Technology
Scenes From the 2nd Annual PHL Innovation Picnic
This year’s PHL Innovation Picnic pulled in more than 800 registrants from all across the Philadelphia region’s tech and innovation communities. As attendees celebrated the […]
Hill House Restoration Recognized with National Award
One of the most iconic buildings on Penn’s campus has been hiding in plain sight since 1960. That’s no longer the case now that it’s […]
Angel Rich: Black People in Philly Must Create a Tech Underground Railroad
Tech pioneer Angel Rich has been named “The Next Steve Jobs” for breathing life into a movement that seeks to bring financial freedom to those […]
Dear White Male Investors: Your Time Is Running Out
On Thursday, Philly Tech Week brought together three of the country’s leading investors — Josh Kopelman, First Round Capital founding partner, Arlan Hamilton, Backstage Capital […]
Anatomy of an Exit
Philly Tech Week (April 27th to May 5th), that annual celebration of our bustling, burgeoning innovation sector, always gets us thinking about the exit — […]
32 Philly Leaders Share Their Can’t-Miss Philly Tech Week Events
Philly Tech Week kicks off on Friday (!!!), and the organizers over at Technical.ly are putting on quite the show for 2018. There’s an impressive […]
AOL Co-Founder Steve Case: For Philly to Rise, the Startup Community Must Hang Together
It had been three years since AOL co-founder Steve Case stepped foot in Philadelphia to tour the city’s startup community. In 2015, the entrepreneur-turned-investor brought […]
It’s Time to Dump Facebook and Google, Says Philly Internet Privacy Guru
The #DeleteFacebook movement has some of us wondering whether Facebook will be around in five years. We turned our backs on MySpace, but can we […]
Philly Has the Worst Tech Economy of All Amazon HQ2 Finalists, Says Washington Post
This month, the Washington Post published its magnum opus on Amazon’s HQ2 competition. The publication created a thorough index to determine how the 20 finalists […]
SXSW Day 3: 7 Ways Philly Can Become a Leader in Tech Diversity and Inclusion
A major theme hanging over SXSW this year was diversity and inclusion. After attending the conference last year, Mayor Kenney lamented how white SXSW was. […]
SXSW Day 2: How Philly Stands Out at the Trade Show
In 2017, an estimated 74,519 people stopped by the legendary SXSW trade show, the place where some of the world’s most cutting-edge innovations are debuted. […]
Dear Philly Startup Community: Black Women Are Not Here to Save You
This week, Philly Startup Leaders welcomed marketing guru Kiera Smalls as its new and second-ever executive director. Across social media, people in Philly’s startup, tech and government communities congratulated […]
Think You Know Philly? Design Your Own Tour (and Make $$$) Through This New App
Some say the key to traveling is visiting friends in foreign places, but how many of us just happen to have buddies conveniently located in […]
Philadelphia Is the Nation’s 4th Best City for Women in Tech
Fintech company SmartAsset just released its annual women in tech study, which ranks the country’s leading cities for women in the industry. This year, Philadelphia […]
What Philly Can Learn From Miami’s BlackTech Week
This month I had the opportunity to speak at Miami’s 2018 BlackTech Week for the first time, and after the experience, it’s clear that Philadelphia, […]