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The Founder Building A Wealth-Management Product Her Grandmother Would Have Loved

August 29, 2024

Mical Jeanlys-White built WealthMore out of frustration. She spent years on Wall Street, building products at American Express and serving as a managing director at JPMorgan Chase. She realized the finance industry still had a long way to go when it came to helping consumers build and understand wealth. “Seventy percent of Americans do not […]

How This Company’s AI Tools Help Prevent Suicide And Mental Health Crises

July 11, 2024

NeuroFlow’s platform uses natural language processing to evaluate suicide risk in patients. Suicide rates are on the rise. Nearly 50,000 people died by suicide in 2022, a 3% increase from the previous year according to the CDC, and a 36% increase since 2000. Not only is suicide traumatic; it’s expensive. During 2015-2020, suicides and self-harm cost an average […]

Philly startup aims to make investing easier for people who don’t come from wealth

June 21, 2024

WealthMore was created by a first-generation American frustrated by gatekeeping in the world of financial literacy. The world of financial advice can be misleading and full of hard-to-spot scams. It can seem purposely opaque, founder Mical Jeanlys-White believes, to keep people out. Organizing and managing financial assets strategically, however, is widely considered a good first […]

Philly is ranked one of the world’s best places to found a startup, climbing to No. 25 globally

June 11, 2024

Philly has officially cracked the world’s top 25 startup ecosystems, according to a respected industry ranking. Philadelphia moved up two spots from last year’s No. 27 ranking on the annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report from trade association and research group Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network. Diverse talent and collaboration helped Philly stand out this year, per Tiffany […]

Pennsylvania’s Innovation Economy: Powered By Ben Franklin

May 29, 2024

The technology-based economic development program serves all 67 Pennsylvania counties Competition for investments in innovation and technology is fierce. It’s no wonder. These sectors will drive the economies of tomorrow and create the types of new jobs and career opportunities that top talent seeks. As other states look at ways to grow their economy, build […]