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Happy Valley Businesses Support SMEs Amid HR Challenges

By Holly Riddle  Human resources can pose a challenge for SMEs, particularly when you look at the way the talent landscape has evolved over the last four years. As we’ve covered in previous articles, an incoming workforce of recent college grads comes with new demands, from more flexible schedules and remote work policies to greater […]

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05/03/2022
“Penn State took a shot on me” Venture & IP Conference spotlights success stories and disruptive tech

By Cara Aungst Venture & IP Conference moderator Ryan Newman (right) talks with Penn State alumni Ash Ashutosh, Global Director of Solution Sales at Google (left) and Mo Bhende, CEO and cofounder of karat (center, via Zoom), during the Penn State Unicorn Panel on Friday. PHOTO: Invent Penn State / Rick Brandt On April 28-29, the 2022 Venture & […]

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04/18/2022
What’s a pain in your a**? JT Marino’s answer was worth $250M

Invent Penn State’s James Delattre (left) speaks with Tuft & Needle founder JT Marino (right) at 2022 Penn State Startup Week. PHOTO: Invent Penn State/Rick Brandt In 2012, JT Marino was part of a startup that was floundering and pivoting. He was only three years out of Penn State, but that was enough time to […]

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04/12/2022
Penn Stater’s clean energy vision has raised $14 million for startup Xeal

After finding his north star through a class assignment, Nikhil Bharadwaj found his focus and turned his idea into a clean energy giant Xeal. Photo: Xeal. The ENGR 310 class on Entrepreneurial Leadership is filled with engineering students, people who by nature are prone to ask WHERE, WHAT and HOW. So Professor Greg Woodman takes […]

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04/12/2022
Startup Week’s pitch competition showcases Penn State solution to pain points

Table Rock Markets won first place in the competition. Photo: Rick Brandt. In a recent interview with HappyValleyIndustry, Tuft & Needle founder (and Penn State alumnus) JT Marino said that when searching for an idea for a startup, start with what has been a pain in your own life. “You are your first customer. If […]

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04/10/2022
Repurposing the past and pioneering new experiences

Titan Park’s historic industrial space has become Happy Valley’s favorite new social scene — and there’s still room for your business Axemann Brewery  Titan Park is hardly anything new. In fact, it’s pretty old, a long-standing fixture in Bellefonte and the lives of Bellefonte residents for more than a century. However, what’s being done currently at […]

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04/05/2022
From ‘major flop’ to market breakthrough

Technical gear company SLCKR is creating solutions for the barbershop culture When he was growing up, Tyler Tracy’s mom always cut his hair. But when he was 17, he stepped into a barbershop for the first time. “I was enamored,” he said.  It wasn’t just the cut — the high fade and clean lines — […]

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