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Ben Franklin Venture Investment Forum (VIF) is an organization dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship in Pennsylvania.

VIF helps entrepreneurs access outside investment, provides essential management training, assists angel investment groups in organizing and provides linkages between investors and promising early-stage companies. It services the 32-county region served by BFTP/CNP and beyond.

Our offices are located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Support for the organization is provided by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania, Penn State Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and numerous private partners.

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Federal SBIR and STTR Programs This webinar provides an overview of the federal SBIR and STTR programs, advice from prior awardees on how to be successful, how to search topics to see if federal agencies are interested in research you’re planning to do and the assistance available through the Innovation Partnership.  (more) Pitching to Investors Seminar – November 16, 2009 You know the old saying, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression”.  That’s particularly the case when you make funding presentations to investors, be they angels or VCs.  If you do a less-than-stellar job at one venue, the word will spread quickly, to taint you in ... (more) PSI Medical Wins $100,000 Big Idea Business Plan Contest 2009 The winner of the $100,000 Big Idea Business Plan Contest—PSI Medical Catheter Care, a division of Problem Solving Innovations, LLC—was announced at a special event that featured Inc. Magazine columnist Norm Brodsky and editor-at-large, Bo Burlingham. PSI Medical's founders, Anthony Colantonio, MD, and Menno Jager, DVM, accepted the ... (more) Business Accounting Software Webinar This webinar introduces basic accounting software and other functions. (more) Business Finance 101 Webinar How many times have you sat in your banker’s office while she was discussing your company’s financial statements, smiling and nodding as she spoke, while you thought to yourself, “I don’t understand a single word she just said.” But you continue to smile and nod because you don’t want your banker to think you’re an idiot. (more)

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Federal SBIR and STTR Programs This webinar provides an overview of the federal SBIR and STTR programs, advice from prior awardees on how to be successful, how to search topics to see if federal agencies are interested in research you’re planning to do and the assistance available through the Innovation Partnership.  (more) Business Accounting Software Webinar This webinar introduces basic accounting software and other functions. (more) Business Finance 101 Webinar How many times have you sat in your banker’s office while she was discussing your company’s financial statements, smiling and nodding as she spoke, while you thought to yourself, “I don’t understand a single word she just said.” But you continue to smile and nod because you don’t want your banker to think you’re an idiot. (more) Developing Online Survey Tools Effectively Webinar Series Information that impacts marketing or product decisions is no longer a luxury—it is a necessity in being competitive. Ben Franklin Venture Investment Forum and the Center for E-Business and Advanced IT offer a 3-session in-depth webinar series on constructing online surveys (more) Getting into the Mind of Your Banker Webinar Approaching a banker about a loan for your business can be a rather intimidating, not to mention bewildering, experience. If only you could get into a lender’s brain and understand how it works, maybe it would make the process somewhat less mystifying. (more)