Entrepreneurship : Featured Stories

With transportation, commercial and residential developments surrounding Fishtown and Brewerytown, Girard Coalition begins a redesign of its strategic plan, hoping to connect the neighborhoods.

Organizing two landmark events that engage and nurture innovation in the tech and creative communities, she might be the busiest woman in Philly this month. Barcamp Philly and TEDx Philly happen just six days apart next week, and they definitely won't be lame.

The five year-old Philadelphia company founded by Dr. Daniel Skovronsky and focused on novel molecular imaging able to detect the early stages of Alzheimer's gets a giant boost.

The ABC reality show was only the beginning for this Kensington designer and retailer of hand-sculpted 3D helmets. Sons of Anarchy wants him as he expands his business to do more one-of-a-kind work.

Veteran vegetarian chef Mark Mebus and graphic designer Ryan Moylan, who met as punk-rocking teenagers in NYC, have combined to open Philly's first vegan pizzeria in Society Hill, and the result is surprisingly stellar.

If you thought the annual forum for memoir and documentary art couldn't get any more awesome, you'd be mistaken. More theatrical performances, including multiple premieres, and a tribute to a Philly legend make the ninth edition a can't miss celebration.

Jay Baker, an alum and the former president of Kohl's department stores, and his wife Patty build off the existing Baker Retailing Center at Wharton to stimulate growth, innovation and education in the sector here and abroad.

Sharing is caring, right? The good people at Bike Share Philadelphia care an awful lot about what they do, and they're hosting two bike-sharing demonstrations in Center City.  

Co-working isn't for everyone, but for those among Philadelphia's legion of free-flyers, there is no place they'd rather be. We spent the day with them to find out why Independents Hall has become a hub for tech and creative entrepreneurs.

The still-developing carbon trading market is not unlike the Wild West. Focused exclusively on forest carbon projects, a Wayne startup is writing the rules of the game and has become the country's leading player in that niche.

We live in one of the most important bioscience clusters in the world. This year's edition of Biotech 2010 will put it all on display  Wednesday and Thursday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

They are the music makers. They are the dreamers of dreams. Modern day chocolatiers are mixing nostalgia with innovation and creating a new batch of creamy, sugary ventures all over Philadelphia.

With its newest product, a migraine headache patch that cures pain and reduces side effects, Conshohocken's NuPathe Pharmaceuticals and its serial entrepreneur co-founder Jane Hollingsworth have hit the big time.

While Roy Halladay was responsible for seventh heaven on one end of Broad Street, Switch Philadelphia provided seven minutes in techie heaven for some of the region's most promising startups on the other. The pitches there were almost as amazing.

Led by festival founder and design guru Hilary Jay, DesignPhiladelphia has established itself as an organic, comprehensive and cutting-edge festival that is the envy of other cities and the pride of ours. It's on Oct. 7-17 all over Philly.