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Let’s stop talking about Negadelphia
March 20, 2015
Source: Technically Philly At young pros panel, big names implore: ‘Stop comparing Philly to Silicon Valley’ “Let’s stop talking about Negadelphia, let’s stop talking about cheesesteaks and Rocky, let’s start talking about what really matters in this city.” Reading Terminal Market was hopping Thursday night. Crazy specials at Olympia Gyro? Nope. Big dairy sale at […]
Woop! Woop! Hurray for Solar Grid Storage!
March 6, 2015
Source: PR Newswire SunEdison Becomes First Renewable Energy Company To Offer Solar, Wind, And Energy Storage SunEdison Acquires Energy Storage Operating Projects, Pipeline, and Project Origination Team from Solar Grid Storage BELMONT, Calif. and PHILADELPHIA, March 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), the world’s largest renewable energy development company, and Solar Grid Storage […]
Got an overabundance of chicken manure? We’ve got a company for that.
March 6, 2015
Source: Keystone Edge Philadelphia’s EnviroKure turns chicken waste into organic fertilizer The words “Philadelphia” and “agricultural products” don’t usually go together, but the growing company EnviroKure is making organic fertilizers near the city’s Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. “Agriculture is of course a major industry throughout Pennsylvania,” says company president and CEO Mark Lupke. “We located our pilot […]
$5M Series A for Cloudmine…CHECK!
March 4, 2015
Source: VentureBeat Mobile Backend Startup CloudMine Picks up $5M Image Credit: John Karakatsanis/Flickr CloudMine, a startup that sells a cloud service for operating mobile apps and websites, is announcing today that it has picked up $5 million in new funding. CloudMine offers several components for mobile developers to tap, including object storage, push notifications, load […]
One of our coolest alum was acquired over the weekend!
March 3, 2015
Source: PR Newswire Hot Tub Leader Watkins Manufacturing Corporation Acquires Aquatic Fitness Innovator Endless Pools, Inc. VISTA, Calif., Feb. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Watkins Manufacturing Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of hot tubs, has acquired Endless Pools®, Inc. through its parent company, Masco Corporation. The acquisition allows Watkins to expand its line of personal well-being […]
Ticketleap is at it again! Meet Met.
February 25, 2015
Source: Technically Philly Ticketleap wants to help you keep track of your real-life interactions And its new product for doing so has a nifty URL. IRL matters more, right? Meet Met. It’s a new mobile app from Ticketleap’s Labs team that aims to keep track of in-person interactions — because, as VP of Product Beah […]
The Penn Center for Innovation Had Quite The Kick-off Last Night
February 25, 2015
Source: Daily Pennsylvanian Penn Center for Innovation spearheads tech incubator As music pulsed in the background, over 100 young entrepreneurs walked around World Cafe Live, laughing and drinking. They were not there for a party or concert, but for the inaugural reception of the Penn Innovation Corps Site, a tech entrepreneurship accelerator. For the first […]
From Borrowing Moms Money To Running A Business. This is Jason Rappaport’s Story.
February 25, 2015
Source: Vista.Today Walnut St. Labs Hosts Squareknot’s Jason Rappaport For Startup Meetup Jason Rappaport stopped by Walnut St. Labs this morning to share his insights and the story behind his unusual entrance into the startupsphere. Rappaport became an entrepreneur at 15 when his mom loaned him the cash to purchase ZeldaUniverse.net, a fansite to which […]
Attention Sports Junkies: OneTwoSee Is Staying With Fox News Gametrax
February 25, 2015
Source: Multichannel News Fox Sports Re-Ups With OneTwoSee Startup Weaves Real-Time Data, Interactivity Into Fox’s ‘GameTrax’ OneTwoSee, a Philadelphia-based multiscreen startup that specializes in interactive apps that sync up contextual data with live sports broadcasts, said it has inked a new multi-year deal to continue to produce interactive elements for FoxSports.com and Fox Sports’ coverage […]
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