Success Stories
The Penn State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has a long history of working with partners to educate student and community founders about starting and running a business. They also work to promote small businesses in order to stimulate the local economy. The Penn State SBDC serves Centre and Mifflin…
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Twelve entrepreneurial teams from Penn State have been selected to participate in the National Science Foundation I-Corps program. The teams receive up to $3,000 which can be used to attend industry trade shows, visit potential customers, develop prototypes and cover customer discovery expenses. Participation in Penn State’s program enables PI’s…
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3D printing, or additive manufacturing as it’s more formally known, has enabled innovations in manufacturing and production. However, it’s also contributing to 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste generated since 1950. Penn State startup Trimatis, LLC believes they can help combat this problem by converting plastic waste into 3D…
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Have you ever noticed that colors start to fade and blend together at lower light levels? Due to how our eyes process color, the dimmer the light source, the less vivid a color appears. This can be a particular challenge for people trying to distinguish colors in low lighting environments…
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Innovation flourished during the demo day for Penn State’s Summer Founders Program on Aug. 8 at Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank in State College. “It’s been great watching the five teams work through the different challenges of starting and growing a business this summer,” said Lee Erickson, Chief…
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A high growth Penn State startup, KCF Technologies deploys mostly wireless vibration monitoring into factories to reduce unexpected equipment failures, reduce process and energy waste, and dramatically improve the safety of the operating conditions. They serve a variety of industries including pulp/paper, automotive, power plants, and even museums like the…
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Anthony W. Gyke and Olivia P. Sribniak, the founders of Penn State startup Steer Logic, have continued to work on their business since graduating in May with degrees in electro-mechanical engineering technology (EMET) from Penn State New Kensington. Steer Logic’s automated team-roping dummy is the only form of team-roping practice…
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Penn State startup ConidioTec hopes to capture the pesticide market with their patented bed bug control product, Aprehend®. Bed bugs are a serious problem and make up a sizable portion of the $7.6 billion North American pest control industry. Before Aprehend® there was no way for hotels or homeowners to…
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Penn State and the Invent Penn State initiative today are celebrating a $1 million gift from Altoona business leader Lee Hite and his family to support the LaunchBox at Penn State Altoona. The Altoona LaunchBox is one of 21 innovation hubs across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that Penn State has funded…
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