Philadelphia Magazine

Don Steinberg

Business

Welcome to Cellacon Valley?

Philly invented the computer — then whiffed on becoming home to the tech industry. Will we do better with the next-gen medical breakthroughs we’re hatching?

By Don Steinberg
Business

Does Every Child Need to Learn to Code?

A Main Line start-up is banking on it.

Business

Comcast’s Surprisingly Viral Future

Why is Philly’s most important company pouring a fortune into Buzzfeed?

City Life

A Summer at Camp Kweebec

City Life

Thirty-two years ago, Jay and Neil Shah’s immigrant parents bought a tiny motel outside Harrisburg. Today, the Philly-based duo is running a $1.6 billion hotel empire, and changing everything from the New York tourism biz to your local Hampton Inn

City Life

Forget Comcast and Sunoco—the most powerful economic force in Philadelphia these days is the one making your Shorti. How our homegrown convenience store went from cult favorite … to superpower

City Life

For more than 40 years, the Giuntas of West Chester have been going down the Shore together as a family. This time around, somebody crashed the party: our writer

City Life

If you think it’s tough listening to radio loudmouths like Danny Bonaduce, Michael Smerconish and Angelo Cataldi, imagine being the guy who has to manage them

City Life

Greek-born Michael Petrogiannis has built a mini-empire snapping up landmarks like the Melrose and the Mayfair. But is he saving our diners? Or sucking the soul out of them? 

City Life

He’s worked for a Saudi prince, adopted three girls from Africa, trekked across Antarctica—and this month he’ll attempt a solo journey across Death Valley. So is Todd Carmichael—the man behind Philly coffee juggernaut La Colombe—living life to the fullest? Or just out of his freakin’ mind?

City Life

Pulse: Chatter: Safe House Beautiful

City Life

Philadelphia has more miles of waterfront than Manhattan. So why don’t we think of ourselves as a river town? Our man sailed around the city to find out

City Life

Philly’s tech scene may still be more petri dish than full-fledged ecosystem, but these folks with dough are helping things grow.

By Don Steinberg
City Life

They’re young, they’re hip, they’re entrepreneurial — and they’re giving Philly tech the kind of energy it hasn’t had in a decade.

By Don Steinberg
City Life

Is there a future Google in our midst? Not necessarily, but these 11 young tech companies could be laying the groundwork for a new Philly economy.

By Don Steinberg