On Dec. 8, nearly 50 people attended the?Berks?LaunchBox open house. This was the first event to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Berks?LaunchBox?and?Invent Penn State, the commonwealth-wide initiative that established campus innovation hubs, which was launched by Penn State President Eric J. Barron in 2016.
Berks LaunchBox powered by Penn State recently announced the winners of its?Idea TestLab accelerator final pitch competition. The competition concluded a six-week-long virtual business idea accelerator in which seven selected startups received coaching and training to identify viable business models through intensive customer discovery.
As part of Penn State’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, Penn State Berks will hold a variety of events for aspiring entrepreneurs from Nov. 8 to 12. The events are sponsored by the college’s Flemming Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CEED) Center and the Berks LaunchBox, an incubation hub located in the city of Reading.
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Successful entrepreneurs create products and services that solve problems and challenges. Penn State Berks student Eric Schraud is one of those entrepreneurs. With the help of the Berks LaunchBox, Schraud has launched a startup focused on making green fuel using renewable energy instead of fossil fuels.
No-cost resources from the Penn State Berks LaunchBox, including prototyping and 3D printing services, helped propel World Brand, a local startup focused on sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics.
Berks LaunchBox recently received a $50K grant from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education to purchase equipment for its makerspace and community operating workspace.
When sisters Cory Dahlia Varona Corniel and Nicol Varona Cancelmo were growing up in the Dominican Republic, they were taught that their natural curly hair was considered messy and unprofessional. Now, using the marketing and business acumen they gained at Penn State Berks, they've launched a company that aims to empower women.
The Office of Continuing Education at Penn State Berks will hold a virtual adult learner information session beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9. Attendees must register in advance and then they will receive an email with Zoom information.
Each spring, Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC brings together the best and brightest Penn State student and alumni entrepreneurs and innovators for a weeklong celebration of what happens when Penn State’s inspired doers put their ideas into action.
Verde Mantis, a coworking company that emerged from the Penn State Berks LaunchBox, is partnering with TheGeekGrid Studios to bring a Fallout 76 life-size suit of armor to life in preparation for the upcoming PA S.T.E.A.M. Fest on Aug. 21-22.
