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Follow on Google News | Ben Franklin TechCelerator Announces Winner of $10,000!Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies wins $10,000 after attending an Eight-Week Boot Camp Training Program for business startups.
To be eligible to win $10,000 toward starting a business, applicants had to have a tech-based idea and a time commitment of at least 3 hours per week beginning in April. The response was overwhelming! On June 19, 2012 all six contestants made presentations to a panel of judges comprised of entrepreneurs and CEO’s from successful, local companies including: Dean Bunnell – Indigo Biosciences; The winners were Lin Wang, CEO, and Dr. Tony Jun Huang, CTO, of Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies LLC (www.AscentBioNano.com) To date, the CEO, Lin Wang, who holds Master’s Degrees from Duke and Harvard University, and Dr. Huang, who is currently an Associate Professor at Penn State University, have filed for seven U.S. patents and have been awarded two invention disclosures. With plans to apply for a Federal Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR), the partners have garnered significant interest from two well-known industry leaders regarding possible business collaborations. About the TechCelerator@ Located in the Technology Center at 200 Innovation Boulevard in State College, the TechCelerator @ State College is a partnership among several of the area’s economic development providers that offers budding entrepreneurs designated space, loan and investment programs, business support and mentoring services, and entrepreneurial training all housed in one location. For more information, go to http://www.techceleratorstatecollege.org End
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