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August, 2013

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  1. Ben Franklin Hosting Lehigh Valley Tech Radio Broadcast

    In support of regional entrepreneurship, Ben Franklin TechVentures® began hosting the broadcast of LVTech Radio, a twice-monthly live radio show. Presented by Lehigh Valley Tech, the show features lively discourse about new technologies that are being developed in the Lehigh Valley and worldwide. Prior episodes of the show are online at http://radio.lehighvalleytech.org. Host Tim Lytle and Continue Reading…

  2. Please Do Not Take This Advice

    Advice is cheap…remember that the next time you’re given some. As a start up founder, you have a responsibility to yourself, your co-founders and your fledgling company to seek out the best advice you can about how to grow and manage your venture. I would advise you to not follow any of it. Well, I Continue Reading…

  3. Ben Franklin Alumni Particle Sciences Founder Featured in Keystone Edge

    We learned about the Ben Franklin money and thought it would be a nice way to get an idea going (a specific encapsulated product which was ultimately commercialized).  Ben Franklin helped with that. In 2004-05, we had five employees; now we have over 50. We’re occupying about 36,000 square feet now. We’re continuing to grow Continue Reading…

  4. Ben Franklin Alumni Client Plans Manufacturing Expansion in Berks County

    Reitnouer Inc. plans to move its manufacturing from its Muhlenberg location to Cumru Township, retaining 250 jobs and creating 60 new positions in Berks County. The company is a manufacturer of bolted-aluminum flatbed and rail-deck trailers for trucks and has been approved for a $1.5 million low-interest loan to renovate an existing 141,000-square-foot facility before Continue Reading…

  5. i xchange Keynote Speaker Todd Buchholz: What Should Entrepreneurs be Thinking About Now?

    In his Ben Franklin i xchange keynote on May 7, 2013, speaker Todd Buchholz presented Competing in a Chaotic Economy, in which he described why we need competition to keep us going and going strong. Buchholz shared his insights on other topics with us in this series. Click here to view the video.  

  6. Ben Franklin Client Infinera and DANTE Set Guinness World Record

    Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), a leading provider of Intelligent Transport Networks™, and DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe), an operator of advanced networks for research and education, announced that they have achieved a Guinness World Record for the fastest rate of  multi-Terabit optical capacity across the GÉANT Network. The record underscores how an Intelligent Continue Reading…

  7. Ben Franklin Client Third Eye Diagnostics Awarded NSF Grant

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Third Eye Diagnostics, Inc. (3ED), a $500,000 grant to advance development of a non-invasive, handheld  intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor. The CerePress™ delivers a rapid diagnosis of brain injury in combat theaters, hospital ERs, medical transport vehicles, and sports events, including the NFL, NHL, college and high school athletics. Continue Reading…

  8. Ben Franklin Client LifeAire’s System to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections Raising $2M

     A company that’s applying its air purification technology for in vitro fertilization labs to the international problem of hospital acquired infections is raising fresh capital. LifeAire Systems‘ in-duct air purification system is designed to improve air quality in critical areas for hospitals. Read more.

  1. Ben Franklin to Invest $324,500 In Regional Economic Development

    The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s (BFTP/NEP) Board of Directors has approved the investment of $324,500 in support of regional economic development. BFTP/NEP’s goal is to help lead northeastern Pennsylvania to a better economic future by building partnerships that develop and apply technology for competitive advantage. To achieve this goal, Ben Franklin staff Continue Reading…

  2. Ben Franklin Client RantNetwork Partners with LinguaSys

    LinguaSys, Inc., an international provider of human language technologies producing highly customized multilingual text analytics and natural language processing software, and RantNetwork, developers of translation applications for Smartphones, have announced that LinguaSys will license and distribute RantNetwork’s innovative OPI Translate™ Mobile Phone Language Translation and Interpretation Application. Executives can interpret foreign languages using text-to-text, text-to-speech, Continue Reading…

  3. Ben Franklin’s Kathy Minnich Named CFO of the Year Finalist by Lehigh Valley Business

    Kathy Minnich has been named a finalist in the 2013 Lehigh Valley Business CFO of the Year awards program. The award program, produced by Lehigh Valley Business, celebrates the Lehigh Valley’s financial executives at all levels who contribute to the success of our region’s economic growth and stability.  Minnich was selected in the Nonprofit CFO – Continue Reading…

  4. Ben Franklin Client Discovery Machine Featured in Keystone Edge

    When Anna Griffith and her husband, Dr. Todd Griffith, started Discovery Machine Inc., it was with the goal of providing methodology and supporting technology to capture the “know-how” of pivotal people in an organization and deploy it into training programs, job aids and enterprise systems. Over the years they have developed patented software tools for Continue Reading…