Entrepreneurship
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Unique Program Prevents Baby-Boomers from Making Wrong Entrepreneurial Choices
Roadrunner50Plus is a unique program designed to prevent baby-boomers from making the wrong entrepreneurial choices, writes Diane Mastrull for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “I know of too many instances where older adults had an idea, a dream, a passion, and made mistakes that could have been avoided if they had somebody at the outset advising them,”…
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From MONTCO: Abington High School Receives Record $25 Million Donation
After a bit of research, officials in the Abington School District believe the donation sets a record for philanthropic gifts to a public high school. The Abington School District has received what district officials believe is a record $25 million gift from alumnus Stephen A. Schwarzman, the chairman, CEO and co-founder of Blackstone, one of…
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Delaware County Leadership: Vince Del Rossi, Owner and President of Health Mats
By the time he was a junior in high school, Vince Del Rossi, Owner and President of Health Mats, was a self-made man. When he was 16 years old, Del Rossi turned his father’s diaper delivery service around while his parents summered at the Jersey Shore, then partnered with his father to grow a fledging…
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DELCO Market: Shovelution, A Revolutionary Snow Shovel That Has Your Back
Another blizzard is coming. You know it is. And you know you hate shoveling snow. It’s no fun. And it makes your back hurt. But what if it didn’t have to make your back hurt? What if you had a tool to help you get the job done quickly and easily (okay, fairly easily), without…
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Villanova Grad Finds Success with Colorfully Named Teas
While naming a tea using a curse word may seem like a strange idea to some, it has certainly paid off for Jenni-Lyn Williams, who earned her MBA from Villanova, writes Diane Mastrull for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Williams started Snarky Tea in October last year, after working for Lincoln Financial Group in Radnor for about…
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SAP-Backed Startup Program Helps High School Students Gain Tech, Entrepreneurial Skills
A Startup Tech program launched by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and backed by a $1 million donation from Newtown Square’s SAP aims to help high school students gain technology and entrepreneurial skills, writes Roberto Torres for Technical.ly Philly. The program at Philadelphia’s Roxborough High School offers workshops and mentorship sessions to students over the…
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Chadds Ford-Based Startup Hoping Investors Sleep Well at Night
Through a health-first approach to online mattress sales, a new Chadds Ford startup is aiming to find business nirvana by jumping in bed with the $15 billion mattress industry and waking up in the $3.7 trillion wellness industry. Founder Alvaro Vaselli started Nuvanna about a year ago with $1.2 million from friends and family members,…
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Local Women’s New Business Seamlessly Combines Fitness, Breastfeeding, Fashion
The idea for Just Bloomed – a Media-based company formed by three friends who vowed to address the challenges postpartum moms face as they try to balance their lives of family, feeding, fitness, and work – came from personal experience. Go to any parenting social media page or blog, and you will quickly find a…
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Haverford Entrepreneur Connects Donors’ Dollars with Refugees’ Needs
Helping refugees in crisis is no longer an exercise of reaching out to the nameless, faceless crowd half a world away. A Haverford entrepreneur’s innovative new startup, NeedsList, is providing the platform for donors to meet specific needs of specific refugees across the globe. “We’re going to become the Amazon of humanitarian aid, which obviously…
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Amazon Market Helps Turn Lansdowne Woman’s Hobby into a Career
A decision to make her own wedding invitations has led Lansdowne’s Liz Moorhead to an unexpected but successful journey into a new career making handcrafted cards, writes Peg DeGrassa for the News of Delaware County. Moorhead created her own invitations after she could not find a commercial card that was not overly embellished or too…
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Twins from Wallingford Pouring Their Sauces onto Grocery-Store Shelves One Case at a Time
Grandma’s cooking is usually the best, but the Vesper family recipe perfected over a Wallingford stovetop for decades was somehow topped by twin grandsons John and Bill Vesper. And the result has been a delicious gravy train that has allowed them to close up their delis. What started as a simple 2012 display at the…
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Havertown Inventor Survives the ‘Perennial Problem for Most Startups in America’
A Havertown inventor has wandered for two years through six product redesigns, all the while carrying the expectations of 1,302 crowdfunders on his shoulders, and finally his Survival Axe Elite has found its way to its first customers. Shipments began going out last week for the Survival Axe Elite, a unique combination of an ax,…
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Elite Puréed Meals Among Five Businesses to Be Honored at SCORE Luncheon
Chester and Delaware County SCORE – a nonprofit comprised of volunteers who provide free professional business counseling to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits in Chester and Delaware counties – will host its seventh annual Small Business Achievement Awards Luncheon on Thursday at the Concord Country Club. Elite Puréed Meals, a Newtown Square-based company owned by…
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Marketing Professional Leaves Jewelry Manufacturer in Aston to Open Digital Agency
After learning the ropes of running a business at John Wind Maximal Art, a jewelry store in Aston, Lauren Moreno went back to school before venturing out on her own, writes Marielle Mondon for Technical.ly. Moreno, who already had a bachelor’s in fine arts, realized that going back to school after a decade might be…
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SubstiToothFairy Among Five Businesses to Be Honored at SCORE Luncheon
Chester and Delaware County SCORE – a nonprofit comprised of volunteers who provide free professional business counseling to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits in Chester and Delaware counties – will host its seventh annual Small Business Achievement Awards Luncheon on Thursday at the Concord Country Club. SubstiToothFairy, one of the fastest-growing temporary dental staffing agencies…
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SAP Offering $4,000 to Help Make a Digital Dream Come True
More than $4,000 in prizes await the business entrepreneur who comes up with the most creative dream for putting SAP software to use. The Newtown Square software giant’s new Dream Digital contest is calling for two-minute videos or essays of an SAP-inspired dream now through April 23 ahead of National Small Business Week in May,…
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Get a Chance to Present Your Idea at Philly Tech Week 2017
The 2nd annual Technical.ly Introduced: A Curated B2B Event during Philly Tech Week 2017 presented by Comcast will give business owners the chance to present their ideas in front of some of the most successful companies in the region, writes Lauren Giles for Technical.ly Philly. Among the companies attending the event are Amtrak, Power Home…
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Small Business Administration’s Eastern Pennsylvania Office to Honor Pair of Delco Businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Eastern Pennsylvania District Office has announced its 2017 Small Business Week Award winners. The SBA will visit and recognize award winners during the first week of May. The SBA also will recognize Small Business Week award winners during its annual SBA awards and networking event on May 24 at 4:30…
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