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Investing in Ben Franklin Programs Now Pays Off in Future
Morning Call reporter Sam Kennedy's Monday story on reduced state funding to the Ben Franklin Technology Partners was spot-on in describing the deva... Read More
Business Incubator’s Future in Peril as State Cuts Funding
By Sam Kennedy, Of The Morning Call November 28, 2011 Viddler was merely an idea when Donna DeMarco took it to Ben Franklin Technology Partners'... Read More
One Percent of Pennsylvania Businesses Contribute 74 out of 100 New Jobs
A guest editorial by Matt Zieger, President and CEO, Team PA: When was the last time you read a headline about a company that consistently hired fi... Read More
Guest Editorial: Senator John R. Gordner (R-27 PA)
Pennsylvania has seen unprecedented challenges due to the downturn in the national economy over the past several years. State government has a duty to... Read More

Ben Franklin’s Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center is Offering $50,000 in Prizes
Just 2 Weeks Left – Deadline to Apply is January 30, 2012! STATE COLLEGE, PA – We’re looking for researchers, entrepreneurs, or innovators w... Read More
How Patent Reform Impacts Your Small Business
The implementation of Patent Reform takes place in March 2013. Between now and then, if your company develops new ideas that may be patentable, you ... Read More
Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ $50,000 Business Plan Contest is Back!
State College, PA – The Ben Franklin Venture Investment Forum in partnership with the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA ... Read More
Ben Franklin Program Invests $675,000 in Central and Northern PA
STATE COLLEGE, PA – For nearly 30 years, Ben Franklin Technology Partners/CNP has been making investments in Pennsylvania’s tech-based start-ups, ... Read More

Ben Franklin TechVentures2 Video
Ben Franklin TechVentures® is an award-winning technology-based incubator/post incubator facility owned and managed by BFTP/NEP. To meet tremendous d... Read More
CEWA Technologies’ Revolutionary Solar Dish in First Commercial Application
BETHLEHEM, PA: CEWA Technologies, Inc. (http://www.cewatechnologies.com/), Bethlehem, is installing its revolutionary new solar dish in its first comm... Read More
Ben Franklin to Invest $315,582 In Regional Economic Development
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s (BFTP/NEP) Board of Directors approved the investment of $315,582 in support of... Read More
Ben Franklin TechVentures Dedicated to Paul Family
BETHLEHEM, PA – Fred Beste, Chairman of the Board of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania, has announced that t... Read More

Taking Fertilizer A Step Further
Chester County Daily Local News Marcella Peyre-Ferry, January 22, 2012 Headquartered in Glen Mills with a manufacturing facility in Newark, Del., Holg... Read More
Ben Franklin Board of Directors Honors Members
PHILADELPHIA, PA (www.sep.benfranklin.org) – The Board of Directors for Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP), at... Read More
Keynotes: Viridity Energy
“Energy efficiency” doesn’t mean what it used to. Not too long ago, being “energy efficient” was often synonymous with “being uncomfortabl... Read More
KEYnotes: TicketLeap
Philadelphia-based online ticketing service TicketLeap’s beginnings couldn’t have been more humble. In 2003, Chris Stanchak was an undergrad at th... Read More

Circadiance has big plans for 2012
Circadiance has plans to launch new products in 2012. Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times... Read More
Westmoreland Advanced Materials wants to help aluminum makers be more efficient
Westmoreland Advanced Materials will use funds received from Innovation Works and BlueTree Allied Angels to increase sales and marketing staff to sell... Read More
Westmoreland Advanced Materials wants to help aluminum makers be more efficient
Westmoreland Advanced Materials will use funds received from Innovation Works and BlueTree Allied Angels to increase sales and marketing staff to sell... Read More
From steel to silicon
Pittsburgh has transformed itself from a steel city to a tech town, thanks to a strong web of universities, entrepreneurial spirit and good co-operati... Read More
