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- Ben Franklin Clients Cited in New York Times Story
- Philadelphia Health Tech Firm Raises $1.75M, Plans to Double Headcount
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- Technical Excellence & Creativity Winners Announced At The 35th Annual NAMM TEC Awards
- Cellcom Israel Ltd. Announces CTO Resignation
- Pactera Becomes Member Company of China Electronics Corporation
- Chengdu IFS celebrates 6th anniversary as top brands plan global debuts
- Brad Paisley makes surprise appearance, performs at Country Cares for St. Jude Kids
- New ECLAC Report: St Kitts and Nevis GDP Grows, Prices Deflate, Foreign Investment Continues, Citizenship by Investment Thrives
- Appel à candidature pour le programme de bourses Tsinghua Amgen 2020
- Apollo cuts DISH customer access to local stations in 10 markets; Court bars Apollo from additional threatened blackouts
- San Francisco Opens The First Housing Program For Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Adults
- Therap's EHR Software Provides Data Driven Outcomes (DDO) Tool to Support Evidence-Based Approaches in Care for Persons with Disabilities
- News from the Venture World
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- Quiz: Can We Guess Your Education Level By Your Biblical Knowledge? September 12, 2019
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- Do You Really Know How Many Children Rapper Future Has (We've Counted 'Em All!) October 25, 2019
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- Venture News from BizJournals
- Opinion: Brace for a market correction in 2020
- Merchants Bank of Commerce merger, name change cost $2.7M
- How CEO moved Bay Area fintech's assets across $12 billion mark
- Washington, D.C.-based venture capital group to expand to Bham
- Roundup of recent deals and dollars: Firm with ties to Apollo makes acquisition
- Form D Friday: Janus Henderson raises money for biotech, multi-strategy funds
- Regions Financial Corp. posts $1.5B profit in 2019
- Why JPMorgan Chase is 'playing the long game' in Cherry Hill
- Todd Musterait leaving Ecology & Environment for another executive role
- Digital Ally faces hearing to keep its stock from being delisted
Tag Archives: STTR
Small Time Politics, Big Time Stakes
Twenty-some years ago, I was a young economic developer working in the City of Allentown, PA. My job frequently took me to city council meetings where I was able to witness fishbowl politics at its worst. There were plenty of … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Development Policy, Innovation and the World
Tagged Allentown, innovation, SBIR, STTR
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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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SBIR/STTR…Defense of a Government Acronym (part 1)
Many of you may not be familiar with SBIR/STTR. The quickest explanation is that there are two ways that your federal government invests in advanced technology. One way they do so is by owning their own laboratories. The National Renewable … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Development Policy, Tech Based Economic Development
Tagged entrepreneurs, innovation, research, SBIR, Shaheen, STTR, technology
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