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How Philadelphia is Winning a Startup Renaissance

The Startup Magazine

Philadelphia gets called a lot of things. One thing this historic city doesn’t often get noticed for is its emerging Philadelphia startup scene. Philadelphia has two huge positives for startups tapping the local talent pool: a diverse metro population of more than six million and a host of area universities.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Sapient

Austin Startup

Instead, an idea for smart outlets, conceived while he was still a student at University of Pennsylvania, evolved into Sapient Industries, based in Philadelphia, Penn., Long Range Wide Access Network (LoRaWAN) technology, more frequently known as “LoRa.” and launched in April 2017. Which living person do you most admire and why?

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The Accomplishments of Entrepreneur, Justin Halladay

The Startup Magazine

From Denver to New Jersey, Philadelphia, and back to Florida, where he begins the second part of his professional career and the second chapter of his life. Says Halladay, “With such a strong support network, I can always surround myself with people who are wiser than me, as one of my mentors advised me early in my business career.

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Start Up and Stay Up – How Small Businesses Survive & Thrive

The Startup Magazine

I started my Philadelphia area home appraising business in 2006. For example, I worked in various fields relating to real estate for many years before I felt I knew enough and had a strong enough reputation and network to go out on my own. Grow your network. A strong professional network is a must for success. in 2006.

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"The Startup Way" is Headed to London

Startup Lessons Learned

From New York, Philadelphia, and Boston to Los Angeles and San Francisco, entrepreneurs came out to share their enthusiasm -- you really are everywhere. Don’t forget to tweet a photo of your book to see it on thestartupway.com Thank you, as always, for your support.

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Building the Helium Mesh Network in the Mid-Atlantic

Feld Thoughts

As you might have seen in an earlier post, Foundry Group is helping to bring the Helium Network to Boulder. I’m hopeful that some of the readers of this blog live in Baltimore, DC, or Philadelphia and are interested in participating in the Helium rollout. You can see more about the technology here. .

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Innovating Municipal Government Culture

Steve Blank

Widder is the Vice President of Innovation and holds the Steve Blank Innovation Chair at Philadelphia University. He’s helping city government in Philadelphia become more innovative by applying Lean startup methods and Philadelphia University’s innovation curriculum. Philadelphia University Undergraduate Curriculum.