Philadelphia Area Firm Launches Unique Approach to Accelerate Entrepreneurial Business and Job Growth

Langhorne, PA (PRWEB) October 19, 2011

Entrepreneurs who want to accelerate business growth and create jobs in the Philadelphia region have a new partner in Novotorium, a unique organization that can help them take the next big step. Businesses that have already launched and are not achieving their goals as aggressively as planned are ideal candidates to apply to become part of Novotorium.

Our business model offers entrepreneurs the opportunity to work with our internal team, mentors, advisers, and other emerging companies in our collaborative, open-innovation environment, according to Novotorium leader Mike Krupit. Novotorium provides these companies with assistance to set them onto a course of sustainable growth, profitability and job creation.

Seed-stage startup businesses receive a tremendous amount of support from nationally-known organizations such as TechStars, Y-Combinator, and Philadelphias Dreamit Ventures, said Krupit. They fill important needs in the entrepreneurial eco-system. Novotorium is different.

Traditional incubators focus on helping companies that are just starting out and need things such as a basic business plan, a prototype product or service, or an operational strategy. Novotorium is designed to help companies whose needs are beyond the scope of seed-stage incubators but may not be ready or able to achieve organic growth on their own. Novotoriums approach for entrepreneurs is unique because it does not charge fees and does not require compensation in the form of equity as pre-requisites to becoming part of the program.

Novotorium features a dynamic mix of office space designed for collaboration and open innovation, powerful connections to experienced mentors and advisers in a range of specialties, and the prospect of capital investment. Entrepreneurs work with Novotorium for an initial three month period which may be renewed multiple times as long as mutually beneficial. The open environment encourages the exchange and collision of ideas, experiences, and insights of entrepreneurs, mentors, and advisers, creating greater opportunities for innovation.

Entrepreneurs interested in learning more about how Novotorium can help them are encouraged to review the website http://www.Novotorium.com and apply. Novotorium is also continuing to add to its network of advisers and mentors. Inquiries from professionals interested in becoming Novotorium partners are welcome.

Novotorium will hold an open house from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, at their headquarters located at 900 Wheeler Way, Langhorne, Pa. Guests are invited to see the new space for innovation and meet the Novotorium team. It will be a great opportunity to network with like-minded entrepreneurs, advisers and mentors, in Novotoriums open and creative environment. Food, drinks, and entertainment will be provided. Admission is free, but registration is required. Event details and registration information is on the website at http://www.novotorium.com.

About Novotorium:

Novotorium is an independent, private sector initiative funded by the Baron Innovation Group, and based in Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Novotorium provides the environment, advice, services, and funding that are needed for entrepreneurs who strive to accelerate their emerging companies. Novotoriums unique approach helps entrepreneurs cross the chasm to achieve sustainable growth and profitability. For more information about Novotorium visit http://www.novotorium.com.

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How a Homework Assignment Became One of the Most Unique New Novels of 2010

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) November 10, 2010

People are fascinated by the economy just look at the stories that fill the typical news cycle but the subjects complexity creates a gap between fascination and understanding. A new novel published by the Starving Analyst Press, "The Economics of Ego Surplus," aims to thrill readers while bridging this gap.

The author, Paul McDonnold, is a former college economics instructor who now earns his living as a freelance writer. Well published in nonfiction markets and the coauthor of a traditional economics textbook, his passion for the novel comes through when he speaks of its genesis. Its never easy to get students interested in economics. Several years ago I gave my class a homework assignment in the form of a fictional story. A terrorist attack was being planned against the U.S. economy, and the assignment required figuring out the plot and using economic policy to foil it. The reaction I got from students was so positive I decided to take the concept further. Thats when work on the novel began.

He goes on to say that the novel is not intended to be a systematic treatment of economics, but does incorporate a simplified overview of a number of the topics one would see in a typical economics-101-type course. I decided early on that this would be a novel first. I wanted to write something that anyone would enjoy reading, not just economics students. So I let the action of the story drive everything, including any economic concepts that were explained.

Described as part action novel, part literary novel, part guidebook to economics, "The Economics of Ego Surplus" combines a gripping narrative with education and ends with a moral point. A PDF of the first 54 pages can be downloaded free at:

http://www.starvinganalyst.com

The author can be contacted at paul(at)paulmcdonnold(dot)com or 972-248-0517.

About Starving Analyst Press

Starving Analyst Press is a new independent publisher of books that bend genres, entertain and educate. Their philosophy looks to combine the best of the worlds of art and business. From the art world, staying true to a vision and elevating craft above commercialism. From the business world, hard work and dedication to customers.

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Imaging Industry Leader Launches TheBigScan.com- A Unique Large-Format Scanning Service

Boson, MA. (PRWEB) July 20, 2011

We created TheBigScan.com to provide a service that simply doesnt exist: making the safest, highest quality scans of large originals, says John Lorusso, president of Parrot Digigraphic, LTD., the parent company of TheBigScan.com. You need to use the right tool for the job, and thats the Cruse Synchron system for reflective work, and the Kodak iQsmart3 scanner for film, and were the only people who have this equipment, know how to get the most from it, and make the service available to the public.

When faced with oversized originals, most labs and service bureaus will either use a digital camera and a copy stand to photograph them, a large flatbed with stitching software, or one of the so-called large-format document scanners designed for scanning technical documents and maps for low-fidelity presentation purposes. None of these solutions provide a true high-quality scan, and, in the case of the map and architectural drawing scanners, often cause serious damage to valuable originals. They just cant compete what the folks at TheBigScan.com are running.

The core of the equipment at TheBigScan.com is the Cruse Synchron system - long the favorite of museums, archives, publishers, government agencies and libraries for getting the absolute best resolution and color fidelity safely from irreplaceable originals and now, through TheBigScan.com, available to artists, collectors, galleries as well as historical societies, architects and small museums.

We can scan literally anything said Ted Dillard, Imaging Services Manager at TheBigScan.com, from vintage posters to maps and charts, to textiles, wallpaper, collage work, and even 3 dimensional pieces that require huge depth of field like pinball playtables. Weve even scanned body art on a full-figure, live body.

Besides the ability to scan large work, up to 48 x 72 in one pass, we have almost unlimited control over the lighting. I look at it more as if Im taking a photograph than making a scan, honestly We can enhance the texture of a piece, as in a painting with a strong brush stroke, or we can minimize it, as with a damaged, historical piece. Its like no other capture system Ive ever worked with, Dillard, a 25-year veteran commercial photographer continues.

At a 48 x 72 single-pass capture, the ability to do high-quality multi-pass scanning for even larger originals, and a high resolution, high DMAX film scanning capability of 12 x 18, TheBigScan.com seems a fitting title.

Because TheBigScan.coms pricing is in line with typical service bureau prices, they attract corporate, education and government clients, independent artists and individuals as well as providing support for the trade: Gicl