’t so much participate as much as spectate and facilitate as our 4 carefully selected tigers went to work tearing … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurial Advice
Tagged Arnson, Ben Franklin, Beste, Chaya, Davison, founders, Kawasaki, VentureTips
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Maryland stepping up…Follows Pennsylvania’s Time-Proven Strategy
I was somewhat disheartened to read in the Maryland Daily Record, that Maryland was moving ahead with a plan to invest $70 million in high tech start up firms. Pennsylvania has long been a leader among states in that business. … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Development Policy, Tech Based Economic Development
Tagged Ben Franklin, business, government, Maryland, seed stage investing
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SBIR/STTR…Defense of a Government Acronym (part 2)
Last week, I wrote Part 1 of this post that provided a little background on the SBIR/STTR program. This federal government legislation is in the process of being revised and, hopefully, readopted. It basically assures that ~2% of all federal government … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Development Policy, Tech Based Economic Development
Tagged Ben Franklin, Congress, innovation, SBIR, Senate, STTR
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Battery Powered Trucks to be Made Again at Former Mack Plant
This story doesn’t need much of an introduction. Battery-powered truck maker ZeroTruck has received some Ben Franklin funding. They will begin operating from the Bridgeworks Enterprise Center in Allentown. As many of you may know, the Bridgeworks incubator is housed … Continue reading
Posted in Tech Based Economic Development
Tagged Ben Franklin, Bridgeworks, Mack Trucks, ZeroTruck
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Yeah, We Need More Finish-Ups…
Excellent post from Don Dodge. http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2011/03/start-ups-we-need-more-finish-ups.html While he probably isn’t aware of us, Ben Franklin Technology Partners TechVentures, and other incubators, have been focused on finish-ups for a long, long time. Our conversion rate of start-ups still in business after … Continue reading
Ben Franklin incubator needs more space
Nice coverage of our TechVentures expansion…LV start-up economy is thriving http://www.mcall.com/business/outlook/mc-outlook-allentown-tech-2-20110312,0,661194.story
