{"id":110311,"date":"2026-02-10T19:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/110311\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T19:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:17:18","slug":"erie-business-owners-given-chance-to-win-15000-in-funding-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/110311\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Business Owners Given Chance to Win $15,000 in Funding | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"TechCelerator 2026 Social Media - 6\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The Erie County TechCelerator which is a free, 8-week business accelerator has been launched by the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central &amp; Northern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin CNP).<\/p>\n<p>This accelerator will help entrepreneurs\u2019 complete technology and manufacturing ventures in a more accelerated pace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErie County is home to bold thinkers, builders, and problem-solvers,\u201d said Rebecca Farmer Force, Marketing &amp; Communications Director at Ben Franklin CNP. \u201cThe TechCelerator is designed to meet entrepreneurs exactly where they are, whether they\u2019re exploring a new idea or growing an established company. Our team provides the structure, strategy, and support to move them forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Participants will be in expert-led group and one-on-one mentoring sessions to learn more about customer discovery, revenue modeling, funding strategy, and market positioning.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals can showcase their ventures in a competition for $15,000 in funding for possible next steps in their programs.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the program can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cnp.benfranklin.org\/programs-resources\/techcelerator\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Erie County TechCelerator which is a free, 8-week business accelerator has been launched by the Ben Franklin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[52777,52778,52779,136,142,138,137,676,52776],"class_list":["post-110311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-ben-franklin-technology-partners","tag-business-accelerator","tag-entrepreneur","tag-erie","tag-erie-county","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-funding","tag-techcelerator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}