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We are privileged to have Justin Mandel, Chairperson of Alleghenies Angel Fund, LLC as our next guest on Ben Franklin Capital Call. The Alleghenies Angel Fund, LLC focuses on seed- to mid-stage investments in companies and entrepreneurs that demonstrate the potential for scalable and profitable operations.

Manage and Grow Your Business using Financial Statements & Ratios, Part II is the second session of a two-part virtual workshop series for founders, managers and executives of startups and small- and medium-sized businesses. You do not have to attend the first session to attend Part II.

Part II is a hands-on financial statement and ratio workshop in which participants receive financial worksheets to calculate ratios for their businesses. Participants can complete these worksheets as optional pre-work to bring to the session or to utilize them in the future.

Underserved Small Business (USB)* Legal Services Program at Penn State Law provides free assistance to USB startups and early-stage businesses. This is an informational webinar with Tom Sharbaugh and Britani Peterson from the Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic about the Underserved Small Businesses (USB)* Legal Services Program which provides free assistance to USB startups and early-stage businesses.

Warren Buffet said, “Accounting is the language of business, and you have to be as comfortable with that as you are with your own native language to really evaluate businesses.” Manage and Grow Your Business using Financial Statements & Ratios is a two-part virtual workshop series for founders, managers and executives of startups and small- and medium-sized businesses.

Presenting your company to today's emerging talent isn't easy. Learn how to pitch your company's culture as a "best fit" for them so you can attract more and better candidates.

In this session, Kara Wasser, CEO of OhanaLink Technologies, will be our guest: "Necessity is the Mother of Invention," as the saying goes. How a nontechnical founder went from having a concept for a mobile app to growing a company with diverse product offerings in mobile health.

A “Family Office” is a private wealth management advisory firm that usually has a single client in that they serve an ultra-high-net-worth individual or family. Why do they matter in the capital ecosystem for startups?

In this Meet the Expert session, tax credit expert Lindsey Bennett reviews the various programs the Commonwealth offers businesses and organizations across industries and stages of development.

Meet the Expert: Kurt Duska

Sustainability is a buzzword that isn't going to fade away anytime soon. Sustainability focuses on addressing current needs without jeopardizing future generations' ability to meet their own. Economic, environmental, and social sustainability—also informally known as the three P's … profits, planet, and people—are the three pillars of sustainability. Every business and industry will be impacted.

Meet the Expert Rand Fishkin, Founder and CEO of SparkToro 

They say, “Timing is everything”.  Well, if you are developing a SaaS product, your timing couldn’t be better! Over the last decade, computing has become more distributed, portable, and personal due to the popularity of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) models of distribution.