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The map of the Pennsylvania tech startup community

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Re: The map of the Pennsylvania tech startup community

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I see my hometown of Harrisburg isn't getting startup love. Kind of surprising; I've heard from friends and family still there that their economy is prettty strong. The cost of doing business there is probably a lot cheaper than the Philly area too.

This just went live less than 24 hours ago. Feel free to reach out to them and see if they would like to add a pin!

Re: The map of the Pennsylvania tech startup community

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post #5

There are numerous startups that have been spun off from PSU in the State College area.

I hope to capture every single one of them, eventually, on this map!

I am debating seeding it with startups without their knowledge. Fortunately, of the 19 who are signed up, every single one has done it themselves (with exception of Gabe from DuckDuckGo, he tweeted me "permission"!)

Re: The map of the Pennsylvania tech startup community

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Can we add other people's companies/accelerators etc...? I could probably populate a lot of the Pittsburgh area quickly, but it looks like you have an approval process.

I don't feel comfortable personally adding other peoples companies without their permission, so I don't advocate it; but the "approval process" is just me clicking "Approve".

So, that being said, if you'd like to add companies of friends/contacts, and feel ok signing up "for" them, feel free!

Re: The map of the Pennsylvania tech startup community

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post #5

There are numerous startups that have been spun off from PSU in the State College area.

Innoblue, a student-run entrepreneurial group at Penn State has a list of startups founded by PSU students and alumni. It's not restricted to those still in the area though.

http://innoblue.org/pages/psu-startups

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