Success Stories
The LaunchBox and Innovation Hub Network has pivoted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and is delivering programming virtually. For an overview of resources being offered by the 21 hubs, click here. From accelerator programs to speaker series to workshops, this fall they are providing entrepreneurs access to more programming…
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Academic researchers interested in exploring the commercial potential of their technological innovations are invited to apply to a free National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) Virtual Short Course to be held October 23rd through November 14th. Applications for the fall Virtual Short Course are due by 5 p.m. EST…
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New FastTrack Accelerator Applications due October 11th As COVID-19 changes our daily lives, professors, teachers, and tutors are working to find effective virtual collaboration tools while transitioning to remote learning. Instructors at all levels frequently use whiteboards to draw out diagrams, calculations, and equations, but a keyboard and mouse are…
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Since the Inc.U Competition officially launched in 2015, it has produced 10 winning teams and provided $120,000 in prize money. Those 10 startups have since grown, shifted, and encountered new challenges and successes. This is the fourth in an article series which will explore where some of the winning teams are now,…
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Before co-founding multiple business ventures and acting as an entrepreneurial mentor to Penn State students, Evon Onusic was a Penn State undergrad just trying to pass his Chinese language class. Since graduating from Penn State World Campus in 2013, Evon Onusic has worked in product development for a startup in…
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Invent Penn State’s 2020 Summer Founders program, a 13-week student startup accelerator, wrapped up August 12th in a virtual showcase after funding seven student-startup teams with $15,000 each to work on their startup, non-profit, or social good full-time over the summer. The program also matched teams with resources and entrepreneurial…
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Biopharmaceuticals are a fast-growing sector of the pharmaceutical market, but these protein-based drugs can take many years to bring to market and cost more than $2 billion to develop. A large portion of that time and money is spent attempting to predict which drug from a vast library of candidates…
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Designed to aid entrepreneurs and their counsel, Inside Entrepreneurship Law is a new blog from Samantha Prince, associate professor of lawyering skills and entrepreneurship at Penn State’s Dickinson Law. The blog features weekly posts from Dickinson Law students and provides information on relevant topics including startups, intellectual property protections, raising…
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The new technologies were presented to an audience of industry experts, venture investors, and life science entrepreneurs during a virtual biotechnology exposé and investment strategy session. On June 12th, the first Penn State BioTech Discovery Day brought together Penn State researchers, industry experts, and venture investors for a day of…
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