Meet the Disruptor

Michael Hollander

The software engineer-turned-lawyer puts his programming skills to good use: Helping the formerly incarcerated expunge their records

By Rana Fayez
Meet the Disruptor

Brian Linton

When he founded his company United By Blue, Linton wanted to make our waters cleaner. So far, they’ve cleared 203,000 pounds of trash. Join Philly Spring Cleanup on April 16th

By Rosella LeFevre
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Michele McKeone

The former special ed teacher’s Autism Expressed, teaching digital skills to autistic students, is growing. The secret? Its founder’s “oppositional defiance”

By Larry Platt
Meet the Disruptor

Red Kite Project

A local company brings trauma treatment principles from the frontline of war zones to Philly streets

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Meet the Disruptors

Rebel Ventures

A student-run granola bar company sought to change its school’s snack options. Now it’s poised to take on the whole District

By Hannah Keyser
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Thom Collins

One year on the job, the Barnes’ director has turned museum going into a communal experience

By Lauren McCutcheon
Meet the Disruptors

ENGAGE Philadelphia

A student-led think-and-action tank at Penn redefines the relationship students can have with their city

By Thomas Austen
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Ariell Johnson

The first black woman in America to open a comic book store storms on to the scene

By Lauren McCutcheon
Meet the Disruptors

Dave Silver and Will Toms

An innovative music incubator helps local musicians succeed—and stay in Philly

By Malcolm Burnley
Meet The Disruptor

Sylvester Mobley

The former Marine has willed into existence Coded by Kids, a free tech-ed program for inner-city youth. And he's got some big plans

By Larry Platt