Wilkes-Barre Connect, powered by the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business & Industry, hosted a private “pitch” event on March 20, 2019 at Wilkes-Barre’s THINK Center. This event featured full presentations by local startups Smoke Shield and Miner’s Mills Distilling Co. Smoke Shield is a solution to the problem of the overabundance of deaths in residential…
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On Tuesday, March 26 at 5 PM, the first ever Creative Meetup fueled by Coal Creative and Connect took place inside of Wilkes-Barre’s THINK Center. This first meeting was an open forum to determine the layout, ideas, and overall approach to future monthly creative meetups. We had 75 individuals from throughout the region come together to…
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On February 27th we had our first Connect Spotlight event of the year inside of Wilkes-Barre’s THINK Center. Featured speakers for the night, Murf Meyer & Diana Kolsky, the comedians behind the upcoming film “HEYNA?” and our multi-video spotlight on Coal Creative, presenting “The Creative Process” made this first event of the year a smashing…
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The first-ever Direct Effect Innovation Challenge took place on April 6th from 10:00 – 4:00 PM at Wilkes-Barre’s THINK Center. We’ve partnered with The Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development, Maga Design, Inc., and the united States Postal Service to create a ONE DAY challenge: create innovative direct mail marketing solutions for two community organizations,…
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The Wilkes-Barre Connect Honor series held an event on Thursday, November 8th from 8 AM – 3:30 PM, in partnership with the Small Business Administration, NEPA Alliance, the Small Business Development Center at Wilkes University, and Northeastern Pennsylvania PTAC. The SBA Boots to Business Reboot invites veterans and spouses of veterans to this day-long program,…
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On Wednesday, October 24th, Wilkes-Barre Connect Intern hosted a free panel discussion event at Wilkes-Barre’s THINK Center. The panel discussed the best practices to post and host a successful internship. At the event, the panel consisted of seven internship coordinators, as well as representatives for the business community, and local students. The featured panelists were:…
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On Wednesday, August 8th, Wilkes-Barre Connect hosted a private Pitch event at Wilkes-Barre’s THINK Center. PITCH is a formalized process to introduce entrepreneurs, start-ups, and existing businesses to our regional investor network in Northeastern Pennsylvania. PITCH is sponsored by the Willary Foundation for the second year, and coordinated by the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of…
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The Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber held its annual dinner at Mohegan Sun Pocono – who was also the sponsor of this years dinner – on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. The dinner was held to celebrate an incredible year and honor companies and individuals around our area with an awards ceremony at the end of the night.…
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On Wednesday November 1, 2017, Wilkes-Barre Connect held its first ever Pitch event at the THINK Center in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Pitch is a formalized process to introduce entrepreneurs, start-ups and existing businesses to a regional investor network – our version of Shark Tank. Wilkes-Barre Connect hosts live pitch events on a quarterly basis. Interested parties…
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Tech Talk was the theme for the second Wilkes-Barre Connect’s Spotlight event held at the THINK Center in downtown Wilkes-Barre. The featured spotlight speaker for this event was none other than Kris Jones, local entrepreneur and prominent businessman. Jones, the founder of Pepperjam, which he sold in 2009, and ReferLocal, APPEK Mobile Apps, French Girls…
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