Ben Franklin Technology Partners Helped Retain 1,737 Jobs in 2022
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern Pennsylvania and its network of clients continue to bring cutting-edge ideas that impact Pennsylvania’s economy by driving investments, fostering entrepreneurship, supporting innovation in established manufacturers, and attracting and retaining talent. In 2022, Ben Franklin supported the creation of 29 new companies, 253 jobs, and helped clients retain...
Ben Franklin’s Food and Beverage TechCelerator Winners Announced!
On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their Food and Beverage TechCelerator. Eight entrepreneurial teams presented their business startup ideas to a panel of judges, friends, and family for a chance to win money to help launch their startup. The judges awarded two prizes, while friends, family,...
Ben Franklin Spring TechCelerator Finalists Chosen!
Out of 25 applicants, eight finalists were selected to participate in Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s Spring TechCelerator Business Bootcamp! These eight finalists are all developing new products, processes, and solutions that are highly innovative and scalable. The TechCelerator program is a 10-week virtual business "boot camp" designed to assist inventors and very early-stage entrepreneurs in...
How to Keep Investing in CX – Even During Economic Uncertainty
Join us for a live discussion on Customer Experience In 2022, Customer Experience passed price and product as the core value driver for businesses. To be successful in today’s experience-driven economy, brands must invest in the interactions – the experiences – customers have with their brand. However, because today’s customers interact with brands across so...
Ben Franklin’s Food and Beverage TechCelerator is hosting a Pitch Event!
Join us for a virtual event awarding up to $30,000 to a Pennsylvania-based food and beverage startup! Ben Franklin’s Food & Beverage TechCelerator recently offered a 10-week business startup boot camp for entrepreneurs who are developing scalable, innovative, and technology-focused products/services in the food and beverage industry. Eight entrepreneurial teams are currently in the process...
Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator is now accepting applications!
Take A Seat In Our Startup Boot Camp And You Might Take Home Up To $30,000! In partnership with the Invent Penn State initiative, Ben Franklin Technology Partners offering a 10-week business boot camp to local entrepreneurs, grad students, professors, and university researchers to help take the first step in launching their startup. What can...
You Could Win $50,000 for your BIG IDEA!
In partnership with the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, Ben Franklin Technology Partners is looking for innovators with BIG IDEAS located in Cameron, Elk, Forest, McKean, or Warren County, PA. We’re looking for entrepreneurs who are developing or crafting a product, process, or innovation related to the maker economy, outdoors and recreation, forest products, manufacturing,...
Ben Franklin Welcomes Todd Erdley as New Central Regional Director
Ben Franklin Technology Partners is excited to welcome local serial entrepreneur, Todd Erdley, to our State College-based Investment team effective March 1, 2023. As the Central Regional Director, Todd will be the principal point-of-contact for companies seeking financial investment and business support services from Ben Franklin in our Central Region comprised of Centre, Mifflin and...
Cohort Chosen for Food & Beverage Innovation TechCelerator!
Finalists were selected from a pool of applicants who are all developing new products, processes, and solutions in the agriculture and food/beverage industries that are highly innovative and scalable. The eight finalists will take part in our 10-week business boot camp, designed to help them explore their business ideas further and end the course with...
You Could Win $50,000 for your BIG IDEA!
In partnership with the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, Ben Franklin Technology Partners is looking for innovators with BIG IDEAS located in Cameron, Elk, Forest, McKean, or Warren County, PA. We’re looking for entrepreneurs who are developing or crafting a product, process, or innovation related to the maker economy, outdoors and recreation, forest products, manufacturing,...
