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Six New Hampshire companies have earned their spot as finalists for the 2016 NH High Tech Council’s Product of the Year (POY) Award. Congratulations to Contour Designs, Corflex, Jewell Instruments, Next Move Technologies, Orion Entrance Control Systems and Wilcox who represent the top six entries in this year’s competition. At the POY finalist event on November 10, the Council will celebrate innovative products developed in the past year. The event provides a platform for entrepreneurs and inventors to receive free advice, major product promotion, and podium time in front of hundreds of tech leaders who will then help choose the winner in real time. Read more. Read more

What do you get when you pack a room with technologists, (mostly female by the nature of the event) heads of industry, educational leaders and practitioners, and a good dose of students; all to hear from the individuals who want to represent us in Washington D.C. and in our state’s corner office? You get a vibrant and dynamic conversation about things that really matter to an audience of people who are the engine behind our state’s growing tech economy. That’s what our Town Hall Power Forum on October 12 was. Read more. Read more

Three New Hampshire startup companies left Dyn this evening with a combined $100,000 in funding to take their companies to the next level after competing in the NH High Tech Council and Alpha Loft’s 2016 TechOut competition. Awato won the $50,000 first prize; Forcivity took home $30,000 and second place; and crowd-favorite, KudosWall, walked away with $20,000. First and second place awards were determined by a panel of judges comprised of business experts, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists; the third-place slot was determined solely by the evening’s audience of more than 200 people. Read more. Read more

Laconia-based Orion Entrance Control, Inc. will be the featured presenter at the December 7 Entrepreneur Forum event, one of the Council’s marquee events series, run by the New Hampshire High Tech Council. This event marks the launch of a new model for the Entrepreneur Forum – instead of two presenters and two panels, the event will focus more on the opportunity or challenge faced by the presenter that is shared with similar companies in their space and business cycle. Read more. Read more

If you had time to sit down with the next governor of our state, or our U.S. senator in Washington, what would you ask him or her? Would you want to know what are they are doing to reduce the tech talent gap? Their position on specific regulations or the overall business climate? What builds a supportive culture of entrepreneurship? Or something else? Read more. Read more

With TechOut just a week away on October 5, the five startup companies vying to share cash award investments totaling up to $100,000 got a unique opportunity to roll up their sleeves and practice their company “pitch” in front of a seasoned professional and venture capitalist who knows first-hand what works, and what doesn’t when promoting early stage technology companies. Read more. Read more

Five finalists have been selected for TechOut 2016, New Hampshire’s largest tech startup competition. A partnership between the NH High Tech Council (Council) and Alpha Loft, TechOut identifies entrepreneurs with viable plans to develop and market new technology products and funds them through investment capital awards of $100,000 a year. The contest’s winners will be selected at the live event beginning at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, October 5. Read more. Read more

The New Hampshire High Tech Council (Council) will be designating our October Power Breakfast event to hold a special “Power Forum” featuring the candidates for the US Senate and Governor’s office on Wednesday, October 12 from 7:30 to 10 am at the Manchester Country Club, 180 South River Road in Bedford. This special Power Breakfast Forum will be “town hall” style, allowing each candidate the opportunity to present their views on the impact and importance of the tech sector in NH, and how their respective administrations/offices would support growth and innovation in the future, and will allow for questions from the audience. Read more. Read more

With TechOut applications in and under review, now is a perfect time to take a closer look at the people lending their experience to the next generation of Granite State entrepreneurs. This year’s TechOut judges come from the state’s investment community, representing public and private companies, venture capital firms, development and nonprofit worlds, with one unifying quality – they’re passionate about New Hampshire’s innovation economy and the entrepreneurs driving it. Read more. Read more