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The PSL Founder Factory photos are here!

December 14, 2015

Thanks everyone for coming out to the PSL Founder Factory! Check out the event photos and share away! The page should redirect you shortly. If it does not redirect, please click here

Former Pet360 CEO Brock Weatherup is the new president of Philly Startup Leaders

December 11, 2015

The angel investor will take over for Guru CEO Rick Nucci. 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 another PSL president who has a big […]

Founder Factory: will you be there? Here’s a little incentive …

December 4, 2015

Are you ready to be there when Philly Startup Leaders unleashes the potential of Philadelphia’s startup community? At PSL’s Founder Factory event (Thursday December 10, 9am-5pm at the Chemical Heritage Foundation), founders, mentors, angels, VC’s, students, government groups, and partners will be coming together for a day of collaborative learning and community building. With a […]

Pennsylvania Bio unveils its list of '16 to watch in '16'

December 3, 2015

Pennsylvania Bio, a Wayne, Pa., trade association representing the state’s life sciences industry, unveiled its list of 16 leaders in Pennsylvania’s life sciences community to watch in 2016. The people selected as “16 to Watch in ’16” was decided upon by a committee of nine reviewers who chose individuals based on their “successes in 2015 […]

Have lunch with these investors at Philly Startup Leaders’ annual Founder Factory

December 1, 2015

PSL wants to fight the thinking that local investment firms aren’t approachable. 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 Investments, Investors Circle and DreamIt, will be on hand during lunch to […]

The PSL Founder Factory photos are here!

December 1, 2015

Thanks everyone for coming out to the PSL Founder Factory! Check out the event photos and share away! The page should redirect you shortly. If it does not redirect, please click here

Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Competition

November 24, 2015

The Tory Burch Foundation National Fellows Competition has officially launched. Tory Burch was on CBS Morning today to kick it off. You can see the clip here: Women entrepreneurs in the United States can apply to become one of ten Tory Burch Foundation Fellows. Fellows will win: 1-Year Fellowship 3-Day Workshop at Tory Burch $10,000 business […]

New $10M Fund with Drexel Ventures; Partnership with ic@3401

November 20, 2015

Big things are happening with Drexel, ic@3401, and Ben Franklin. Yesterday, we announced two significant developments: our launch of the Drexel Ventures-Ben Franklin Seed Fund; and Ben Franklin’s residence at ic@3401. The high-level details: To form the $10M fund for seed and early stage investment in Drexel technologies, Drexel Ventures is raising $5M, and Ben […]

These Philly healthcare giants want to help build your health IT product

November 13, 2015

It’s the first initiative from the Health Care Innovation Collaborative, a partnership between local giants looking to make Philly a center for healthcare IT. If you’re building a product to improve the way the healthcare industry treats chronic disease, Philly’s corporate giants want to hear from you. The Health Care Innovation Collaborative, a wide-ranging partnership […]

Philly IT sector thriving, says new report

November 5, 2015

Information technology companies’ sales in Greater Philadelphia generate $34.8 billion, which is about 8.3 percent of the region’s gross domestic product. There are more than 6,000 IT companies alone in the region, and they employ nearly 90,000 people, according to a new report from the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies on tech investment […]