Entrepreneurship
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Cooperation Among Pottstown’s Restaurateurs Helps Them Flourish
Several restaurateurs in Pottstown have joined forces over the years to share ideas and resources, which has helped them survive, where others have failed, writes Nancy March for The Mercury. Not all owners of eateries on High Street were interested when Adam Burke, owner of Lily’s Grill, dropped by to introduce himself and pitch cooperation.…
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Calling All Fledgling Entrepreneurs! Tour Promoting Startups to Stop in Philadelphia
Entrepreneurs with plans for startups in the Greater Philadelphia area will get a chance to pitch their idea and possibly win $100,000 in funding when the Rise of the Rest bus tour makes a stop in Philadelphia, writes Jared Lindzon for Fast Company. The tour to promote startup ecosystems is the brainchild of serial entrepreneur…
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MCCC to Award Second Round of Funds to Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Thanks to Montgomery County Community College’s Karen A. Stout Start-Up Accelerator Fund, alumnus Jeremiah De Leon is on the verge of achieving his lifelong dream of launching a successful start-up. The Fund, established earlier this year to provide funding to promising business ventures, chose De Leon’s company, Align Team LLC, as one of four winners…
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Montgomery County Home to 38 of America’s 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies
According to Inc., a monthly magazine aimed toward entrepreneurs and business owners, its list of the 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America celebrates “the superheroes of the U.S. economy.” These private companies “wield powers like strategy, service, and innovation,” the magazine states. The list features “businesses that exercise the body and the mind, push the boundaries…
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Survey Reveals Greater Philly Lagging Behind America’s Metro Regions in Startups
A new U.S. Census Bureau survey of the nation’s entrepreneurs puts Greater Philadelphia behind several other metro regions on a number of key economic growth indicators, writes Fabiola Cineas for Philadelphia Magazine. Philly lags behind America’s other major regions for the number of new businesses in the area and for its total of minority- and…
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Chocolatier from Glenside Wows Customers with Her Homemade Treats
Glenside resident MaryEllen Salamone recently opened her shop Made by Me at Chestnut Hill’s Fareway Market, where she sells her homemade chocolates, writes Stacia Friedman for the Chestnut Hill Local. Salamone, who graduated from Cheltenham High School, attended The Culinary Institute of America’s Baking and Pastry Program. She followed that up with 13 years of…
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Family Coffee Business in Hatfield Passes Leadership to Next Generation
Thomas Miller and his wife Cathie – who have been running Hatfield’s Thomas Miller & Co. for nearly four decades – are planning to retire and leave the family business in the capable hands of their son, Thomas Miller Jr., writes Amanda Cregan for The Associated Press. The company, founded by Miller in 1975, gives its…
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Entrepreneurial Couple Behind Conshohocken’s Waffatopia Celebrates National Waffle Day
What do you get when you pair an enzymologist with a marketing major after each spent a decade swiftly climbing their individual ladders in Corporate America? An enormous bank account? A house in the Hamptons? Perhaps a timeshare in the Bahamas? No. You get waffles. Huh? Yes, waffles. And ones better than any you’ve ever…
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Blue Bell’s Menu123 Gets Priced Out of Market
Mere months after launching its food ordering and delivery service in Montgomery County, Blue Bell’s Menu123 has shut down operations, having been undercut by rivals like Amazon, writes Kenneth Hilario for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Menu123’s business model was to arrange ordering and delivery from local restaurants that do not normally provide it. Following its…
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Norristown’s The Bacon Jams, Maker of Spreadable Bacon, Expands and Rebrands
If you cannot find your favorite The Bacon Jams product in your local store this fall, there is no need to panic, as it will be there, just under a new name, writes Kenneth Hilario for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Norristown company, popular for its delicious spreadable bacon, is undergoing a transformation, including rebranding…
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Conshy Girls Prove Friendship and Business Can Mix on the Main Line
Kim Strengari and Marianne Gere have proven that business and friendship do mix as their expanding restaurant business on the Main Line shows, writes Michael Klein for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The best friends now own two restaurants in West Conshohocken, Stella Blu and Gypsy Saloon, as well as the Southern Cross Kitchen in Conshohocken, the new…
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Horizon’s Mark Aitken Delivers Inspiring Keynote at PennSuburban Chamber’s Business Expo
Local small business owners got to hear one of the most successful business leaders in the area talk about what it takes to be the best, writes Dan Sokil for the Lansdale Reporter. Co-owner of Horizon Services Mark Aitken gave the keynote address to the PennSuburban Chamber of Greater Montgomery County’s Annual Business Expo at Gwynedd Mercy…
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Collegeville Yoga Bar Recognized as Emerging Business of the Year
Stefania Davidse did not expect that her first visit to a studio for a yoga class would lead her to a successful business venture, writes Susan L. Pena for the Reading Eagle. However, after discovering all the benefits, the Montgomery County native started taking six yoga classes a week while maintaining her teaching career. She then…
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President of KOP’s Bala Consulting Engineers Discusses How Businesses Can Weather the Storm
Michael Anastasio, president of King of Prussia’s Bala Consulting Engineers, was one of four CEOs who recently described, to an audience at the Radnor Country Club, how their businesses handled challenges on their pathway to growth. The chief executives spoke to the 120 members and guests of the Greater Philadelphia Senior Executive Group, an organization…
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Norristown Resident, Former Newspaper Delivery Driver Invents Handy Hook to Prevent Chaos in the Car
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Having for years delivered newspapers – the New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer among them – Norristown’s Geraldo Gonzalez became obsessed with figuring out a way to organize them without creating chaos in his car. The 45-year-old Gonzalez tinkered with suction cups and Velcro, before inventing The…
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Owner of Lansdale’s Wes Carver Electric Featured in House & Home Magazine
Wes Carver, the owner of Wes Carver Electric, a full-service electrical contracting company based in Lansdale, has been featured in this month’s edition of House & Home Magazine. In the “Ask the Experts” section of the May 2016 edition of the magazine, Carver answers a series of questions regarding the impact of landscape lighting on…
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Lower Merion Grad Raises $44K via Kickstarter to Expand Her Retail
A successful crowdfunding campaign has enabled Avi Loren Fox to expand her local retail company, Wild Mantle, to offer two more lines, writes Alison Burdo of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 29-year-old Narberth native just hit her $44,000 Kickstarter goal with three days to spare. Fox’s company got its start in September 2013 when the…
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Horsham’s AAMCO Franchise Named Best-Bet Investment Opportunity
AAMCO, the transmission-repair franchise based in Horsham, has again been named to Franchise Gator’s prestigious annual list of Top 100 Franchises to invest in for 2016. The AAMCO franchise is the rare, time-tested legacy brand that remains committed to innovation and trusted by consumers, and its proven business model continues to garner recognition in the…
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