Success Stories
Rational and precision cancer treatment requires accurate cancer diagnosis at the molecular level. This is often achieved by tumor tissue biopsy from the cancer patient. However, conventional tissue biopsy is a painful, risky and expensive process. Oftentimes the cancerous tissue is limited or unobtainable. Therefore, new low-cost and noninvasive sampling,…
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In June 2017, the Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family opened in downtown Altoona to provide startup companies with the support and resources needed to build sustainable businesses and viable paths to growth. A no-cost startup accelerator and coworking space, the Altoona LaunchBox offers a business accelerator course, product…
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Held twice annually, HackPSU provides students with the opportunity to complete unique challenges for different companies in attendance. Students can opt to tackle several of the challenges or focus on one. The competition, a 24-hour social coding hackathon, brought 85 teams of Penn State students together to conceptualize, develop and…
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Ben Franklin’s Innovation Partnership (IPart) helps small businesses with innovation research, tech transfer, and funding. IPart administers services through a consortium of 15 economic development and business assistance organizations and institutions of higher education, located throughout the Commonwealth. Each of the organizations brings a unique perspective and skill-set. Partner Organizations…
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The United States has record student loan debt with over $1.5 trillion in outstanding loans, a number that is still growing. Penn State startup SponsrU wants to help students by providing an online solution that to reduce student loan debt through personal mentorship, employee benefits, and performance incentives. After SponsrU’s…
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The Nittany AI Challenge offers teams of students, faculty, and staff the chance to compete for grants by developing and presenting AI–based solutions that solve real-world problems and improve the student experience and/or University operations at Penn State. The winners of the 2018 Nittany AI Challenge, presented by the Nittany…
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The Scranton LaunchBox opened on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd at 611 Cedar Avenue, it’s temporary home until design and construction are completed on its future permanent location inside the adjacent People’s Security Bank building. The Scranton LaunchBox is a no-cost startup accelerator and co-working space designed to provide early-stage startup companies…
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Invent Penn State has created a family of tools to make IP discovery and entrepreneurship at Penn State more streamlined and accessible than ever. The Resource Navigator, Startup Navigator and IP Navigator help startups, entrepreneurs and industry partners quickly find what they need through a searchable showcase of Penn State…
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Penn State Law offers two very important cost-free legal clinics to Penn State and community entrepreneurs—the Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic and Intellectual Property Clinic. Services are provided by Penn State Law students who are recruited and overseen by law professors Tom Sharbaugh and Rachel Herder, who are licensed Pennsylvania attorneys and…
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