• Radnor Studio 21 Home to New TV Show for Entrepreneurs

    Radnor Studio 21 Home to New TV Show for Entrepreneurs

    Catherine and John Cappello have launched the “Start Me Up TV Show,” the first episode of which debuted in Radnor Studio 21 in Wayne on March 18. Radnor Studio 21 is the Radnor Township public access television station, airing on Comcast and Verizon cable channel 21. Radnor Studio 21 is a 501(c)(3), non-profit corporation. According…

  • HeadRoom Brings Shared-Office Space in the Suburbs to Media

    HeadRoom Brings Shared-Office Space in the Suburbs to Media

    In response to the fact that an entrepreneur’s life can get lonely, particularly in the suburbs, where the opportunity to bounce ideas off someone or network isn’t as simple as stepping outside like it is in the city, Dan Lievens and John Tooher have created HeadRoom LLC to bring the urban virtual office beyond city…

  • Swarthmore College Debuts Program for Entrepreneurs

    Swarthmore College Debuts Program for Entrepreneurs

    Swarthmore College is rolling out a new program aimed toward entrepreneurship, according to a report in The Phoenix, the school’s independent newspaper. The program includes several internships that are local to Philadelphia. The participating companies are mostly small tech start-ups and, unlike most tech companies, demand relatively few specific skills. Students with a wide range…

  • Forbes Ranks Folcroft’s Scrub Daddy as Top Business from Shark Tank

    Forbes Ranks Folcroft’s Scrub Daddy as Top Business from Shark Tank

    According to a study conducted by Forbes writer Susan Adams, Scrub Daddy, the perfect helper for all kinds of cleaning tasks that is headquartered and packaged in Folcroft, is the most successful product in the history of ABC’s Shark Tank. Shark Tank is a reality show that first aired in 2009 and affords budding entrepreneurs…

  • Sharon Hill Entrepreneur Helps Keep Black Dollars Within Black Community

    Sharon Hill Entrepreneur Helps Keep Black Dollars Within Black Community

    Ahmir Young – a resident of Sharon Hill and the founder of Egrassroots, an online directory – is helping black consumers connect with the black-owned businesses near them. “It wasn’t supposed to be a business initially,” Young told Atlanta Black Star, an online journal that publishes empowering narratives for all people of African descent. “I…