- CNN Money ranks Pittsburgh as the second best city in the country to launch a small business, behind Oklahoma City. Houston, the 67th ward and Baltimore were listed among the top 10, but, no, Philadelphia wasn’t.
- Clickz reports that myYearbook has seen a marked 40 percent decline in its less than 2 percent share of U.S. social network traffic. H/T Philly Tech News
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- The Philadelphia Business Journal’s Peter Key reports that four companies from the 2009 DreamIt Ventures class were part of a NYC Demo Day, organized by two of those business.
- The Business Journal released its 2009 Best Places to Work list.
After the jump, recognition for the Neat Company, a big investment firm for a Princeton music software startup and more.
GIVE A GLANCE
- Philly Tech News reports that, at No. 42, the Neat Company was the highest ranked regional company on Deloitte’s 2009 Technology Fast 500.
- The Business Journal’s John George reports that a program of the University City Science Center gave three researchers at Drexel and Penn $600,000.
- PBJ also reports on two buildings in West Philly scoring LEED certifications, including the Science Center.
- Philly Tech News reports that Princeton-based music software startup MuseAmi scored $1.5 million in VC funding.
- The Business Journal reports that InfoLogix made a move to allow the Horsham-based business mobile technology company to have less unrestricted cash on hand than originally agreed upon in its loan from California-based lender Hercules Technology Growth Capital.
- As we first tweeted, the Inquirer reports that 11 winners will be given Franklin Institute awards this spring, including Bill Gates.
- Our Most Trafficked Story of the Week: Shop Talk: Temple University’s Computer Recycling Center
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