| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.04.2024 | New VP At Philly Chamber Is A Former Tech Industry Pro Who’s All About Building Relationships | For Jason Bannon, relationship building is what makes the Philly tech ecosystem special.
The marketing pro recently left his role as VP of marketing and communications at Ben Franklin Technology Partner of Southeastern PA after 10 years wit... |
| 14.12.2023 | Who Built Philly Startup Leaders? Over 15 Years, These Community Members — And Many More | When thinking about Philly Startup Leaders’ legacy, Bob Moore wants you to consider the ship of Theseus paradox. When your vessel has all new infrastructure — or your organization has all new members — is the spirit retained? Is it still th... |
| 05.07.2022 | Philly Startup Leaders’ next accelerators are for food innovation and blockchain | Revamped accelerators, round two.
Rather than invite early-stage founders across any industry to its accelerator programming as it had in the past, earlier this year, Philly Startup Leaders announced it would be running industry-specific co... |
| 06.01.2022 | Philly Startup Leaders is rolling out industry-specific accelerators. First up: cannabis and ‘ethical entrepreneurship’ | Philly Startup Leaders’ (PSL) programming has been evolving along with the pandemic and changes to the entrepreneurship nonprofit and community org’s leadership over the past few years.
With the new year comes with some more changes for the... |
| 29.10.2021 | Philly Startup Leaders’ Founder Factory will return IRL with a half-day summit in November | After Philly Startup Leaders skipped a year of its annual Founder Factory during the pandemic in 2020, the for-founders-by-founders event returns in 2021 with an in-person event at Quorum in the University City Science Center on Nov. 17.
Th... |
| 02.09.2021 | What Philly Startup Leaders envisions for the next 5 years: equity, a global identity and workforce development | After a year of change for Philly Startup Leaders, the entrepreneurship nonprofit and community organizer is looking forward to the next five.
In 2020, PSL had to go virtual like most everyone else, moving its programming, idea-stage and MV... |
| 07.06.2021 | Resource Roundup: Philly Startup Leaders’ MVP-stage accelerator is looking for 10 founders | This is Resource Roundup, a look at open applications for business and career-building programs, funding and other opportunities around the region. Want to share a new resource for entrepreneurs and technologists? Email us at philly@technic... |
| 04.05.2021 | Events Roundup: Don’t miss these conferences, summits and expos at the 11th annual Philly Tech Week | Events Roundup is a Technical.ly column where we highlight events happening in the Philly area each month. Got a submission? Email us the details so we can consider it for our next roundup.
Spring is in the air, and free and accessible tech... |
| 29.04.2021 | Women founders: These 25+ resources can help you build community and boost business | Being a women who launches her own company means facing particular challenges.
While entrepreneurs saw a pretty normal (even great, in Philly) level of venture capital deals last year, women made up a very small percentage, with VC funding ... |
| 02.04.2021 | Resource Roundup: Peep these 5 new workforce info sessions, grants and vaccine volunteering opportunities | Technical.ly is bringing a few new chances to plug into the tech and entrepreneurship community with Resource Roundup, a look at open applications for business and career-building programs and other opportunities around the region. Want to ... |
| 01.04.2021 | Events Roundup: 8 tech and biz meetups to add some spring to your step this April | Events Roundup is a Technical.ly column where we highlight events happening in the Philly area each month. Got a submission? Email us the details so we can consider it for our next roundup.
Hey there, April! The flowers are blooming, vaccin... |
| 02.03.2021 | Isabelle Kent is Philly Startup Leaders’ new executive director | Philly Startup Leaders (PSL) found its new executive director in HR and talent acquisition entrepreneur Isabelle Kent.
Kent brings experience in growth strategy and ecosystem development to the entrepreneurship-boosting nonprofit. The forme... |
| 25.01.2021 | These are Philly’s young tech companies to watch this year: RealLIST Startups 2021 | New year means new list of promising local startups to watch.
Each January at Technical.ly, it’s become tradition for the reporters in each of our mid-Atlantic markets to pore over their notes, check in on past coverage, and keep our ear to... |
| 11.01.2021 | 15+ business development resources for Black and Latinx entrepreneurs in Philly | Philadelphia promotes itself as a friendly place to do business. But we also hear in our reporting that opportunities for funding, networks and other resources are harder to come by — both locally and nationally — if you’re a person of colo... |
| 03.12.2020 | Fishbox’s Napoleon Suarez is finding ways to deliver during a year of constant change | As the son of two people who met while serving in the Navy, Fishbox founder and CEO Napoleon Suarez was determined to find a way to earn his own money in high school. He couldn’t see his parents shelling out $100 for the new sneakers he wan... |
| 25.11.2020 | Months after funding pledges for underrepresented founders, Philly startups start to see results | Summer 2020’s reckoning with American systemic racism and the ways it plays out in modern times — police brutality, the criminal justice system and the disproportionate access to healthcare among communities of color in a global pandemic — ... |
| 26.10.2020 | Kicking around a biz idea? Philly Startup Leaders’ idea-stage accelerator is taking apps now | Entrepreneurship organization and community Philly Startup Leaders is accepting applications for the second cohort of its idea-stage accelerator.
The 2019-rebranded programming, now called Founded in Philly, encompasses two accelerators: on... |
| 08.10.2020 | Why I’m optimistic about Philly tech, and why you should be, too: Notes from a former investor | It’s really freakin’ hard to build a company. In fact, there’s no rational reason to do so.
According to private equity research company CB Insights, 42% of the time your startup will fail due to lack of a market need for the product, about... |
| 30.09.2020 | Events Roundup: 10 ways to take action through tech this October | Events Roundup is a Technical.ly column where we highlight events happening in the Philly area each month. Got a submission? Email us the details so we can consider it for our next roundup: philly@technical.ly.
Even though we’re officially ... |
| 19.06.2020 | Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ RoseAnn Rosenthal is Stepping Down After 25 Years | Scott Nissenbaum, BFTP’s chief investment officer, will assume the title of president and chief operating officer beginning July 1. He will take the title of president and CEO in January, when Rosenthal will officially step down and take on... |
| 17.06.2020 | How Philly Startup Leaders Turned a Tweet Into $450K for Underrepresented Entrepreneurs |
On May 31, after protests against police brutality and systemic racism began spreading across the country, Philly Startup Leaders Executive Director Kiera Smalls sent an email to a list of roughly 350 startup founders and CEOs about what t... |
| 17.06.2020 | That Was Fast: Philly Startup Leaders Now Has up to $550K Committed to Fund Underrepresented Founders | It’s not a new issue to Philly Startup Leaders (PSL) Executive Director Kiera Smalls, who works with founders every day.
Earlier this month, Smalls tweeted that she’d love to see a fund (not an investment) opportunity for entrepreneurs to b... |
| 16.06.2020 | That was fast: Philly Startup Leaders now has up to $550K committed to fund underrepresented founders | As protests against systemic racism took over every state in the country, and in cities across the world in the last few weeks, talks of how race and diversity is handled within the tech community highlighted the fact that there’s often few... |
| 16.06.2020 | How Philly Startup Leaders Turned a Tweet Into $450K for Underrepresented Entrepreneurs | On May 31, after protests against police brutality and systemic racism began spreading across the country, Philly Startup Leaders Executive Director Kiera Smalls sent an email to a list of roughly 350 startup founders and CEOs about what th... |
| 15.06.2020 | Can a Free Lyft Ride Help Combat Opioid Addiction? Philly Startup Gets $252,000 to Find Out | Roundtrip, based in Old City, makes a platform that helps health care providers coordinate patient transportation, anything from a Lyft to a follow-up appointment to a medical transport to a rehab facility. The company received a $252,000 S... |
| 11.06.2020 | Ben Franklin Commits Grant and Support to Philly Startup Leaders’ Founded in Philly Accelerator | Support to increase the development of underrepresented founders in the Philadelphia region |
| 05.05.2020 | How Philly Startup Leaders is keeping its community connected virtually | When someone new to Philly’s tech and entrepreneurial scene asks how to get involved, fingers usually point toward Philly Startup Leaders (PSL), one of the best-connected groups for new founders in the city.
The nonprofit, run by Director K... |
| 03.03.2020 | 8 March events to help Philly strive for gender equity in tech and biz leadership | Events Roundup is a Technical.ly column where we highlight events happening in the Philly area each month. Got a submission? Email us the details so we can consider it for our next roundup: philly@technical.ly.
This March at Technical.ly, w... |
| 11.02.2020 | Meet The Founders Heading To SXSW With Philly Startup Leaders | A few weeks ago we mentioned that Philly Startup Leaders has a unique opportunity to send three companies led by founders from underrepresented backgrounds to SXSW 2020 – thanks to Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs.
In addition to the generous... |
| 31.01.2020 | The City is granting $150K to founders in Philly Startup Leaders’ accelerator | Two notable startup programs in Philadelphia are converging: The Department of Commerce has partnered with Philly Startup Leaders (PSL) for the next round of the City’s Venture Program grants, offering up to $150,000 in grants to be shared ... |
| 06.01.2020 | On the Market: Philly Startup Leaders is hiring a community engagement coordinator | On the Market is a Technical.ly column where we highlight noteworthy job openings. Have a submission? Tell us why it belongs in the roundup by emailing philly@technical.ly.
Philly Startup Leaders (PSL), the decade-old nonprofit run by and f... |
| 03.01.2020 | Power Moves: RevZilla’s longtime HR director leaves the Navy Yard | Power Moves is a column where we chart the comings and goings of talent across the region. Got a new hire, new gig or promotion? Email us: philly@technical.ly.2019 was a year of change for one of the Navy Yard’s longest-standing anchors, ec... |
| 18.12.2019 | Super Power Moves: Philadelphia’s biggest tech leadership shakeups of 2019 | Power Moves is a column where we chart the comings and goings of talent across the region. Got a new hire, new gig or promotion? Email us: philly@technical.ly.
All year long, we keep track of the local Power Moves — aka the biggest leadersh... |
| 14.11.2019 | Optimism and best practices at Philly Startup Leaders’ revamped diversity event | It’s been a year of fresh ideas for Philly Startup Leaders (PSL).
The organization, known as a community of and for startup entrepreneurs, rolled out a new website, revamped its programing and available resources, and renamed its annual din... |
| 01.10.2019 | Apps are open for Philly Startup Leaders’ new idea-stage accelerator cohort | Philly Startup Leaders (PSL) has opened applications for the inaugural idea-stage cohort of its recently rebranded accelerator, Founded in Philly.
The accelerator has been running since 2014 and previously only hosted entrepreneurs who have... |
| 10.09.2019 | 12 Philly resources for technologists and entrepreneurs of color | Although many of us in the Philly tech and entrepreneurship arena don’t follow the “back to school” schedule anymore, there’s something about September that still feels like a fresh start. It’s a great time to jump headfirst into a new proj... |
| 27.08.2019 | Would I recommend coworking at a bar on a Tuesday morning? Yes, yes I would | Editor’s note: If you’re a remote worker or full-time freelancer, what are your options for getting out of the house and getting your stuff done in alternative, inspiring and free or low-cost spaces? How productive could you actually be in ... |
| 21.08.2019 | You can vote for these SXSW panels by Philly folks through the end of the week | Philly Startup Leaders (PSL), a community of and for startup entrepreneurs, has rounded up a list of Philly folks who have proposed panels for the 2020 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and invited members of the community to vote.
The c... |
| 05.08.2019 | Philly Startup Leaders just launched a new website and plans for a resource center | Philly Startup Leaders (PSL) has a new game plan.
After months of brainstorming and working with founders and partners, PSL is launching a new website, revamped programing and is touting an upcoming resource center — a physical space for fo... |
| 27.11.2018 | At Founder Factory, entrepreneurs will share lessons for the year ahead | A mix of out-of-town and local speakers from the entrepreneurship and tech worlds are coming together on Dec. 6 for a look back at 2018’s biggest wins and losses.
Philly Startup Leaders’ (PSL) Founder Factory is happening at Fringe Arts and... |
| 12.06.2018 | The PHL Innovation Picnic is Back! |
Last year’s PHL Innovation Picnic attracted a diverse group of nearly 900 people from the area’s tech scene, including entrepreneurs, investors, community builders, and tech leaders to our front lawn, and this year we expect more! And whil... |
| 14.05.2018 | Help Philly Startup Leaders shape its programming | Fresh off two of its biggest yearly efforts (Entrepreneur Expo, the massive startup trade-show, and its 12-week accelerator program), Philly Startup Leaders is getting some time to self-reflect.
