A GUEST EDITORIAL BY DON SMITH
VICE PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MPC CORP.
Despite gloomy pundits, Pennsylvania remains a promising economy with many technology visionaries poised to bring about tremendous change. The state ranks fourth in the nation in the number of startup companies and experienced a 135% increase in the number of startups from 2001 to 2006 compared to 23% for the nation as a whole...
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BEN FRANKLIN WINS
2008
EDA AWARD BFTP was honored with the 2008 Award for Excellence in Technology-Led Economic Development for innovative economic development strategies of national significance by the U.S. Economic Development Administration.MORE >>>
RECLAMERE Rather than consign old computers to landfills, Reclamere helps businesses and organizations dispose of the equipment in an environmentally friendly way that also protects them from the very real threat of data theft.MORE >>>
RAYMOND VENNARE For some people, the lure of the startup company is in their blood. Raymond Vennare has launched five businesses in the Pittsburgh area and has been associated with Ben Franklin for 20 years. MORE >>>
PAYQUIK PayQuik, recently bought by Citigroup, was founded to make it easier and safer to transfer money between parties living in different countries—primarily from people in the U.S. to friends and family overseas. MORE >>>
INFINERA How exactly does computer data get from here to there? Infinera develops the optical networking systems that are essentially the "circulatory system" for the Internet, carrying data from point to point around the United States and the world.MORE >>>
Despite gloomy pundits, Pennsylvania remains a promising economy with many technology visionaries poised to bring about tremendous change. The state ranks fourth in the nation in the number of startup companies and experienced a 135% increase in the number of startups from 2001 to 2006 compared to 23% for the nation as a whole...
