Topic: Meet the Disruptor

Antoinette Marie Johnson
The founder and CEO of creative agency Cohere works to build a better city through the power of placemaking
By Larry Platt
Communally
The Philadelphia-based “anti-poverty technology B Corp” has provided more than a million people with financial services normally reserved for the well-off
By Quinn O'Callaghan
Lorenzo Buffa
His South Philly-based Analog Watch Company makes “the opposite of an Apple watch”
By Jill Harkins
Mike Maher
The CEO and co-founder of Houwzer is challenging traditional home buying practices—while seeking to do good
By Larry Platt
The GREEN Program
Melissa Lee founded her study abroad eco program when she was an undergrad. Seven years later, she’s launching careers in the city’s growing sustainability industry
By Jamie Bogert
Techgirlz
Through free tech classes to middle school girls in Philly, the nonprofit hopes to shape the technology industry into a more equitable place for everyone
By Quinn O'Callaghan
Quaker City Coffee
A Federal Donuts owner and a former inmate partner up to pair your coffee with something much needed: Jobs for the recently incarcerated
By Annie McDonough
Keriton
The Philly-based startup is changing the way NICUs track breast milk—and hoping to help turn around the nation’s high rate of preemie deaths
By Quinn O'Callaghan
AnaOno
After surviving breast cancer, Dana Donofree used her experience to launch a bra company for others like her, who want to feel sexy and feminine again
By Annie McDonough
NeedsList
The Philly-based tech startup crowdfunds humanitarian aid for the 25 million refugees worldwide. It is a game-changer in how we all can be part of the solution
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy