Entrepreneurship
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Gazzos Steaks Opens First Shop in Pottstown to Huge Crowds
Gazzos Steaks, which built its reputation from a signature food truck and online followers, opened its first shop Saturday on South Hannover Street in Pottstown, writes Evan Brandt for The Pottstown Mercury. The grand opening had more than 40 people waiting in line for cheesesteaks, with one customer sleeping overnight in his car so he…
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West Philly Pastry Chef Leaves Restaurant Business to Launch Solo Baked Goods Enterprise
Pastry chef Emily Wilson left the demanding restaurant business to go it alone, and she is now building a community in West Philadelphia in the process, write Emily Rizzo, Sabrina Iglesias, and Erin Reynolds for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Wilson prepares her delicious baked goods in a professional-quality kitchen in the basement of a Wayne church.…
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SCORE Bucks County to Offer 10 Free Biz Workshops in September
In an ongoing effort to keep the small business community informed, SCORE Bucks County will offer 10 educational workshops for entrepreneurs and business owners in September. The online webinars feature a wide range of insightful topics for every stage of the entrepreneur’s business journey, including finding retail space for your business; setting up a new…
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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s Student Business Venture Wins Teamwork Award at Global Competition
Three Springside Chestnut Hill Academy seniors won the teamwork award at TYE Globals, a global entrepreneurship competition, with their RENTR business venture, according to a staff report from SCH.org. RENTR is a marketplace where the DIY community can browse rentable tools. The platform is starting with Chestnut Hill’s ZIP Code 19118 and will be adding…
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Villanova-Based Out2Win Helps Brands Leverage College Athletes as Influencers
Blue Bell native Jack Adler is a matchmaker whose company Out2Win helps connect businesses with influential college athletes for brand campaigns, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “It was really tough for brands to correctly evaluate athletes because there was a lack of information,” said Adler. “We solved that problem by building software…
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SCORE Bucks County Helps Winemaker Increase Annual Revenues
Shakia Williams always had an appreciation for wine. When she and her now-husband, Clifford, started dating, the couple savored moments together visiting wineries and doing wine tastings. From there, she began working at wineries. “I learned how to operationalize a winery and make wine,” said Shakia, the owner of Hatboro-based Cyrenity Sips Winery, a micro-winery…
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These Five Montco Gen Z’ers Among 13 Talented Overachievers Doing Big Things in Philly Suburbs
Five Montgomery County Gen Z’ers have found their place among the 13 talented overachievers doing big things around the Philadelphia suburbs, writes Gina Lizzo for Main Line Today. Ethan Mazer founded Empower Event Group when he was 15. Today, at 26, he is the head of a full-service entertainment company that organizes mitzvahs, Sweet 16…
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Jamison Mother-Daughter Duo Finds Sweet Success in Honey Business
A Bucks County mother-daughter team transformed their passion for beekeeping into a thriving business, according to The Reporter. Karen Zebrowski and Nikki Zebrowski-Beck founded Jamison-based Backyard Buzz while working as nurses at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia. Initially selling honey to coworkers and at local events, their part-time venture quickly grew in popularity. By 2021,…
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SCORE Bucks County Offers Numerous Business Webinars in August
In an ongoing effort to keep the small business community informed, SCORE Bucks County will offer nearly a dozen Augusts business webinars and educational workshops for entrepreneurs and business owners. The online webinars feature a wide range of insightful topics for every stage of the entrepreneur’s business journey, including bookkeeping for small nonprofits; establishing a…
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Philly Entrepreneurs Are Advocating for Lower Taxes
Philadelphia business owners were gathered in droves when Philadelphia’s revived Tax Reform Commission recently held its first public hearing, writes Pat Loeb for KYW Newsradio. The business owners were pushing for various tax cuts. Jeff DuVuono, has spent decades in the local real estate industry, and has seen suburban office space almost double while Philly’s…
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SCORE Bucks County Offers a Variety of July Business Webinars
In an ongoing effort to keep the small business community informed, SCORE Bucks County July webinars will offer more than a dozen educational workshops for entrepreneurs and business owners. The online webinars feature a wide range of insightful topics for every stage of the entrepreneur’s business journey, including business funding; a technology overview; developing a…
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SCORE Mentors Assist Client in Commercializing Software Program
As a fluent Spanish and English speaker, the late William R. Martin began interpreting at a young age. The son of Cuban parents, he frequently found it necessary to relay messages for his mother that were spoken in English, into their native tongue. “He helped my grandmother navigate the world,” Martin’s daughter, J. Nicole Martin…
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Philadelphia Ranks Among the Top 25 Best Cities in the World to Launch a Startup
Philadelphia is among the world’s top 25 cities for its startup ecosystem, writes Sarah Huffman for Technical.ly. The ranking comes from the annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report from trade association and research group Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network. Philly moved up two spots from its No. 27 ranking last year. Tiffany Wilson, president…
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SCORE Bucks County Guides HR Executive Laurie Wajda in Entrepreneurship
Starting a business was always in the back of Laurie Wajda’s mind, but her satisfaction in the corporate environment kept her vision just that. After leaving her corporate Human Resource executive position to spend time with family and continue serving as a board member with Bucks County Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Wajda,…
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SCORE Mentor Launches Small Business Resource Guide Tailored to Vets
Finding a job in a struggling economy can be challenging for individuals in various industries. Add in a return from military service and little or no transferable career skills and the challenge can be insurmountable. SCORE Bucks County mentor Norm Phillips recalled how a client he is mentoring with the local chapter of the national…
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Rob Jahn is the Visionary Brewer Behind Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co.
Rob Jahn, the visionary owner and lead brewer at Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. in Croydon, has been steering his brewery towards innovative heights, writes Jeff Tomik the Philly Voice. Under his helm, Neshaminy Creek has not only expanded its footprint across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland but also ventured into unique brewing experiments.…
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SCORE Bucks County Offers Wide Array of June Biz Webinars
In an ongoing effort to keep the small business community informed, SCORE Bucks County will offer more than a dozen June business webinars, and educational workshops for entrepreneurs and business owners. The online webinars feature a wide range of insightful topics for every stage of the entrepreneur’s business journey, including how to start a successful…
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Startup Run By Lower Merion Native Helps Hollywood Studios Improve Efficiency of Their Sets
RABS, a startup run by Lower Merion native Josh Weinberg, is helping movie and television sets run more efficiently, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Since it launched in 2018, RABS — short for Run a Better Set — has managed to land deals with “every single major studio,” said Weinberg, including Netflix,…
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