Entrepreneurship
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Applications Now Being Taken to Receive Delco Strong 3 Grants for Businesses and Nonprofits
Applications are now being accepted for a third round of Delco Strong grants to help local businesses. For-profit business applications are being taken until Friday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. Nonprofit applications are being taken through Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. Delaware County Council voted unanimously Oct. 21 to release the remaining CARES Act funding…
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Chadds Ford Jeweler Is Among Main Line’s Hottest New Designers
A Chadds Ford jeweler is among the four Main Line’s hottest designers reshaping trends and making their names known worldwide, writes Lisa Dukart for the Main Line Today. Alexis Kletjian developed her love for jewelry early when she spent weekends perusing her family’s Boston jewelry shop. While she later opted to pursue a career in…
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Chester Woman Survives Adversity to Turn Her Passion for Cleaning Into a Business
Betty Dorsey has always kept an immaculate home but it took a battle with breast cancer, a house fire and her chef husband’s unemployment following a truck accident to turn her desire for cleanliness into a business, writes Marc Narducci for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The 56-year-old Chichester resident needed money while her husband Anthony was…
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SCORE 5-Part Webinar Series Focuses on Helping Women Business Owners Recover From Pandemic
SCORE Bucks County is teaming up to offer a 5-part women-focuses webinar series starting Oct. 28 and continuing through February 2021. The goal of the Women’s Small Business Virtual Workshop series is to help women business owners bounce back from the pandemic. SCORE Bucks County is working with the Small Business Administration, along with the…
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With Decades of Experience, Hayden Printing Handles a Variety of Printing Needs
Tom Hayden serves dual roles in the Ardmore community. He’s the town’s fire chief, a firefighter in the proud tradition of his father, who served as the Lower Merion deputy fire chief. He’s also the 45-year owner of Hayden Printing Company, performing printing jobs that need a special touch or consideration. “I started in printing…
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SCORE: Lean/Business Model Canvas Lets You Map Out Your Business Plan on a Single Page
The Business Canvas gives entrepreneurs a broad view of their path to success on a single page like a painting on a canvas brings an image to life with color, contrast, dimension. Launching a small business has always been a hit-or-miss experience. Conventional wisdom required owners to write a detailed business plan, pitch it to…
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SCORE Honors 6 Local Companies and Nonprofits at Virtual Small Business Awards Program
Today (Sept. 24) was a very special day at SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties. Six local small businesses and nonprofits were honored at the 10th annual Small Business Achievements Awards program. Client success and client recognition is very important to SCORE. This year, it takes on even more significance in the midst of a pandemic…
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How to Establish and Leverage Your LinkedIn Company Page Step-by-Step
By Lynne Williams It’s free and easy to set up a LinkedIn company page for your small business, as a solopreneur, or self-employed individual to leverage LinkedIn. Not only will the link below these instructions provide you with step-by-step visuals, but if you keep tabs on the Donnay Consulting Group LinkedIn company page and profile,…
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Dynamic Dental Solutions Fills Unmet Admin Needs for Dentists
Some business ideas are created out of a passion, a favorite hobby, or a particular artistic or technical talent. Truly remarkable businesses emerge from the discovery of an “unmet need,” a market opportunity to get a priority job done in a way that results in business revenue and profit growth. Dynamic Dental Solutions (DDS) is…
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Chesterbrook-Based Nonprofit Dedicated to Helping Professionals Find Their Dream Job
Lynne Williams was passionate about the career transition and career management business long before managing the Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group (PAGCG), a nonprofit based in Chesterbrook. Her story and her life experiences from as far back as 1989 have shaped the business leader she is today. Williams brought her skills in finance, human resources…
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From Weddings to Corporate Head Shots, Local Photographer Brings a Personal Spark to Your Image
You get much more than a point and shoot photographer when you hire Pictures by Todd in Bryn Mawr. There’s an artistry and instinct to the studio’s work that captures the essence of the person or persons being photographed. As people do more and more of their interactions online, particularly during the pandemic, capturing that…
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Here Are the 7 Most Successful Delaware County Businesses Owned by Women
There are 7 businesses in Delaware County that have been identified as women-owned by Philadelphia Business Journal. Here’s a list of the businesses ranked based on 2019 revenue from women-owned companies in the Philadelphia region. PPT Consulting in Newtown Square came in 11th with $12.54 million in revenue. The company offers management and IT consulting.…
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Two Entrepreneurs Who Share Long History Together Transform a Honey Brook-Based Trucking Firm
Rob Eldredge and Chip Mayo, the proprietors of Honey Brook-based ME3 Corporation, share a long history together in their professional lives. Eldredge grew up in West Bradford and worked in the family trucking business for 20 years through high school and college, and again after he served in the Marine Corps. Eldredge met Mayo 21…
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Water Bottle Business Booming for Cardinal O’Hara Senior
A Cardinal O’Hara High School senior has come up with a water bottle that promotes weight loss and healthy living, reports Trang Do for Philadelphia.cbslocal.com. Evan Coury launched his product about a week ago it’s already selling quickly on Amazon. Coury started drinking more water when he was told to cut down on sugary drinks…
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Villanova School of Business Lends a Hand in Launching ThankX, a Personal Delivery App!
There was a time when neighbors knew neighbors, when residents chatted with delivery people and with the owner of the small hardware store down the street. There was a time before the pandemic, before indifferent package drops from Amazon. There was a time when shopping and deliveries were personal. Carlos Colon, a Philadelphia real estate…
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SCORE: Nonprofit Keeps Conversations Personal even through COVID-19
By Maria Smith Many service organizations take great pride in the personal relationships they have developed with their clients, volunteers, donors and community partners. Clients take the bus to the office, sit down with an experienced advisor, go through program information together and get their questions answered. For first-time homebuyers looking for assistance, this one-on-one…
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These Face Masks for Teens Are Tailor-Made in Ridley
James May, a Ridley tailor and costume maker, has been turning out thousands of free face masks to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. Now he’s focusing on masks he hopes will appeal to teens and children so they can be protected, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. He’s aiming for their team…
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When In-Person Isn’t an Option, Radnor High Grad Takes Goalie Instruction Virtual
Emily Snowden was about to start her business as a field hockey goalkeeper instructor in March when the pandemic shut everything down, writes Marc Narducci for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The 2013 Radnor High School graduate was used to thinking fast on her feet so she took her business virtual, with a virtual field hockey clinic.…
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