Entrepreneurship
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From Time Machines to Waffles, Small Business Competition to Spotlight Eclectic Mix
The six finalists selected from an impressive pool of applicants in HeadRoom’s 2nd Annual Innovating Small Business competition have been announced. The competition creates a forum for entrepreneurs, inventors, and small business owners to spotlight how they implemented a process, product, or service that enables them to serve customers in a different way. The winner…
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Calling All Fledgling Entrepreneurs! Tour Promoting Startups to Stop in Philadelphia
Entrepreneurs with plans for startups in the Greater Philadelphia area will get a chance to pitch their idea and possibly win $100,000 in funding when the Rise of the Rest bus tour makes a stop in Philadelphia, writes Jared Lindzon for Fast Company. The tour to promote startup ecosystems is the brainchild of serial entrepreneur…
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Delaware County Home to 14 of America’s 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies
According to Inc., a monthly magazine aimed toward entrepreneurs and business owners, its list of the 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America celebrates “the superheroes of the U.S. economy.” These private companies “wield powers like strategy, service, and innovation,” the magazine states. The list features “businesses that exercise the body and the mind, push the boundaries…
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Media’s HeadRoom Promotes Innovation with Small Business Competition
HeadRoom has announced that Comcast Spotlight will be the Presenting Sponsor for the 2nd Annual Innovating Small Business competition. The competition will create a forum for entrepreneurs, inventors, and small business owners to spotlight how they implemented a process, product, or service that enables them to serve customers in a different way. The winner of…
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Owner of Upper Darby’s Girls Auto Clinic Repair Center Throws Wrench into Auto Industry
Don’t let the red stilettos fool you. Patrice Banks can wield a pretty wrench under the hood, and she’s throwing that wrench into the traditional auto industry by bringing a wildly popular phenomenon to Upper Darby with her revolutionary Girls Auto Clinic Repair Center. “I didn’t grow up in the auto industry. I’m not here…
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Survey Reveals Greater Philly Lagging Behind America’s Metro Regions in Startups
A new U.S. Census Bureau survey of the nation’s entrepreneurs puts Greater Philadelphia behind several other metro regions on a number of key economic growth indicators, writes Fabiola Cineas for Philadelphia Magazine. Philly lags behind America’s other major regions for the number of new businesses in the area and for its total of minority- and…
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Juice Dr. Brings Technique from Buddhist Meditation Center Home to Delco
Haverford native F.J. Leto, founder and CEO of Juice Dr., is using his dietary conversion experience from living at a Tibetan Buddhist meditation center in California to create a cold-pressed juice business in Delco, writes Diane Mastrull for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Leto uses his tiny commercial kitchen near downtown Ardmore to blend and then press…
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Glen Mills-Based Little Nest Portraits Gains National Attention, Expands to Charlotte
Little Nest Portraits of Glen Mills is starting to franchise its business model, with a deal already inked for a new 1,943-square-foot studio in Charlotte, N.C. The successful boutique studio, headed by Laura Novak Meyer, specializes in maternity and newborn photography, as well as family portraits. Forbes reporter Bruce Kasanoff recently profiled Novak Meyer in…
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Springfield Native and Wife, Owners of Waffatopia, Celebrate National Waffle Day
What do you get when you pair an enzymologist with a marketing major after each spent a decade swiftly climbing their individual ladders in Corporate America? An enormous bank account? A house in the Hamptons? Perhaps a timeshare in the Bahamas? No. You get waffles. Huh? Yes, waffles. And ones better than any you’ve ever…
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CEO of Folcroft’s Scrub Daddy Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Aaron Krause, the CEO of Folcroft-based Scrub Daddy, has won the Ernst & Young 2106 Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Consumer Products category in Greater Philadelphia. Scrub Daddy, a line of the world’s most innovative cleaning products made of a proprietary unique and exclusive material, first gained the world’s attention on ABC’s Shark…
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Concordville McDonalds Franchisee Passes the Reins to Third Generation
The operator of 11 McDonald’s franchises, including the one in Concordville, will soon undergo a leadership change as the family’s patriarch, Les Dukart, retires at 70, writes Diane Mastrull for the Philadelphia Inquirer. There is nothing to fear for the family business though, as the other three principals in Dukart Management Corp. – Les’s younger brother…
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Aston’s Heartline Press and Action Potential of Glen Mills Honored with Small Business Awards
SCORE of Chester and Delaware Counties recently celebrated the spirit of small business by awarding five regional businesses with awards at the Concord Country Club, writes Brian McCullough for the Daily Local News. Two of those businesses are based in Delaware County. Aston’s Heartline Press Inc., a printing and design business owned by Springfield native…
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Springfield Firm Brings Seasonal Starbucks to Ocean City Boardwalk
The Boardwalk of Ocean City, N.J. will gain a Starbucks this summer thanks to a Springfield company, writes Andrew Parent for The Gazette of Ocean City. John Betz, President and CEO of Springfield-based Betz & Associates and his business partner Pierce Keating, are opening a seasonal Starbucks on the 800 block of the Ocean City Boardwalk.…
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Havertown Drinks of 45 Years of Lamplighter Tavern Memories
Surrounded by old photos and sipping old favorites, the Havertown faithful raised a glass to celebrate 45 years of Jack Quinn’s Lamplighter Tavern last Saturday. It was literally a gathering of old friends. “Almost everyone I hired through the years is a resident of Havertown,” Quinn said in a News of Delaware County feature by…
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After Former Employer Unexpectedly Closed, Springfield Native Finds Success in Printing
After being laid off when his employer unexpectedly closed down, Springfield’s Ryan Hartley started a printing business in his garage that has led to true success, writes Rick Kauffman for the Daily Local News. Hartley started the printing and design company Heartline Press 11 years ago, and this June he will be honored with a Small…
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Springfield Physical Therapist Realizes Lifelong Dream, Opens Her Own Business
Lifelong connections and an extensive career in orthopedic and sports rehab recently converged for a Delaware County woman who fulfilled a dream in opening Today, Drexel Hill’s Traci Haas is living that dream — and a deep-seated commitment to help her patients find “comprehensive pain relief for a better life,” Peg DeGrassa reported in a…
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Action Potential of Glen Mills Fulfilling Its Potential as Specialized Rehab
It didn’t take long after first meeting each other as physical therapists at Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital for Kathy Dixon and Kristen Wilson to realize how well they work well together. With the help of SCORE of Chester and Delaware Counties, an organization dedicated to helping those thinking of starting a business or those who…
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Glen Mills’ Resident and President of Marketing Firm Helps Small Retailers Expand
In today’s competitive world, the crucial challenges of brand messaging include improving brand awareness and building a base of well-informed customers that embrace brand loyalty. A direct link to building successful businesses is the amount of a brand’s visibility in the marketplace. Joe Purifico, a resident of Glen Mills and the president and general counsel…
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