Is the fix for our trash woes…tech?

The City issued its first, tentative, call for smart tech solutions under its Smart City Road Map. Will Philly be as bold as other cities?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

The Cure For Fake News?

A trustworthy media is key to a healthy democracy. That’s why, instead of wringing his hands over the death of facts, entrepreneurial journalist Steven Brill just might have a solution.

By Larry Platt

Texting To The Rescue

A team at Penn Medicine may have found a way to save hundreds of new moms’ lives with a simple—but incredibly effective—tool

By Jill Harkins
Business for Good

Quil Health

Could a joint venture between Independence Blue Cross and Comcast herald the solution to our country’s healthcare woes?

By Jessica Blatt Press
Business for Good

Dorothy

A Penn alum’s startup helps regular folks predict flooding—something climate change will make more necessary than ever

By Courtney DuChene
Business for Good

Everyday Philanthropists

Entrepreneur Keith Leaphart’s new app, Philanthropi, aims to give everyday donors and nonprofits better access to their most powerful tool: each other.

By Jill Harkins

Social Media for…Good?

With her grassroots nonprofit, Buddy Project, Drexel student Gabby Frost is helping youth in Philly and around the world feel less alone

By Jessica Blatt Press

Why Not Us?

Pennsylvania leads the world in cancer research. So why is Texas turbo-charging its economy by investing so much more in the fight?

By Richard Vague
Business For Good

Sapient Industries

The Philly startup provides companies the tools to save energy costs—and preserve the planet. So far, 120,000 building clients have signed on

By Jessica Blatt Press
Ideas We Should Steal

Tech for Turnout

Two years after the presidential election galvanized mostly progressive technologists, their innovations brought more voters to the polls in 2018. Expect more of that in Philly, too

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy