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Bob Moul will be the keynote speaker for Drupaldelphia 2016

March 9, 2016

Drupaldelphia has announced that Bob Moul is the 2016 keynote speaker. 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 Your Favor,” […]

4 Plexus companies raise $8 million in tough-to-tackle med-tech market

February 22, 2016

Plexus, the med-tech co-working space next to 30th Street Station, is fuller than it was a few months ago when equipment was still being installed. And as member companies have begun to move in, they’ve also raised some money. Four of Plexus’s startups have nearly closed fundraising rounds totaling more than $8 million. Those companies […]

4 Facts Confirming Philadelphia’s Status of Hot Investment Destination

February 17, 2016

Philadelphia is one of the most promising real estate markets in the United States, and supporting facts emerge from time to time. Today, we bring for you hottest statistics of 2015-16 to paint a true picture of real estate potential of Philadelphia. Read on and discover this year’s findings that answer why the largest city […]

These Six Startups Are Getting Up to $50,000 Each — Without Losing Equity. Meet the New Class of the Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator

February 5, 2016

Six promising startup companies have been accepted into the second class of the University City Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator. Imagine enrolling your ill pet in a clinical trial – for free. Or getting treatment for a chronic wound without going to the doctor’s office. These technologies are among those being developed by the six […]

Leveraging Early Stage Funding for your Commercialization Goals

February 4, 2016

PCI, ITMAT, and Penn Medicine present: The Second Annual Entrepreneurship & Innovation Speaker Series Join us in welcoming a speaker from Ben Franklin Technology Partners Anthony Green, PhD Vice President, Technology Commericialization Group When Thursday, February 11, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (EST) Where 253 BRB II/III – 421 Curie Boulevard Philadelphia, PA […]

Philadelphia Media Network profits from digital incubator partnerships

February 2, 2016

PMN has hosted more than 20 start-ups in its Project Liberty Digital Incubator. By providing space, staff, and other resources to these start-ups, the media company benefits from the new products being developed. When sales representatives for the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com call on clients, they know the advertising collateral on […]

Philly manufacturing no longer dark and dirty; Makers must collaborate

January 29, 2016

Not Your Grandfather’s Manufacturing wasn’t the title of Wednesday’s Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce event on manufacturing. But it could have been, given the panelists on stage at the Hyatt at the Bellevue. Give up the image of “dark, dirty, dangerous, and underpaid,” with “rows of people doing menial tasks,” said panelist Evan Malone, founder […]

Innovation group ramps up

January 28, 2016

The Health Care Innovation Collaborative, a project of Philadelphia’s CEO Council for Growth, said Monday 115 companies and individuals applied for the chance to work with several area academic medical centers and other entities. The collaborative, which was founded last year to boost the level of health-care innovation in the Philadelphia region, will start notifying […]

Philadelphia Building on Strengths in IT: $11.3B in investment/exit activity in region’s IT companies 2010-Q2 2015

January 13, 2016

Collaboration? Check. Encouraging data? Check. Going in the right direction? Get the fatter Sharpie, please. Along with our partners PACT, EY, Fairmount Partners, Select Greater Philadelphia, CEO Council for Growth and Comcast, we’re proud to have been a part of building “Information Technology: Building on our Strengths,” a report reviewing IT investment activity in the […]

Can this new health IT effort help brand Philly as a tech hub?

December 16, 2015

A radio wake-up call from Safeguard Scientifics CEO Steve Zarrilli got us thinking about the importance of marketing. We were only half awake when we heard a familiar name on the radio Monday morning. (Yes, we wake up to WHYY. We like passing in and out of sleep to the news, it does strange things […]