Lehigh Valley LaunchBox

The application for Idea TestLab is now open! https://lehighvalley.launchbox.psu.edu/idea-testlab/

Every Wednesday at 9 AM, entrepreneurs and the Lehigh Valley community come together over coffee and conversations at NCC Follett Family Center and on Zoom in a hybrid collaboration to help entrepreneurs. Next event is Wednesday January 12!

Penn State Lehigh Valley students, let us help you win a piece of this $30,000 towards your new business!

New Year, New Business?

How can we help you make next year's best selling item? The application for Idea TestLab opens January 10th!

Do you know LaunchBox helped Santa spread joy locally in the Lehigh Valley? https://fb.watch/a5F95TT_os/ - No, thank you Santa!

Congratulations to Matt Bilsky and his team for receiving national recognition on the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s fourth annual Most Fundable Companies List. FLX Solutions, Inc. was a LaunchBox grant recipient. https://lehighvalley.org/bethlehem-startup-among-most-fund/ Invent Penn State + Penn State Lehigh Valley ... #entrepreneur #economicdevelopment See more

The 2022 Inc. U Competition application is now open! The deadline to apply is Feb. 4, 2022. Student startups will pitch for their chance to win up to $30,000 in investment dollars for their company. https://invent.psu.edu/programs/inc-u-competition/ Penn State Lehigh Valley #startup #pitchcompetition

Thank you to Penn State Lehigh Valley Strategic Communications for great coverage of our most recent LaunchBox Ladies Speaker Series. Continuing to spotlight the talents of women entrepreneurs, we featured sisters and business owners Cory Dahlia Varona and Nicol Varona Cancelmo of DN Organics last week. Having your sister, who you’ve known since Day 1, that’s a partnership that’s never going to break.... #entrepreneurship #womeninbusiness

LaunchBox Advisory Board member Nick Miller is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise $24,000 to refurbish the weight rooms at Allen and Dieruff high schools. Good luck Nick! https://www.mcall.com//mc-nws-allentown-school-board-hikin

Congratulations to Jevata Crawford from Project MOVE Organizing Services who placed first in the YWCA USA Start It Up Pitch Competition yesterday evening; winning $10k! Jevata participated in our Idea Testlab Spring 21', LV LaunchBox Accelerator Fall 21', was a finalist for StartUp Lehigh Valley pitch competition, and an active member in our Mastermind program. Congratulations Jevata! ... Invent Penn State Penn State Lehigh Valley

LaunchBox Ladies Speaker Series, "The Next Entrepreneur: Steps to Starting Up" welcomed sisters, Cory and Nicol founders of DN Organics. They shared their knowledge and expertise as an entrepreneur and steps they took to start DN Organics. I encourage you to visit their website for great gift ideas for anyone with curly hair. I did learn their products also work on straight hair too. https://dnorganics.com/

Today, someone asked us, would you guys have done DN Organics without the other? Our Answer: Absolutely not, entrepreneurship is not easy. We don’t think there ...will be DN without Cory and Nicol. We uplift and support each other. We laugh, we do dances of joy. But we also cry and talk about the mistakes we have made and how to fix them. Running a business involves dealing with uncertainty and anxiety, however, when the journey is with your best friend Magic can happen We started this company out of faith, love and passion. We both truly love helping people and instilling confidence in natural hair We are not perfect, we make tons of mistakes but we can tell you one thing, we do it with LOVE and we do it because we care. Thank you for joining us in this entrepreneurship ride and supporting our business You are helping make a dream a reality Xoxo, Cory and Nicol #sisterpreneurs #startbeforeyoureready #motivationalpost #entrepreneurs #smallbusiness #womeninbusiness

Spotted on Walnut Street No more talking about the economy without talking about the Earth! Without the Earth, there is no economy. Sooner or later we will be... forced to put the planet before profits. That’s why we’re here folks! Quarbon measures, supports, and lifts the platforms of businesses who are already doing the extra work of having a positive social & environmental impact Connect with us to learn more! Quarbonx.com

We'd like to wish Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank a happy birthday! Founded #OTD in 2016, it has helped graduate more than 140 startups with no-cost services from online accelerators to legal and IP advice. Learn more https://launchbox.psu.edu/

Congratulations to all the winners. Shout out to Quarbon - Lehigh Valley LaunchBox Grant Recipient Fall 2020.

Please join us for our upcoming virtual LaunchBox Ladies event on Thursday, March 25th from noon 1:15pm titled Innovators in Mental Health Care During a Pandemicand Beyond. This program is being offered in partnership with the Penn State Lehigh Valley student-run Psychology Club. The event will feature industry experts from the popular app Calm, Mantra Health, and St. Luke’s University Health Network. During this program, our speakers will discuss game changing entrepreneurial solutions their companies have developed for addressing pressing mental health care issues that have become prevalent as a result of the pandemic. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovators-in-mental-health-ca

Greetings, On behalf of the Lehigh Valley LaunchBox and the entire Penn State Lehigh Valley family, we would like to wish you and your families a happy and healthy holiday! Happy New Year! Annette and Janel

To all our Penn State friends who celebrate the festival of lights, we wish you a Happy Hanukkah!

Watch our StartUp Lehigh Valley pitch competition for area entrepreneurs on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKP0a3H1eFc&feature=youtu.be