Entrepreneurship
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Time to Raise the ‘Barre3’
A Portland, Oregon based boutique fitness studio plans on raising the fitness ‘barre’ in Blue Bell. Barre3 opened its sixth Philadelphia area location last week in Whitpain Township. Setting up residence in the newest hotspot in town, the intersection of DeKalb and Skippack Pike, now known as Center Square Commons, Barre3 offers ballet, Pilates, yoga…
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Black Reserve Bookstore plans to buck digital trend
Just when you thought the printed page had gone the way of the dodo bird, along comes a new bookstore dedicated to the black experience. Located in the Dresher Arcade building at 319 W. Main St., Lansdale, the Black Reserve Bookstore showcases the self-confessed bookworm and published author’s passion for the printed word, with an…
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MCCC Awards $50,000 in Grants to Five Local Startups
Montgomery County Community College has awarded five area startup businesses with more than $50,000 in grants through its Karen A. Stout Start-up Accelerator Fund, writes Donna Rovins for Berks-Mont News. Six business owners presented their plans to a panel of judges at MCCC in February. The panel then judged them on several criteria, including their…
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Five Decades of Lower Merion’s Steve Goodman Helping Local Entrepreneurs Achieve Success
Steve Goodman has been helping promising young entrepreneurs for decades, including Monetate’s Lucinda Duncalfe, writes Juliana Reyes for Technical.ly. The CEO of the Conshohocken company got her first business, Destiny Software, off the ground in 1996 with Goodman’s help. “Steve was one of two people who mentored me, made introductions, and taught me how the…
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North Penn High School’s Neha Raman Wins $30K Prize at TLC’s Girl Starter
Twenty-year-old Neha Raman, a North Penn High School Graduate who left Temple University to create her own business, is on the road to success, writes Diane Mastrull for Philly.com. Rungh, which is the Hindi word for colors, is an online business that offers nail polish kits. The kit, which retails for $39.95, allows Reman’s customers…
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Number of Startups in Pennsylvania Soars
The latest ranking of top startup fund seekers published by Gust puts Pennsylvania in fifth which is a huge jump from 2015 when it was well outside the top ten, writes Jonathan Takiff for Philly.com. The list also highlights the giant gap between the top two states, California and New York, and the rest of…
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Want to Take on an Education Franchise? Consider King of Prussia’s Goddard School
While schools are not usually the first thing that comes to mind when considering a franchise business, the education sector offers several great options such as Goddard School Childcare, writes Annie Pilon for Small Business Trends. With several successful operations already in Montgomery County, Goddard School franchises combine education and childcare. Now, due to its…
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King of Prussia Startup Trice Medical Provides Motivation for Other New Enterprises
Ahead of the second Stellar StartUps competition in September, Philadelphia Media Network is showcasing King of Prussia’s Trice Medical as the type of successful new enterprise it hopes to cultivate in the Philadelphia region, writes Diane Mastrull for Philly.com. Five-year-old Trice Medical is the developer of mi-eye 2. This provides a cheaper and faster alternative…
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Rosemont McDonald’s Started Montco Entrepreneur’s Rise
When Tanya Hill-Holliday bought her first McDonald’s restaurant in Rosemont, she did not anticipate that she would soon become the owner of the largest Black-owned McDonald’s franchise in the Philadelphia region, writes Ayana Jones for Philadelphia Tribune. She first started working at McDonald’s as a part-time employee nearly four decades ago, when she was working…
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From Chesco: Malvern Resident, Former Baseball Player Details Cars in Convenient, Eco-Friendly Way
If Malvern resident Tony Coyne can detail a car as well as he can turn a double play, and his new business hits the ground running as swiftly as he used to leg out triples, the area’s streets will soon sparkle with more shiny vehicles than ever before. The 38-year-old native of Huntingtown, Md., and…
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Lansdale Native Abandons Silicon Valley to Start a Family, Help Promising Startups
Paul Martino, a business savvy whiz kid from Lansdale, has left Silicon Valley behind in favor of opening an investment firm that helps promising startups get off the ground, writes Diane Mastrull for Philly.com. While still a student at North Penn High School, Paul Martino launched his first business selling computer games. This opened his…
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Beginning Today, Restaurant Week Returns to King of Prussia
Beginning Monday, the popular dineKOP restaurant week returns for what should be its biggest and best year to date. DineKOP is the King of Prussia District’s unique interpretation of a restaurant week, and it offers diners affordable, price-fixed lunch and dinner menus. DineKOP provides diners the opportunity to experience the best culinary offerings in the…
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College Teen to Promote his MeetHere App to International Entrepreneurship Congress
Despite not coming out on top of a CNBC pitch contest, the Collegeville teen that created the MeetHere app with three other students will get the chance to promote his business at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa, writes Diane Mastrull for Philly.com. Manshu Sharma, a student at Hill School in Pottstown, competed…
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Montgomery County Leadership – Wayne Kimmel
When the Philadelphia Business Journal noted the Greater Philadelphia Metro’s net gain of just 412 small businesses (defined as having one to 99 employees) ranked the region “a depressing” 54th nationally, the journal’s editor noted the area’s lack of venture capital infrastructure as one of several elements restraining Philadelphia Metro’s small business growth. Venture capitalist,…
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K of P Entrepreneur’s Fundraising Efforts Land Her Ms. Veteran America Runner-Up Title
She might not have won the crown, but WCU student and Dub Fitness studio in King of Prussia owner Erica Webster still came out as a big winner at this year’s Ms. Veteran America competition, writes Michaelle Bond for Philly.com. Webster managed to raise $13,411 during the competition for Final Salute, the nonprofit that provides…
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This Year Takes County’s Two Richest Men in Different Directions
After tying for the title of richest man in Montgomery County last year, 2016 took local billionaires John Middleton and Michael Rubin in opposite directions. Middleton, of Bryn Mawr, leaped 10 spots on the latest Forbes 400 list, from No. 256 to No. 246, while Rubin, also of Bryn Mawr, fell from 256th-richest to No.…
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Fort Washington’s Arcadian Telepsychiatry One of Six Winners in Stellar StartUps Competition
Although there was no prize money or investors waiting for them in the winners’ circle, nearly 100 of the region’s early-stage companies entered this summer’s inaugural Stellar StartUps competition presented by the Philadelphia Media Network, writes Diane Mastrull for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Last week’s awards event at the new Pennovation Center in West Philadelphia was…
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Audubon’s Café Excellence Rebrands as Valerio Coffee Roasters
Anthony Valerio’s Café Excellence in Audubon has been rebranded as Valerio Coffee Roasters following the owner’s shift to certified organic, fair-trade coffee, writes Gary Puleo for The Pottstown Mercury. “This was a good way to expand our business, and I wanted to do this brand so that we could actually do more for the farmers,”…
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