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Is your story missing your target audience? Do your customers and your prospects know how your company solves pain points in THEIR industry and do prospective employees know why your company could be a great fit for their talent? HappyValley Industry gets it. That’s why we tell stories about companies that get read by decision-makers. […]
Solving Happy Valley’s sales problem
By Cara Aungst HappyValley Industry debuted its first workshop yesterday. Here’s what the session revealed about sales in the area. On February 28, leaders from companies in the Happy Valley area gathered at the Hyatt Place in downtown State College to talk about a gap in the ecosystem. Long story short, research and innovation is […]
Happy Valley’s Sales Engine: Rev it up for YOUR company at this FREE workshop
After interviewing hundreds of business leaders across the region, our HappyValley Industry team has reached a troubling conclusion. While our area is a top performer in Research, Engineering and Management, our business community struggles with that critical interim step: selling! So many of our sponsors and readers are asking, “How do I sell more?” […]
‘The hydrogen economy is here’: Nikola Corp to source hydrogen from KeyState for zero-emissions trucks
By Cara Aungst Photo: KeyState Energy. Nikola Corp. is partnering with a handful of hydrogen producers within the U.S. and Canada to supply hydrogen that will fuel 7,500 heavy-duty, zero-emission trucks by 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported on Feb 11. The article said that one of their main suppliers in the mid-Atlantic region will […]
FREE intrapreneurship conference focuses on employees as change makers
Mark your calendars for the Conference on Intrapreneurship Employees as ChangeMakers, taking place May 11 at the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub. The conference, which is free, is presented by the Penn State College of Engineering’s School of Engineering Design and Innovation and will focus on how employees can create innovation from within a company. […]
How the Moshannon Valley turned economic disaster into multi-million dollar success
By Holly Riddle Photo: Provided. Just a short drive from Penn State’s University Park campus, the greater Moshannon Valley region welcomes visitors with its expansive and beautiful natural landscape and charming small towns like the region’s heart of activity, Philipsburg. However, for the average traveler with no business ties, Moshannon Valley may still just be […]
Ben Franklin welcomes Todd Erdley as new central regional director
Ben Franklin Technology Partners has announced it will be welcoming local serial entrepreneur, Todd Erdley, to its State College-based investment team effective March 1, 2023. As the central regional director, Erdley will be the principal point-of-contact for companies seeking financial investment and business support services from Ben Franklin in the Central Region comprised of Centre, […]
How AIRWALK (and Central PA) missed out on being a $5 billion company
By Jodie Dello Stritto If you were a 90s kid, you probably know AIRWALK shoes. Staple footwear for skaters, even Tony Hawk was a brand ambassador. But did you know that in its heyday in the 1990s the company’s world headquarters was in the Greenwood Shopping Center on old Route 220 in Altoona? AIRWALK was […]
Disruptive Tech: Meet the company that’s making researchers rethink possibilities
By Cara Aungst Magnitude Instruments founder Eric Kennehan. Photo: Provided. A few years ago, before Magnitude Instruments was formed, a renowned professor at a major research university published an article decrying the use of transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS) in research. The professor concluded that transient absorption, which generally used very high-intensity lasers to record chemical […]
