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This Penn grad is getting tea with strangers [Links]

"People say the Bay has great people, and I've met like 10 so far. There's like 8 million more. If you're one of them, and you enjoy a good conversation, let's sit over tea and share some stories."

Elias Bakken shows off his invention, the Replicape. (Photo by Tyler Woods)

Tea With Strangers [Ankit Shah’s website] “People say the Bay has great people, and I’ve met like 10 so far. There’s like 8 million more. If you’re one of them, and you enjoy a good conversation, let’s sit over tea and share some stories.” Read more about the project on the Daily Pennsylvanian.

PW puts local musician with suspicious number of Twitter followers on cover [City Paper]

Philly archive preserves South Asian American history [Philadelphia Daily News] Find our coverage of the South Asian American Digital Archive here.

Social Enterprise in the New Workshop World [TEDxPhiladelphia blog] A recap of Philly’s social entrepreneurship movement.

Michael Schaffer Named Scala Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer [press release] Find our coverage of the Exton-based digital signage company here.

 

Companies: South Asian American Digital Archive / Scala
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