The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania announced Monday that it has expanded its Ben Franklin Business Incubator Network to include the Reading-based Jump Start Incubator and 13 others.
Jump Start Incubator is a project of Berks County Community Foundation and Kutztown University Small Business Development Center. Since the program began in 2012, 34 startups have entered Jump Start Incubator. Of those 34, 28 of them, or 82 percent, are still in business today.