LVstartup is a monthly e-newsletter about the Lehigh Valley entrepreneurial scene.LVstartup, a monthly e-newsletter about entrepreneurs and startups in the Lehigh Valley, has just become three years old.
The latest issue was released on July 5, almost exactly three years after the inaugural issue debuted in the summer of 2015.
The new edition highlights several startup-related stories from the Lehigh Valley, including Play Impossible landing a retail deal with Apple, Bethlehem's UBMe being featured in Buzzfeed's "Best Apps for College Students," and Lehigh University hosting its Venture Fair.
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Other featured stories include a Lehigh Valley startup making a snake-like robot, Southside Bethlehem "booming" with development projects, Goblies paintballs being made available at Michaels stores, and the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix speeding ahead into the next decade.
The issue also spotlights several upcoming events, including LVEDC's release of a new talent supply study, an LVTech meetup at Northampton Community College’s Fab Lab, a free Bethlehem business seminar about social media, and the Baker Institute's 4th Annual Demo Day.
Additionally, LVstartup features a Lehigh Valley startup each month. This issue, the company is Snowvation, the largest and fastest growing activity booking platform for the Mountain Industry.
Visit here for a full archive of past LVstartup issues.
To see issues from the past six months, click on the links below:
- June 7, 2018 — Snake-Like Robots, Preventing Aging, Paintballs & More!
- May 3, 2018 — Small Businesses, Cyber Security, Tower 6 & More!
- April 5, 2018 — Lehigh Valley's Top 5 Ranking, Silver Medals, Biotech Companies & More!
- March 1, 2018 — Winter Paralympics Athletes Using Skis Made in the Lehigh Valley
- February 1, 2018 — Truffles, Bodybuilders, Video Game Arenas & More!
- January 4, 2018 — 2017 Year in Review Stories, Khineder Creations & More!
LVEDC’s Entrepreneurship Council of the Lehigh Valley aims to improve the entrepreneurial environment of the region by listening to its entrepreneurs, identifying their unmet needs, communicating regional entrepreneurship initiatives between council members, and connecting local resources to continue the development of new entrepreneurial support initiatives.
LVstartup receives input from various organizations that serves the local entrepreneurial community, including LVEDC, the Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation at Lehigh University, Lehigh Valley Tech, the Allentown Economic Development Corporation (AEDC), the Bethlehem Department of Community and Economic Development, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Penn State Lehigh Valley, and others.