The Ben Franklin Technology Partners, an organization that gives money and support services to tech businesses, is sponsoring another business plan contest similar to competitions it's put on over the last decade.
An apple orchard north of Gettysburg has begun growing a variety of other produce, cut down on its use of pesticides and most recently earned certification from an international sustainable-agriculture organization.
The City of Pittsburgh announces its migration to Google Apps, which should save about 25 percent in email support costs.
Starting Jan. 1, the state's Act 32 consolidates local earned income taxes payments, which should simplify the process for businesses and increase tax revenue for municipalities and school districts.
The idea of sustainability took a stronger hold in Pennsylvania this year. Expect these trends to continue in 2012.
In 2011, innovations continued to come out of college campuses, inside and outside the classroom.
Your new favorite website just might have been started right here in the Keystone State. Check out these sites we found in 2011.
Entrepreneurs across the state received attention on the national scene this year. Here are five.
Jesse Schell's Pittsburgh company is behind a new kind of video game development process that is crowd designed and crowd supported.
The Berks County seat's revival has the same swirl of dedicated, motivated change agents that the rest of Pennsylvania will need in 2012.