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- 200 Miles of Nose to Tailgate Excitement: Leith Joins Timmy Hill for NASCAR Race at Charlotte
- LARGEST LAND DEAL IN METAVERSE HISTORY JUST ANNOUNCED
- ROSEN, TOP RANKED GLOBAL COUNSEL, Encourages Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action First Filed by the Firm - ARQQ, ARQQW, CENH, CENHU, CENHW
- W.T.B. Financial Corporation Declares Common Shareholder Dividend
- TIGA Reveals Largest Centres of Games Development in the UK
- Immutable X Unveils Cross-Rollup Liquidity Solution on Ethereum with StarkNet, Supporting Planet-Scale Games with Multiple Layer 2 and Layer 3s
- Study reveals Asian Americans armed themselves during the pandemic out of fear of racial acts
- LaLiga lanza "Black Stars of LaLiga" en honor a los jugadores afrodescendientes a lo largo de la historia de la liga
- Texas is No. 1 in number of Fortune 500 companies
- PACSUN OFFERS CURATED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE DURING THE RETURN OF COMPLEXLAND 3.0
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- Lawmakers take aim at SBA PPP, EIDL fraud
- Profit falls, loans slip 1Q for Pennsylvania banks
- Icahn Enterprises completes tender offer for natural gas firm with Colorado pipeline business
- Colorado's 5 largest public companies saw 143% — or $4.2B — in market value erased this year
- Podcast: Apollo Bank's Eddy Arriola on community banks' impact, cryptocurrency and diversity in banking
- There won’t be a recession, but here's how businesses can weather the storm, Fifth Third chief investment strategist says
- Lakeland credit union partners with AI lending platform
- Austin Telco seeks a new CEO
- Baird closes acquisition of $18B firm Hefren-Tillotson, adds Kim Tillotson Fleming as vice chair
- Regions Bank executive to lead Greater Memphis Chamber Chairman’s Circle
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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