Food and beverage entrepreneurs and start-up companies have the chance to win up to $30,000 in Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ first Food & Beverage TechCelerator.

The “Shark Tank” - style competition showcasing student business ideas at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is going international in its third year. 

An enterprise that started as a date night ritual is now a business ready to expand into a major production. 

The winner of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners BIGIDEA competition is Lancaster County’s Faubion which created 3D printing technology and wax resins that produce replicas of unique bridal rings.

Two midstate entrepreneurs began their soda pop company in a small storefront in Lancaster. Today, the Lancaster-born company has relocated to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to take part in a local food movement happening there.

A Chicago-based company that turns unused food from grocery stores and other food operations into pet food, and a Minneapolis-based company whose product helps improve pet dental health were among the winners during a pet products innovation conference hosted by Factory LLC in Bethlehem.

On the night of a pitch dinner, co.space is buzzing with conversation about the day's achievements and solutions to problems like the winter blues and how to create sustainability.