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The Real Estate Disruptor

April 24, 2018

Have you ever watched someone at 30th Street Station pass up a taxi cab for an Uber? In truth, why wouldn’t they? Uber is cheaper, often times quicker and frankly, much more enjoyable than riding in a taxi cab––it reinvented the transportation game. Well, think of Houwzer, the Philadelphia-based start-up brokerage, as the Uber of real estate. […]

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County’s ‘Venture Chesco’ Launches Fund to Encourage Development of Start-Ups

April 20, 2018

The Chester County Retirement Board partnered with Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania on April 17 to launch a Venture Chesco fund to encourage the development of start-ups. The initiative will invest up to $4 million in emerging and growing companies in Chester County. The funds consist of $2 million in County funds matched by $2 […]

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Pennovation Center Gets Two New Biotech Startups

April 18, 2018

Grays Ferry’s Pennovation Center is getting a couple of new tenants. Biorealize, makers of a desktop bioprototyping platform, and ZSX Medical, makers of a medical device focusing on minimally-invasive surgery, are the latest companies to join the Penn-run, 58,000-square-foot tech transfer hub. Opened in 2016, the spot houses several elements of Penn’s entrepreneurship ecosystem: from […]

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Philadelphia Beats Boston, San Francisco in Attracting Skilled Workers, Analysis Finds

April 18, 2018

Philadelphia beat out powerhouses like Boston and San Francisco in a new JLLSnapshot analysis of cities drawing the most highly skilled workers. In the brief report released Wednesday, JLL used census bureau estimates to measure the growth of a specific segment of the city’s population — adults over 25 with a bachelor’s degree in the region […]

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Announcing The Winners Of The 2018 World Changing Ideas Awards

April 17, 2018

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 World Changing Ideas Awards. World Changing Ideas, now in its second year, celebrates businesses, policies, and nonprofits that are poised help shift society to a more sustainable and more equitable future. Below, you can see the winners in 12 different categories. Each category was judged by […]

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