Ben Franklin TechVentures® is an award-winning technology-based incubator/post incubator facility owned and managed by BFTP/NEP. To meet tremendous demand among start-up companies, the facility was expanded in 2011. Ben Franklin TechVentures2 added Continue Reading ...

Ben Franklin TechVentures2 is a 47,000 square-foot addition to the original Ben Franklin TechVentures business technology incubator/post-incubator facility. Located on Lehigh University’s Mountaintop campus, it is LEED certified and includes wet labs, Continue Reading ...

The i xchange is the premier business networking opportunity in northeastern Pennsylvania. Last year, more than 600 technology entrepreneurs, business people, economic developers, venture capitalists, political leaders, educators, students, bankers, lawyers, and accountants from Ben Franklin’s 21-county service area attended. Please view the introductory video below.

Joseph Michelli, Ph.D., was keynote speaker at the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s 2010 i xchange, exploring the critical importance of creativity and innovation in delivering customer value Continue Reading ...

The 2009 i xchange event last May combined the presentation of Ben Franklin’s fifteenth annual Innovation Awards and executive networking sessions with a keynote address by Jeff DeGraff. DeGraff is known as Continue Reading ...

Part two of the Lehigh Valley Entrepreneur interview with Jeff DeGraff, the keynote speaker at Ben Franklin’s 2009 i xchange networking and awards event. Continue Reading ...

On May 12, 2009, BFTP/NEP hosted its annual i xchange at the Zoellner Arts Center on the campus of Lehigh University. More than 600 technology entrepreneurs, business people, venture capitalists, economic developers, political leaders, and regional influencers from Ben Franklin’s 21-county service area attended. This year, BFTP/NEP profiled client company Custom Processing Services in a video at the start of the awards ceremony.

Each year, BFTP/NEP premieres a new year-in-review video for the more than 600 technology entrepreneurs, manufacturers, venture capitalists, economic developers, regional influencers, political leaders, educators, students, bankers, lawyers and accountants from BFTP/NEP’s service area who attend the annual i xchange awards and networking event. Please view the 2007 movie below.