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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

Sapient’s Sam Parks and Martin Koch have developed a smart outlet system for commercial deployment The Forrest Four-Cast: January 28, 2020 If Sam Parks , CEO and co-founder of Sapient Industries , weren’t working for his startup, he’d be working as a scientist, using his background in nanotechnology as an applied physicist.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

Both Sides of the Table

They have totally changed the way you run a VC firm, investing heavily in systems & events for their founders that are pushing the boundaries of the way our industry works. Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973. If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital.

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Accelerator Spotlight: Waivr

View from Seed

Founders: Carolina Nucamendi & Brenna Curran. There’s a new set of real-time payments protocols which Waiver is making more broadly available to bring fast, secure, and cost-effective payments to a range of applications.” Get to know the founders. RH: Founders, please introduce yourselves. Company: Waivr.

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How to Impress Angel Investors and Make It into “Startup Heaven”

Up and Running

Always look at the portfolio of investments the firm has made, and contact the CEOs and founders of those companies to find out what it’s like having those investors as a part of their company. Jessica Magoch, Angel from Philadelphia, PA | Website | Twitter. Too many founders tread the fine line between arrogance and ignorance.

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Take Advantage of a New Trend: Big Business Looks to Small to Innovate

Up and Running

Decision-makers at larger companies often have a “don’t rock the boat mentality” because of fear of making a mistake that could cost the company a lot of money and as a consequence cause them to lose status within the company or even their position. The aerospace company wanted to index, store, and display top-secret documents for the U.K.

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Finalist Women and Minority Entrepreneurs Named in VCAP Program

David Teten

By excising just the tumor and leaving the rest of the organ, surgeons can help patients reduce the risk of early mortality, reduce patient complications, reduce costs of healthcare, and reduce the backlogged demand for kidney donations. Torsh, Inc.’s