“Practice Makes Perfect” This statement is especially true when you are going to make a presentation to potential investors.  Whether you plan to pitch to angels or VCs, the word will spread quickly if you do a less-than-stellar job. If equity funding is part of your company's financing strategy, it's more than worth the ... (more)

Hershey Company Wins Ben Franklin Venture Idol Competition A Hershey company, Apeliotus Vision Science, captured the top award on November 5, 2009, in an entrepreneurial competition in Scranton, Pennsylvania. "It's important that the community came out and that there's this level of interest for startup entrepreneurship in Pennsylvania," John Edwards, chief executive of Apeliotus Vision Science, said after his company won ... (more)

Pepro: Protecting Expensive, Sophisticated Communications Equipment Major strides have been made in computer and communication technology—but comparatively little has been done to protect all that sophisticated equipment from the random and often disastrous effects of Mother Nature. (more)

A Cleaner, Greener Economy for Pennsylvania Despite the global recession, worldwide investments in renewable energy projects and companies jumped to $155 billion in 2008 and—according to Pennsylvania's top technology investment official (more)

BFTP/CNP Announces Bob Bales as New Board Member Adding to its talented and highly experienced board of directors, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central/Northern PA announced the appointment of Bob Bales, (more)

Rochester Newspaper Reports Pennsylvania’s BFTP Model Needed According to a recent article in the Rochester (NY) Democrat, a Rochester-based venture capital fund is conducting a study about how New York State funds translational research—high-tech research happening within New York's colleges and universities. The article states that Pennsylvania annually puts $20 million in taxpayer dollars toward new technology businesses ... (more)

Impact of Pennsylvania’s New State Budget (Podcast) With the passing of a new state budget, 27 emerging businesses and eight research projects received a new Ben Franklin financial investment. (more)