Business
Black Girl Ventures
Calling all Black and Brown women entrepreneurs! On November 1, for the second time this fall, a traveling Shark Tank-like competition coming to Philly with cash, prizes and boundless enthusiasm
By Navya NairSammy Grossman
An entrepreneurial 18-year-old from Center City launches Project Spread Smiles, a line of limited edition t-shirts, hoodies and trucker hats that promote mental health and public happiness
By Lauren McCutcheonAre We Overthinking Recreational Weed?
PA legislators are trying to legalize recreational marijuana and create industry opportunities for Pennsyvanians affected by the war on drugs. Is there an easy first step they could pass before the end of the year?
By Malcolm BurnleyMom Your Business
Tanya Morris’s incubator for women entrepreneurs is thriving in its new brick-and-mortar home — for now
By Raymond Jones and Lauren McCutcheonCarbon Reform
Could a Philadelphia company’s clever carbon capture capsule transform how buildings breathe — and impact climate change?
By Courtney DuCheneShaw Lewis of Expect Lace
The style icon and photographer talks undergarments with the owner of a popular intimates boutique and a jewelry concept shop on Main Street in Manayunk
By Reuben HarleyA Thriving Kensington is Possible
The CEO of Kensington’s B Corp developer Shift Capital lays out strategies to simultaneously support business growth and strengthen the neighborhood’s existing assets.
By Brian MurrayCould Philly Become a City of Eds, Meds, Beds and … Gaming?
City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas and a local video game entrepreneur have teamed up on Philadelphia's second annual PHL Gaming Conference and Expo, an event The Citizen Recommends
By Christina GriffithPhilly, The First Startup, Makes a Comeback
Yes, we're still a city of cheesesteaks and Iggles. But we're also curing cancer and rebuilding a stagnant economy through the life sciences. How'd this happen?
By Charles F. McElweeA Path to “Jobs That People Love”
PECO’s workforce development initiative is, little by little, making solid middle class careers easier to get for Philadelphians who look like their customers
By Natalie Pompilio