The 10-year-old nonprofit had a significant s... |
| 02.05.2018 | What 7 Companies Got Out of the Philly Startup Leaders Accelerator |
The room had gravitas: from government officials like Mayor Jim Kenneyand Councilman Allan Domb, to corporate giants like Comcast and IBM, reps from stakeholders like Ben Franklin Technology Partners, reporters from a handful of outlets an... |
| 18.09.2017 | Ben’s Founder Friday: Morgan Berman |
When I met Morgan Berman a few years ago I didn’t know who she was and what she had contributed to Philly’s tech community. I knew the first iteration of MilkCrate from my own exploration in sustainable living, but the person behind the pr... |
| 14.07.2017 | Best way to put Philly on the map at SXSW 2018? Speak on a panel | In March 2017, over 250 Philadelphians headed over to Austin, Texas, to rep Philly at the annual SXSW Conference. Our delegation worked throughout the week to put the best Philly has to offer on display, and efforts did not go unnoticed. Ke... |
| 19.06.2017 | Five Reasons to Attend the PHL Innovation Picnic | By now you have probably heard about the PHL Innovation Picnic, and for good reason (see below), but you might not have purchased your tickets yet. No worries, we are here to give you five more reasons to click accept on our ticketleap page... |
| 01.06.2017 | There’s a ‘PHL Innovation Picnic’ happening at The Navy Yard this summer |
First up, the PHL Innovation Picnic is aiming to take over the gigantic lawn at The Navy Yard with food, music, drinks and games. (The Navy Yard, you say? Yes, the Navy Yard. We hear venture firm Ben Franklin Technology Partners, which is ... |
| 22.05.2017 | Philly tech job descriptions that scream ‘Apply!’ | Philly is crawling with young, eager talent. You just need to know where to find them and how to get their attention.
At Philly Startup Leaders, we are connecting Philly startups with summer interns through our PSL STARTUp Fellowship. We ha... |
| 04.05.2017 | PeopleLinx Just Got Acquired. Here’s a Look Back at its Final Stages |
PeopleLinx CEO Kevin O’Nell announced the news in a blog post published Wednesday, just as the company was getting ready to showcase its tech (and open jobs) at Philly Startup Leaders’s annual Entrepreneur Expo.
“Our team is excited to hav... |
| 12.02.2017 | Why Mentors Matter in Entrepreneurship… And How to Find Them |
According to a 2014 survey by The UPS Store, 70 percent of small businesses that receive mentoring survive more than five years. This is double the survival rate of non-mentored businesses. That same survey showed that 88 percent of busine... |
| 11.02.2017 | Ben Franklin Portfolio Companies Are Headed to SXSW 2017 |
The interactive trade show known for being one of the most diverse, collaborative, and inventive communities in the world. This year, it will take place from March 10-19 in Austin, Texas.
In 2016, the team behind SXSWPhilly wanted to come ... |
| 15.12.2016 | Event Recap: Founder Factory 2016 |
The day started off with a fireside chat with David Tisch, managing partner at BoxGroup, an early stage investment fund based in New York City with a portfolio of companies like Blue Apron, Harry’s, and Warby Parker. Moderated by local ser... |
| 09.12.2016 | A Partnership Ripe for the Region | At Philly Startup Leaders’ Founder Factory event yesterday, the $6M Ben Franklin/Independence Health Group/Safeguard digital health funding initiative was announced. Safeguard’s David Luk shared the organization’s perspective on why the tim... |
| 08.12.2016 | A $6M fund will support early stage digital health startups in Philly region | Each of the fund partners contributed $2 million to the fund. They will also be responsible for sourcing potential companies for investment and provide guidance and support to these seed stage companies, the news release said.
Startups will... |
| 28.10.2016 | ZSX Medical wins $100K at angel group Keiretsu Forum’s annual expo |
At the angel group’s expo, held at Drexel University’s Bossone Research Center, 15 companies pitched. Following the presentations, attendees voted on their favorite companies by placing their three “$1 million bills” into the “bank” of one... |
| 05.08.2016 | Insurance startup Margo gets a visit from Mayor Kenney | The Philly tech scene got some facetime with Mayor Jim Kenney this week.
Kenney visited the University City offices of insurance startup Margo, as part of the startup’s prize for winning a competition at this year’s Entrepreneur Expo. Back ... |
| 26.05.2016 | Here are 4 steps to getting more Philly speakers at SXSW | Philly made a killer first impression at South by Southwest in 2016.
Our delegation of startups, universities and large companies helped bring recognition to our burgeoning entrepreneurial scene and larger business community. SXSW is an exc... |
| 11.03.2016 | Here’s the branding that Philly is taking to SXSW |
It is high time to drop that tired old Rocky, cheesesteak, LOVE statue narrative of Philadelphia in favor of a message that reflects the current of a vibrant Philly — overflowing with intellect, resources and an affordable quality of life ... |
| 09.03.2016 | Bob Moul will be the keynote speaker for Drupaldelphia 2016 |
Drawing from 35 years of experience ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, Bob Moul will share lessons he learned on his journey from the mailroom to tech CEO. The keynote, titled “How to Succeed at Success – Stacking the Odds in... |
| 11.12.2015 | Former Pet360 CEO Brock Weatherup is the new president of Philly Startup Leaders |
Say hello to the next Philly Startup Leaders president: Brock Weatherup.
Weatherup, 43, of Wayne, Pa., will lead the volunteer-run founder network, which is largely seen as the heartbeat of the city’s tech entrepreneurship scene. He’s yet ... |
| 01.12.2015 | Have lunch with these investors at Philly Startup Leaders’ annual Founder Factory |
Get face time with local investment firms at Philly Startup Leaders’ annual Founder Factory conference on Dec. 10.
Reps from SeventySix Capital, Safeguard Scientifics, Robin Hood Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Gabriel Investme... |
| 20.08.2015 | 5 Reasons Startups Are Setting Up Shop in Philadelphia |
More and more new entrepreneurs are choosing to start companies in Philadelphia compared to other cities — and it’s easy to see why.
When we first brought our technology company to the U.S. from India in 2011, finding a home for our North ... |
| 24.06.2015 | This Philly startup raised $100K for a plate that can count calories |
Anthony Ortiz’s healthy meal delivery service — Fitly — was doing fine.
It wasn’t a huge success but it wasn’t an utter failure, either. He’ll tell you as much.
“It wasn’t great,” said the DreamIt Health grad. “It was good. It was OK.”
Eve... |
| 17.04.2015 | Is Philly on its way to tech hub status after lagging behind? |
It’s already off to a good start. The last week in January, and just spilling into February, there was a flurry of activity.
At the same time biotech company Spark Therapeutics went public with a $161 million IPO, KMel Robotics, eMoney Adv... |
| 10.04.2015 | Here’s where you’ll find this creative technologist at Philly Tech Week | Name: Uri Pierre Noel
Neighborhood: University City (Cedar Park)
Job: Founder of Neuro Native Labs, an experience design lab
Side Project: Building programming for ArtsTechPhilly and launching this year’s ARTnude Philly show. I’m also worki... |
| 03.04.2015 | I’m a woman of color. But that’s not why I felt like an outsider in the Philly tech scene | It’s a summer morning three years ago, my first time at the University City Science Center.
I’m there because a vintage Philly startup called Infonautics is having a reunion and I’m supposed to write about it. It’s my second day on the job ... |
| 12.01.2015 | These resources help Philly startups thrive | Hi, my name is Nadia James and I am one of the rare transplants to Philadelphia who moved here with the sole purpose of building a startup. When I first visited Fishtown, I felt with every step that I was in a city with the potential to bec... |
| 23.12.2014 | Why you should apply to the Philly Startup Leaders accelerator | Like many entrepreneurs, Seun Olubodun, a Philly native and Temple alum, had an idea, and now it is a reality. Meet his refined casual clothing store for men: Duke & Winston.
In the last year Olubodun has gone from selling T-shirts out ... |
| 17.12.2014 | Neat Company to be featured on Celebrity Apprentice [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S MAKING MOVES?
The Neat Company, the Center City digital filing company, is going to be on NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” in January. Spokeswoman Jessica Fitzgerald said she couldn’t share more details. We profiled Neat over the summer, ... |
| 16.12.2014 | These are the 10 most talked-about Philly Startup Leaders listserv threads | Failure. The city/suburbs divide. Organizational soul-searching. Misquotes in the news.
Those were some of 2014’s most-discussed topics on the very active Philly Startup Leaders listserv, the email home of the local tech group, according to... |
| 10.12.2014 | See who’s winning Spotlight’s $10K ‘Internet Games’ [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S MAKING MOVES?
VUID, the makers of the Spotlight app that gives cash prizes to users who get the most likes, are running a clever marketing campaign inspired by “The Hunger Games.” It’s called the Internet Games and $10,000 is at stake... |
| 30.10.2014 | No doesn’t necessarily end the conversation and other investor tips for early stage companies | “We don’t always feel the problem and if you can help us do that, great.”
“Don’t ever leave a fundraise meeting without asking ‘What would you need to see before you invest?’ Then ask, ‘If I come back in six months and do XYZ, would you the... |
| 30.09.2014 | Here are the startups Curalate could have become | Before Curalate was Curalate, it was Storably — the Airbnb for storage.
When that failed, its investors, including First Round Capital, gave the team one month to come up with a better idea. They brainstormed more than 70 startup ideas.
Her... |
| 10.09.2014 | Our takeaways from last night’s Start. Stay. Grow. Summit | First there was the Center City building boom. Then the urbanist foundation of a young professional creative class. Now talent retention efforts in Philadelphia need to turn to specific sectors.
This is a damn cool place to stay after colle... |
| 25.07.2014 | Comcast seeks tech scene good will, but some aren’t having it | Comcast’s newest internship program is an attempt to fight brain drain — and another move to become more involved with the local tech scene.
The brain drain the company is tackling is not the kind we normally talk about: when Philly loses c... |
| 17.04.2014 | Why it’s useful to have a staff with a wide age range: Zonoff CEO Mike Harris | Mike Harris‘s first startup was almost entirely made up of people in their mid-20s.
It was “a crazy, chaotic and fun time,” he wrote on the Philly Startup Leaders listserv, “but that’s not the only way to build a startup.”
Harris, who runs ... |
| 14.04.2014 | Entrepreneur Expo: Mayor Nutter tours 6th annual Startup Leaders event | The point of the Entrepreneur Expo from Philly Startup Leaders is for entrepreneurs, largely with tech and Internet businesses, to get feedback on their early stage ventures from other founders. That’s why Michael Riley, the founder of Simp... |
| 26.09.2013 | Boomi founder Rick Nucci made Startup Leaders chief, replaces Bob Moul | After a high profile nearly two years as president of Philly Startup Leaders, Bob Moul is leaving the volunteer effort, but he’s keeping it in the Boomi family.
Moul, who was CEO of Berwyn-based cloud computing company Boomi during its acqu... |
| 05.09.2013 | Inside First Round Capital’s private social network for its portfolio companies [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?
Does First Round Capital have the most powerful network in Silicon Valley? That’s the question posed by a recent Fortune story that highlights the University City-based venture capital firm’s private social network for... |
| 07.08.2013 | Ben Franklin Technology Partners invests $1.9M in 10 companies [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?
Clutch, the mobile shopping app based in Ambler, Pa., raised $5.3 million in Series B funding led by Safeguard Scientifics with participation from Benjamin Franklin Technology Partners. It also acquired two companies t... |
| 02.04.2013 | Startup Grind entrepreneur event series to launch in Philly May 1 | The Philadelphia chapter of Startup Grind, an entrepreneur event series, is launching May 1. It’s seeking to fill the gap in programming that currently exists in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. There are workshops, panels and demos, but entr... |
| 09.02.2013 | In Search of Buzz: What It Is and How to Build It | February 9, 2013 4 min read
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
When it comes to marketing, people always seem to throw around the word “buzz.” “Let’s build some buzz!” “We have to get some buzz going!” Things lik... |
| 06.12.2012 | What is the future of the Philly Startup Leaders listserv? [Infographic] | By Benjamin Farahmand. Click to enlarge.
The Philly Startup Leaders [find our previous coverage here] listserv, the years-old, catch-all email discussion among some of its self-identified membership, is feeling a bit lonely these days, one ... |
| 20.11.2012 | Founder Factory 2012: entrepreneurs share ins and outs of building a startup at Philly Startup Leaders’ flagship event | Moderator Brendan McCorkle of Cloudmine (far left) and the panel on choosing and developing company culture: (from left) Curalate marketing manager Brendan Lowry, Monetate‘s VP of Engineering Tom Janofsky and RJMetrics CEO Robert Moore.
The... |
| 27.09.2012 | Open Office Hours: meet the Philly startup scene and hold your own office hours | Always wanted to hang out with a certain Philly entrepreneur but didn’t really know how to swing it? Check out the new Philly startups group on Open Office Hours, a site that uses informal meetings to help people meet each other.
Sign up fo... |
| 25.09.2012 | Arcweb: new consulting firm on IT product from PSL, Vuzit cofounder Chris Cera | It’s a services shop to help product firms.
Chris Cera, Vuzit co-founder and founding member of Philly Startup Leaders, has been quietly working on a new venture out of Indy Hall for a little over a year, but now that Cera’s got some time t... |
| 01.08.2012 | FlyClops releases new version of Domino! [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| 25.07.2012 | Lean Startup Machine innovation conference returns to Philly late September, here are some chances to win free tickets [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| 17.07.2012 | Here’s the plan: Get Philly to SXSW 2013 | South by Southwest, meet Philly.
That’s the idea, at least.
After attending this year’s SXSW and seeing all the regional presence (NY Tech Meetup had a table, as did places like Japan and even Montana), Zivtech co-founder Alex Urevick-Ackel... |
| 06.07.2012 | PSL University: startup leaders to share experiences, practical advice in event series | Go back to school with Philly Startup Leaders.
The organization is launching PSL University, a series of events where leaders in the community will give practical advice on building a business. The idea behind the project was simple, says R... |
| 26.06.2012 | Entrepreneur Summer Camp gets cut for low interest: “Philly takes the summer off,” says co-organizer | Summer camp was cut short this year.
Due to less-than-expected paid attendance at its first event and weak registration for future events, organizers Seed Philly and Novotorium decided to cut their losses and cancel the rest of what they ca... |
| 15.06.2012 | PSL Labs: Philly Startup Leaders launches beta testers program | Entrepreneurs are always looking for people to test their products and service — market validation, as the lingo goes — so it makes sense that Philly Startup Leaders would launch PSL Labs to identify a reliable group of people to help start... |
| 06.06.2012 | Independence Blue Cross launches $50,000 healthcare venture competition [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| 30.05.2012 | Philly Startup Leaders adds Gabe Weinberg, Josh Kopelman to advisory board | Philly Startup Leaders rebooted in 2011 and now, halfway through 2012, the five-year-old community for startup entrepreneurs is looking more established.
On Monday, PSL president Bob Moul, and appRenaissance CEO announced two new additions ... |
| 14.02.2012 | Philly Startup Leaders writes Love Letter to Philadelphia, Mayor Nutter | After highlighting the city’s entrepreneurial community during his address to the Chamber of Commerce last week, Mayor Nutter followed up with a letter to Philly Startup Leaders, the wide-ranging volunteer group he cited by name in his spee... |
| 25.01.2012 | Seed Philly: Center City nonprofit startup accelerator collecting business data, hosting first event | Chatter about the need for a post-incubation home for technology startups outside of the life sciences realm in Philadelphia has been a topic of conversation among investors and entrepreneurs since at least the late 1990s.
In the past year,... |
| 04.01.2012 | Business Journal announces 2012’s 30 entrepreneurs under 30 list [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| 12.10.2011 | Startup Roundup: vcopius raises round of funding, Viddler plans move to bigger office | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| 10.10.2011 | Philly Startup Leaders outlines next steps for 2012 | After a tumultuous 2011 that culminated in the group “fishbowling” itself, Philly Startup Leaders is beginning to take action to rebuild itself from the group up. Published on the PSL blog last week by acting president Chris Cera:
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| 14.09.2011 | Philly Startup Leaders holds “fishbowl” to refresh, reinvent itself | Chris Cera will be the first person to tell you: Philly Startup Leaders is at a crossroads.
The acting president and chairman of the board of directors, Cera is one of the group’s original members. Founded in 2007 by Blake Jennelle and near... |
