NEWS: August 2008 Archives - Ben Franklin Technology Partners of PennsylvaniaSubscribe
Pittsburgh Innovates: A Call for Entries Technologists engage the Pittsburgh community through web-based competition
PITTTSBURGH – Aug. 26, 2008 –This fall, the Greater Keystone Innovation Zone (GO KIZ) is sponsoring Pittsburgh Innovates at pittsburghinnovates.com, a contest designed to leverage web-based media to increase awareness of innovation, technology an... Read More
My Payment Network Receives Investment from Innovation Works to Expand Reach to More Schools, Enter New Markets with Online Payment Solutions
PITTSBURGH, PA – August 6, 2008 – My Payment Network, providing electronic payment services that support organizations such as K-12 schools and specific industries, has received an investment of $200,000 from Innovation Works, the most activ... Read More
AlphaLab: First Companies Receive Investment, Office Space and Business Assistance
The first companies have been selected to participate in AlphaLab, a new program of Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southwestern PA (Innovation Works). The program is intended to spur the growth of companies developing software, interactive games... Read More
DreamIt Ventures: Working with Entrepreneurs to Turn Ideas into Marketplace Reality
A dozen fast-track technology startup companies that may not have otherwise gotten off the ground are hard at work, developing their innovative prototype products in Philadelphia. Chosen from a pool of more than 200 applicants, the companies are part... Read More
Ben Franklin Venture Investment Forum: Helping Entrepreneurs Conquer Their Most Common Fear
The old adage "You only get one chance to make a first impression" is just as true for entrepreneurs as it is for blind dates. "If you bomb the first time when making a pitch to potential investors, you may not get a second opportunity when you reall... Read More
BFTP Gap Fund: Critical Financing for Early-Stage Companies
Website flops like Pets.com, Go.com and MVP.com were among thousands of well-publicized casualties of the dot-com bust of the late 1990s and early 2000s. But web-based companies weren't the only ones to suffer. The bust also caused many venture funds... Read More
Carnegie Speech: Software Uses Immediate Feedback to Improve Language Learning
More than 20 years ago, while teaching English as a second language in France, Dr. Maxine Eskenazi dreamed of a tool that her students could use to practice their spoken-English exercises by themselves, but with personalized instruction and immediate... Read More
TowerCare Technologies: Software That Helps Manage a Nonprofit Organization’s Every Need
Historically, many nonprofit organizations struggle to run smoothly due to tight funds and limited staff. But TowerCare has developed a software product that manages all aspects of a nonprofit organization, including donors and donations, fundraising... Read More
