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Many veterans are among the entrepreneurs benefiting from Startup Alleghenies (Altoona Mirror, November 4th, 2018) An initiative of the South­ern Alleghenies Planning & Development [...]

Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator@Somerset is inviting the area’s emerging entrepreneurs to participate in an intensive 8-Week Startup Accelerator. With dozens of tech-startups already launched that [...]

Title: Entrepreneurial Coach(es) Position Overview Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission has worked with economic development partners to establish the Alleghenies [...]

On Thursday September 6, 2018, six local entrepreneurs competed for cash prizes as part of a “pitch” event sponsored by the Ben Franklin TechCelerator@Johnstown.  Friends, family, and community [...]

(Published in the Altoona Mirror, Sunday, August 19th) Startup Alleghenies’ first year has been a huge success. The nonprofit organization is on a mission to create the next great startup zone in [...]

(Published in PGH TechFuse, August 14, 2018. PGH TechFuse is a media hub of the Pittsburgh Technology Council detailing its members and the region’s tech ecosystem.) Startup Alleghenies [...]

(by Michelle Ganassi. Originally posted in Somerset Daily American, August 10, 2018) More than 200 entrepreneurs have registered with Startup Alleghenies since the program was launched last year. [...]

(Original Article written by Patt Keith, Altoona Mirror, August 6th, 2018) Altoona entrepreneur and artist Sarah Vogel has a new claim to fame: Her glasses-wearing, watercolor animal art appears [...]

Ben Franklin LaunchLINK, a USDA-funded network of videoconference and networking sites, will be the host of Ben Franklin’s 2018-19 training programs. These sessions will come to the 9 LaunchLINK [...]

Job opportunities in region are growing, JARI says in report by Mark Pesto | Tribune-Democrat (See original article) Johnstown Area Regional Industries stated that “jobs are becoming more [...]