Happy Holidays: Keystone Edge on Break, Will Return on Jan. 12
It's the most wonderful time of the year and also the busiest. We'll return with a fresh issue of Pennsylvania's latest and greatest in 2012.
In one year, Small Business Development Centers help launch 1,600 new companies statewide
In 2010, Pennsylvania's SBDCs resulted in the launch of about 1,600 new businesses and more than $551 million in new sales. Revenue at companies assisted by the state's centers rose 12.9 percent in that time frame.
Southwest PA picks up $15M-plus in year-end venture deals; hiring and other news
More than $15 million settled in the region during final quarter 2011 activity, including venture capital dollars and grant funding, some promising to bring company hiring.
Device from Bethlehem startup would make new heart valves available to more patients
Some patients who would benefit from new heart valves can't have surgery now because the risk is deemed too high. Micro Interventional Devices, a Bethlehem startup employing six people, is working to change that.
Online wedding-planning platform launched in Northeast PA plans to go national
The team behind NEPA Bridal, a wedding-planning website that started in northeastern Pennsylvania is about to launch its idea on a national scale.
Willow Grove custom manufacturer one of region's fastest-growing businesses, may hire up to 15
Proof of the fact that leading-edge manufacturers continue to grow can be found in the Philadelphia suburb of Willow Grove, home base for the EF Precision Group.
Android tablet simulation shows bus drivers how to operate vehicles with hybrid transmissions
A partnership between two companies in south-central PA means drivers don't have to get behind the wheel of a bus with a new hybrid transmission to learn how it works.
Lots of activity on DreamIt's Demo Day in Philly as 14 companies move on
The 2011 Philadelphia DreamIt class wrapped up last Wednesday in University City at World Cafe. Just a few blocks from DreamIt offices at 34th and Market, fifteen startups presented polished seven minute pitches
TEDxPittsburgh: Changing Rust Belt to the Water Belt
Don Carter unleashes the power of the post-industrial city, tracing population growth and the growing need for water in transforming Pittsburgh and beyond.
EDITOR'S EDGE: Penn State Can Transcend Scandal With Groundbreaking IP Policy Shift
VP of Research Hank Foley says the school will no longer pursue intellectual property ownership related to industry-funded research, an announcement buried by the Sandusky case.