- Young Entrepreneurs – 11 Important Business Lessons from Teenage Entrepreneurs[Brad Aronson’s Blog] “The young entrepreneurs were participants in Startup Corps, a Philadelphia nonprofit that helps high school students become entrepreneurs. The students often join the club even if they don’t have a business idea. They come out with confidence, companies, and in many cases, revenue. It’s exciting that 34% of this year’s kids chose to start nonprofits as their businesses. I spoke with many of the young entrepreneurs before and during the event, and one thing is for sure—they’re hustlers. They’re constantly selling their products and services, and they can teach us a lot.”
- A Teva plant for Northeast Philadelphia now seems uncertain [Inquirer] “Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd.’s plans to build a facility in Northeast Philadelphia now appear uncertain, as the drugmaker goes through tumultuous change at the top of its global organization. In September, the world’s leading producer of generic medicine organized a groundbreaking ceremony to herald planned construction of a $300 million, 1.1 million-square-foot distribution/warehouse/computer data complex on the site of the former Budd Co. plant along Red Lion Road in the city’s Bustleton section. The facility was to bring together 200 jobs from other Pennsylvania locations and create 200 more jobs within three years.”
- Small Business: Virtual office, or real? That is the question [Inquirer ] “Then, about a year ago, came a dramatic philosophical shift. He and his business partner and wife, Natalie, wanted to be with their employees, not just communicate with them via the phone or computer. Bringing Wildbit employees to a centralized work address had become a more practical option because the Nageles had started hiring locally, adding to a staff of software designers largely scattered throughout the world.” Technically Philly reported on Wildbit’s recent transition from a predominantly virtual office to its tangible headquarters above Indy Hall.
- New Hypergrowth Blog Teaches Entrepreneurs How to Supercharge Business Growth [Businesswire] “Every day, every entrepreneur is faced with one question above all others: How do I increase the pace of my company’s growth? Dan Roitman has the answers, and now he’s sharing them on his new blog, Hypergrowth. Roitman is the founding CEO of Stroll, one of America’s fastest growing e-commerce companies. He grew the $40 million company by 135 percent last year. And now he wants to help other entrepreneurs accelerate their companies’ growth, strengthen their local economies, and provide higher quality products and services to their customers.”
- Week 1 at Indy Hall v3 [Indy Hall Blog]
- Take the Money and Run: Vitaband gives exercisers a comfortable alternative to carrying cash or cards [Entrepreneur]
- Ben Franklin to Invest $342,547 in PA Technology Companies [Citybizlist]
- Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation wins Social Media in Travel and Tourism Award for Foodspotting [Travel + Leisure]
- myYearbook completes rebranding as MeetMe; New Hope-based Quepasa now MeetMe, Inc., trading as MEET (NYSEAMEX) [Philly Tech News]
- Dell Boomi Eases Cloud Integration with Summer 12 Release and Industry’s First Crowd-Sourced Regression Testing [Businesswire]
- This barely ever happens. We’re looking for an intern in Philly this summer! [Happy Cog]
- Triumph Group Announces 4.6M Stock Offering [Citybizlist]
- Drupaldelphia: Hitting Temple University Later This Month [Geekadelphia]
- ROI of a Blog [03 World]
- Lessons Learned From Giving Away 170 iPads [SEER Interactive]
- New Training Course: Boomi Boot Camp Advanced [Dell Boomi]
- RES Software Receives Patent for Snapshot Intelligence Technology [Businesswire]
- City Of Philadelphia Announces Sale Of City Revenue Bonds For Building Energy Conservation Project [City of Philadelphia]
- Happy Cog Wins Big at 16th Annual Webby Awards [Happy Cog]
- Drexel, Penn, CHOP license body tissue-generation technology [Philadelphia Business Journal]
- Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to Construct the World’s Largest LEGO Lemonade Stand at the National Constitution Center [Geekadelphia]
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Startup Corps / Wildbit
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