Nearly 80 startups, 1,500 attendees and one mayor.
The local tech community gathered at 23rd Street Armory Wednesday night to trade business cards, have a beer or two and hear what Mayor Jim Kenney had to say about the growth of Philadelphia’s tech community.
Mayor Kenney speaks to local startup founders at Entrepreneur Expo 2016. (Photo by Roberto Torres)
The event, now in its eighth year, was organized by Philly Startup Leaders and sponsored by law firm Baer Crossey McDemus.
Here’s a quick photo tour of what went down.
Video games on display
Cipher Prime’s Will Stallwood challenged onlookers to a game of Tailwind, the company’s most recent title.
(Photo by Roberto Torres)
It was May 4
Shoutout to all the Star Wars fans out there. Local communications firm Broadpath had it covered.
(Photo by Roberto Torres)
There was a food truck
Tacos! Attendees lined up for Mexican delicacies from a local food truck inside the venue.
(Photo by Roberto Torres)
And you could explore your genome
Biomeme founder Max Perelman showed off the company’s mobile DNA lab.
(Photo by Roberto Torres)
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