Business
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Business for Good: BioPhy Uses AI to Predict Life-Saving Medicines
The Philly company supported by Chelsea Clinton's venture capital firm offers a “GPS for Drug Development” that can boost the success rate of clinical trials and get treatments in the hands of patients who need them faster
By Malcolm Burnley![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Lobo-Mau-Flagship-Closing_Sustainable_Boutiques_HED_by_Brit_Reed-791x400.jpg)
The Slow Unraveling of Philly’s Slow Fashion Scene
Are the recent closures of two prominent Philly designer-run shops a sign that sustainable brick-and-mortar clothing retail is just not … sustainable?
By Courtney DuChene![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pipes-791x400.jpg)
The New Industrial Geography
Drexel’s Metro Finance head on how the U.S. cities primed for re-industrialization are headed for success
By Bruce Katz![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rittenhouse_Row_Walnut_Street_Shopping_Visit_Philadelphiajpg-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Rittenhouse Row is the Exception that Proves the Rule
A national retail expert and futurist visited Philadelphia to check out our premier shopping district. This is what he learned
By Michael Berne![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Winx-Health-Co-Founders-791x400.jpg)
Business for Good: Winx Health
While women’s reproductive health is under attack across the country, a Philly company supported by actress Kerry Washington aims to destigmatize and demystify women’s sexual health products
By Courtney DuChene![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Josh_Shapiro_2024_Budget_Address-660x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Why Philly’s Minimum Wage is … So Low
$7.25 an hour? No one can live on that. The director of Drexel’s Wealth and Work Futures Lab explains why it hasn’t budged — and what needs to happen
By Michael O’Bryan and Alicia Atkinson![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/M.M.LaFleur_HED-791x400.jpg)
Business for Good: M.M.LaFleur
The New York-based retailer’s new Center City shop brings stylish slow fashion to working women — just in time for city workers to return to the office. The company is also helping women run for office, get jobs and save the planet
By Courtney DuChene![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cowomen_women_lead_together_TCN-unsplash-791x400.jpg)
Ideas We Should Steal: Women Leading, Together
The 550 women executives in the 45-year-old Chicago Network are changing their city for the better — and creating opportunities for even more women leaders. There is no better moment for a similar effort in Philadelphia. (That’s also why we’re relaunching Rad Girls!)
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy