Helping Tech Start-ups Succeed
Business incubation provides vital support to entrepreneurs and early-stage firms at their most vulnerable times and is often pivotal to their survival and prosperity. The reduced operating costs of starting a company in a business incubator are typically what initially draw early-stage companies to an incubator facility. But the business development assistance and sharing of best practices among tenants are often even more important.
Incubation Pioneers
With more than 35 years owning and managing its own incubator, BFTP/NEP was one of the pioneers of business incubation in the nation. Today, BFTP/NEP owns and manages both the award-winning Ben Franklin TechVentures and the Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center.
Collaborative Support
With 14 current members, the Ben Franklin Incubator Network is among the largest business incubator networks in the U.S. Business incubation is an important element in BFTP/NEP’s strategy for developing the northeastern Pennsylvania technology infrastructure. Ben Franklin staff meet with incubator network managers annually to exchange ideas and information, work collaboratively, and provide guidelines and training that are in accordance with International Business Incubation Association standards.
Members
Ben Franklin TechVentures®
Bethlehem
Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center
Bloomsburg
Bridgeworks Enterprise Center – Allentown Economic Development Corporation
Allentown
CAN BE Innovation Center
West Hazleton
Carbondale Technology Transfer Center
Carbondale
East Stroudsburg University Innovation Center
East Stroudsburg
Innovation Center @ Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes-Barre
Allan P. Kirby Enterprise Center at Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre
O’Pake Institute for Economic Development and Entrepreneurship at Alvernia University
Reading
Scranton Enterprise Center
Scranton
Startup Danville – Bucknell University
Danville
Startup Lewisburg – Bucknell University
Lewisburg
Stourbridge Project
Honesdale
TekRidge Center
Jessup