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
Meet The Disruptor

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
Meet the Disruptor

Lorenzo Buffa

His South Philly-based Analog Watch Company makes “the opposite of an Apple watch”

By Jill Harkins
Meet The Disruptor

Mike Maher

The CEO and co-founder of Houwzer is challenging traditional home buying practices—while seeking to do good

By Larry Platt
Meet the Disruptor

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
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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
Meet the Disruptor

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
Meet the Disruptor

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
Meet the Disruptor

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
Meet the Disruptor

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