BFTP Lauded as a Model Statewide Economic Development Program Pennsylvania Governors Ed Rendell, Tom Ridge, and Dick Thornburgh lauded the Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) as a model statewide economic development program that helps achieve economic prosperity by supporting technology-based entrepreneurship and technological innovation. On September 15, 2010 the governors participated in a panel discussion and answered questions from ... (more)

The eMarketing Learning Center is Now Part of the Ben Franklin Program ERIE, PA - The Ben Franklin Venture Investment Forum (BFVIF) and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (BFTP/CNP) are pleased to announce that the eMarketing Learning Center (eMLC), formerly an initiative of the Center for eBusiness and Advanced IT, will now offer its training through ... (more)