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Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator is hosting a Virtual Pitch Event!

In partnership with the Invent Penn State initiative, Ben Franklin Technology Partners has been offering its Business Startup Boot Camp for more than ten years. Eight entrepreneurial teams are currently in the process of completing this rigorous curriculum, which is presented twice a year to researchers, professors, graduate students, and local emerging entrepreneurs. Eight entrepreneurial...

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...

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,...

SHOULD YOU ENTER A PITCH COMPETITION?

Back in the day, developing a business plan was typically part of an academic exercise.  Student teams came up with product ideas and then pitched their plans to classroom rivals or a panel of instructors from the Business and Engineering Departments.   But, in the past few years – maybe because of Shark Tank, there has…