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Program Targets One Missing Link For Founders From Diverse Backgrounds: Friends And Family Money

October 22, 2018

Many startups fund their earliest days with money from friends and family, as well as angels. But what if your friends and family are not wealthy—and, in fact, are more on the struggling side of the equation? This, in fact, is one critically important missing link in access to capital faced by many founders from […]

The MedTech Conference Winners

October 21, 2018

Currently in its sixth year, the MedTech Innovator competition awarded over $500K in cash prizes and in-kind awards. Participating companies gained increasing amounts of exposure to industry leaders through online application reviews, in-person pitch sessions, and audience competitions at two conferences. Judges of the 2018 final competition included Jennifer Kozak, Vice President, New Business Development, […]

Carnegie Learning to Deliver Choosito! Through Its EMC School Passport Platform

October 20, 2018

Carnegie Learning, a comprehensive, dynamic, and progressive learning technology company, today announced that its EMC School division has signed an agreement with Choosito!, a curator of open Web content for learning and a National Science Foundation (NSF) Business Innovation Award winner. The agreement ensures that EMC School’s Passport will be the only comprehensive learning technology […]

Angels To The Rescue? What Phila. Startups Can Learn From Pilot Program

September 27, 2018

Five months after a pilot program aimed at preparing companies led by female entrepreneurs and founders of color for investment wrapped up in Philadelphia and two other cities, a new report details what worked and how much more has to be done to reach parity in the startup world. The report was released this week […]

Clean Energy Jobs are Truly ‘Made in Pennsylvania’

September 26, 2018

When Pennsylvanians think of clean energy jobs, the images that come to mind might include a team of solar installers drilling panels onto a roof in Bucks County, or a hard-hatted wind turbine technician perched atop a 200-foot-tall white tower at Moosic Mountain outside Scranton. High-flying, high-profile jobs like these are crucial to our state’s […]