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Do you have an idea or an invention and don’t know how to turn it into a product? Note: This webinar will be conducted in Spanish only. Watch the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Az1LyDzuk Come with us and Frances Prado, one of the 0.05% Female Hispanic inventors, who will tell us about her experience in creating and patenting her product “Hanging Secrets.”  She will provide us with some of the knowledge she acquired through the creation and development of her product.  To patent an invention you need to understand some processes and take the right steps. In this workshop, Frances explains how to navigate...

The Abington LaunchBox Speaker Series brings together business leaders, researchers, and entrepreneurs to provide actionable advice on best practices, tools, processes, and the culture of entrepreneurship.  Events in the Abington LaunchBox Speaker Series are available at no cost to business owners, entrepreneurs, students, and members of the community. Archived events: March 31, 2020: Leading During Uncertain Times [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RuAi7gmYNY[/embed] When managing 21st-century businesses, planning for the future is no longer good enough.  Companies need to focus on creating the future.  During this roundtable discussion with entrepreneurial leaders, we will explore how to demonstrate leadership amid high levels of uncertainty. April 1,...

CARLISLE, Pa. — When people can’t leave their houses to attend an event, you bring the event to them. With residents across Pennsylvania sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn State Dickinson Law’s Business Law Society is converting two upcoming entrepreneur pop-up clinics to virtual sessions, allowing people to participate from their homes. The pop-up clinics, which had been scheduled to take place at Penn State Commonwealth Campuses this month, include workshops designed to educate early-stage entrepreneurs about topics critical to launching, promoting and sustaining new businesses. The Penn State Abington/Abington LaunchBox pop-up clinic will be presented by Business...

February 9, 2020 By Regina Broscius ABINGTON, Pa. — The Penn State Abington LaunchBox, an early-stage business accelerator, is supporting an Abington student who owns a commercial drone business. Sophomore Nino Efendic operates Aerial Prospex, which provides progress reports, inspections, and photogrammetry to the commercial real estate, construction, and engineering industries. He started consulting with LaunchBox and its director, Peter Hornberger, in the spring of 2019. “LaunchBox is helping me with putting my business plan on paper and targeting the right customers through different exercises,” Efendic said. “It’s helping me figure out the right language to use and selecting the...

November 17, 2017 ABINGTON, Pa. — Penn State Abington showcased its thriving small-business ecosystem during Global Entrepreneurship Week with presentations by students in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) minor livestreamed throughout the University. Sophomore Robert Zigmund described the evolution of his business, Bird’s Eye Drone Productions, with support from Abington. As a freshman enrolled in ENTI courses, he won the college’s inaugural LaunchBox business plan competition. He used the $2,000 in prize money for marketing and a second drone. “This would not be possible without the ENTI minor and the LaunchBox competition,” the political science major told the audience. “Penn State Abington has given me...