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Only You Can Prevent Road Rage
Even though our mission is to fill these pages with news and events that celebrate Montgomery County, occasionally something so tragic happens that we would be remiss if we let the event pass without comment. Such an event happened on the Route 100 ramp feeding on to Route 202 in West Chester during rush hour…
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Nutrisystem CEO: An Engineering Approach is Key for Turnarounds
If you are looking to successfully turnaround a company, the best way is to use an engineering approach, writes the CEO of Nutrisystem, Dawn Zier, for Philadelphia Business Journal. Zier joined the Fort Washington Company with one goal, to turn it around. To achieve this, she applied her engineering experience on four key areas, culture,…
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Keystone Property Group Makes Headway on $100M Development in Conshohocken
After three years of waiting, Keystone Property Group has finally received zoning approval for a $100 million mixed-use project in Conshohocken, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. However, the unusually process did not come as a surprise to Keystone. “It’s a very complicated project,” said Rich Gottlieb, Keystone president. “It’s more complicated than anything…
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Forbes: Campbell’s Soup Heir Dorrance Malone Continues her Reign as State’s Wealthiest Resident
Like many of America’s wealthiest, Pennsylvania’s richest person has ridden the stock market to new highs this year. Mary Alice Dorrance Malone added more than half a billion dollars to her inherited Campbell’s Soup fortune, growing it from $3.2 billion at the end of 2015 to $3.8 billion as of June 9, according to a…
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Bryn Mawr’s All-Girl Baldwin School Inspire Unity and Growth
Bryn Mawr’s all-girl Baldwin School creates a sense of solidarity among its students and inspires them to make a difference in the world, writes Madeleine Marr for Philly.com. Marr gave the graduation address at the school this month. In it she reflected on her decision to join Baldwin and everything she learned during her years…
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Book Notes: Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty
By Leslie Finkel What a great read! Funny and insightful, Getting Naked uses a “fable” to illustrate how best to market management consulting services – however, the model that the author, Paul Lencioni posits is applicable across any business that builds and manages client relationships. Lencioni owns a management consulting firm and is the New…
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Lower Merion’s Dreamland Fairy Brings Magic and Creativity to Children’s Homes
Cassie Slane and Ami Van Dine came up with a unique business idea during their daughters’ playdate which has now become a booming business, writes Jonathan Takiff for Philly.com. The two Lower Merion mompreneurs founded Dreamland Fairy which has already sold tens of thousands of Fairy House kits through independent toy stores and Amazon. The…
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Upper Merion High School Alum, Soon-to-be Congressman Used to Be Godfather of Montana Technology Scene
Congressman Greg Gianforte, famous for body slamming a reporter on the eve of his election, is also the founder of a successful software company in Montana, writes Gerrit De Vynck, Karen Weise, and Brian Womack for Bloomberg. Gianforte first revealed his entrepreneurial abilities at Upper Merion High School. While playing as a guard on the…
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Digital Advertising Really Can Work For B2B
By Julie Friedman Bacchini There seems to be a bit of a persistent myth out there that digital marketing, pay per click advertising in particular, is not effective for business to business (B2B) companies. We have certainly heard these particular refrains, or something of their ilk pretty frequently: “Our sales cycles are so long, AdWords…
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Ambler Yards Woos Businesses with Easy Commute and On-Site Amenities
Once a chemical company campus, Ambler Yards is now home to a growing number of companies that are taking advantage of its easy commuter access and numerous on-site amenities, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. “There’s nothing like this around,” said Karl Miller, vice president and principal of Kupper Engineering, which recently leased 20,000-square-feet…
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Inovio Enrolls 160 Puerto Rican Volunteers for Zika Vaccine Study
Plymouth Meeting’s Inovio Pharmaceuticals has enrolled 160 healthy adult volunteers in Puerto Rico for a clinical study of its experimental Zika vaccine, writes Linda Loyd for Philly.com. Earlier this year, the company received positive results from a similar Zika clinical trial on humans. These were done at various Northern American locations including Philadelphia. After them,…
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Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion
E-commerce behemoth Amazon.com has entered into an agreement to buy the Whole Foods grocery chain for $13.7 billion, or $42 per share, writes Will Anderson for Philadelphia Business Journal. As part of the deal, John Mackey, a co-founder of Whole Foods, will stay on as the company’s CEO. Whole Foods will also continue to be…
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MONTCO Today is Taking a Vacation; We’ll Return on Monday, July 24
Every hard worker is entitled to a vacation, and that time has arrived for the handful of us here at MONTCO Today who work hard to keep you up to date on the positive, upbeat news and events in Montgomery County. The employees at MONTCO Today are taking a one-week hiatus from July 17-21 to…
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Eight Attorneys from Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin Receive Peer Recognition
Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin – a law firm with offices in Lansdale, Limerick, and Harrisburg – has announced that four of its attorneys have been named to the 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list and four of its young lawyers have been named to the 2017 Pennsylvania Rising Stars list. Attorneys named to the…
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Horsham Days Hosts Monty Fox, VFTCB’s New Mascot
Monty Fox, Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board’s new four-legged mascot, showed up at the Horsham Days celebration this past weekend – his first public appearance in the county after being introduced at board’s golf outing on May 15th. He was a big hit, even meeting Pa State Representative Todd Stephens and his family. …
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Do You Know What Your Competitors Are Doing Online?
By Julie Friedman Bacchini Let’s start even more basic than that question – do you know who your online competitors are? SPOILER ALERT: They might not be who you think they are and/or they might be different from your offline competitors! During the course of any marketing strategy engagement, one of the first questions we…
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Kellogg’s Horsham Distribution Center to Close
As part of its switch to a warehouse distribution model, Kellogg is closing its Horsham distribution center resulting in the loss of 292 jobs, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. The layoffs at the 22,177-square-foot facility will take place between August 4 and August 17. However, Kellogg spokesman, Kris Charles, said that while the…
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LinkedIn’s Cool New Advertising Features
By Julie Friedman Bacchini LinkedIn advertising has taken a big leap forward in recent months, adding features that bring it more inline with the largest advertising players – Google AdWords and Facebook. Advertising on LinkedIn works the same way it does on other platforms, advertisers set up campaigns, choose their targeting methods, create ads and…
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