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The Typewriter Makes a Comeback in Philly

What did your nine-year-old daughter want for Christmas last year? An American Girl doll? Makeup? An iPhone 7? Mine wanted one thing: a typewriter.

Business

Too Busy for Online Dating? New Philly Startup Will Swipe for You

There isn’t a lot that the duo behind Wingman, the dating startup launched this month in Philadelphia, will let their customers know about them. “It plays […]

Business

I Love My Job: Cloudamize Founder and Chairperson Khushboo Shah

If you think you’re working hard in life, Khushboo Shah’s story will likely make you rethink the meaning of hard work. Just a week ago, […]

Business

All Companies Should Copy This Josh Kopelman Hiring Tactic

Tech and VC firms that release diversity reports then go ghost on “next steps” are only dragging their feet on the issue. And despite those […]

City Life

Penn Med Students Create App to Address LGBTQ Health Disparities

Three University of Pennsylvania medical students have created an app that they hope will put an end to LGBTQ healthcare disparities. SpectrumScores, being developed by […]

Business

Philly’s Impact Economy to Get $15M Boost With ImpactPHL Ventures

Ben Franklin Technology Partners celebrated the one-year anniversary of its ImpactPHL investment collaborative on Thursday with the unveiling of its largest funding initiative to date: a […]

Business

I Love My Job: Ben Franklin Tech Partners CEO RoseAnn B. Rosenthal

RoseAnn B. Rosenthal has been at the helm of Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania — one of country’s leading tech-focused economic development institutions […]

Business

Honeygrow’s New Virtual Reality Training Seems Like One Big PR Stunt

There’s been a lot of buzz around Philly-based restaurant chain Honeygrow’s new employee orientation, a virtual reality (VR) program designed to foster brand consistency across the […]

Business

SEI to Expand Reach With $80M Fintech Buy

On Wednesday, Oaks-based financial services company SEI Investments announced that it has acquired Indianapolis-based tech firm Archway Technology Partners, a company that provides operating technology […]

Business

Welcome to Cellicon Valley?

In the conference room of a spacious loft office near 30th Street Station, Usman “Oz” Azam and Michael Christiano huddle for a meeting. They’re CEO […]

Business

I Love My Job: Turn5 Founders Steve and Andrew Voudouris

Not many people can say they started a successful business in high school, but brothers Andrew and Steve Voudouris can actually boast that Turn5 — […]

Business

Philadelphia City Council Says “No” to Wolf Tech Tax

Since Governor Wolf proposed the reinstatement of the “tech tax” in his Pennsylvania budget proposal, tech leaders across Philadelphia have rallied against it, and on […]

Business

Philly Millennials With Top Jobs and Good Teeth, Your Dating App Has Arrived

Everyone’s favorite dating app to hate — The League — has officially made its way to Philadelphia, and it’s why you got a flood of […]

Be Well Philly

Dear Fitness Studios: You’re Doing Too Much

For some folks, the 60 or so minutes spent in a workout is the sole hour of the day that is completely theirs — free of technology […]

City Life

Designers of Popular GIF Keyboard App Think Philly Is a Sad City

People say it’s always sunny in Philadelphia, but the company behind the popular cellphone app “GIF Keyboard” doesn’t think we’re a very cheery bunch. A […]