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WCU Business Idea Competition Now Open to Entries
The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce is helping light the fuse that will spark creative genius within the area’s business scene. GWCC members can join with SCORE clients, West Chester high schoolers and West Chester University faculty, staff, alumni and students in a battle to uncover the best new business concepts through the 5th…
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Veteran of Coffee Industry, West Chester Resident Has Big Plans for His Small-Batch Roastery
After 16 years of nomadic but highly enjoyable work in the coffee industry, Gabe Boscana and his partner Mae have decided to start their own small-batch roastery in West Chester, writes Nick Brown for Daily Coffee News. The Boscanas started Máquina Coffee Roasters in their garage. Gabe decided to pull inspiration from his days working…
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Wayne Startup Looks to Transform Healthcare Industry for Pets
PetCoach, a three-year-old startup in Wayne, has the ambitious goal of becoming a key resource that pet owners can turn to when dealing with a pet-health issue, writes Diane Mastrull for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “At the end of the day, I want to transform the pet-health industry,” said Brock Weatherup, CEO and co-founder of the…
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Phoenixville Entrepreneur’s Business Model as Sweet as His Products
Fair trade and an honest price have produced a business model for a Phoenixville entrepreneur that is as sweet as his products. Bill Wiedmann’s Singing Dog Vanilla cultivates quality vanilla farmers in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea in order to deliver top-notch vanilla “beans, extract, coffee, tea, sugar, salt, bean paste, and lip balm,” according…
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West Chester’s Dave Magrogan Group Expands Brand Beyond Region with Restaurant in Florida
The sky is the limit for West Chester’s Dave Magrogan Group, as it successfully launched its seventh Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar earlier this month, writes Kenneth Hilario for the Philadelphia Business Journal. While this location – in Delray Beach, Fla. – is the first outside of the Philadelphia area, owner Dave Magrogan plans…
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Iron Hill Brewery Wins Smart CEO Award for Fostering Culture of Excellence
The Smart CEO’s Corporate Culture Awards recently acknowledged local craft beer powerhouse Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant for employee excellence, loyalty, and respect. “We want employees to inspire loyalty in guests, and we want managers to inspire loyalty in employees,” said Iron Hill President and Owner Kevin Finn. “We want every employee who works for…
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West Chester’s EnviroSure, a SCORE Small Business Award Winner, Reaches 10-Year Milestone
EnviroSure was founded in 2006 to help corporations and municipalities assess and address environmental concerns, and over the past 10 years, it has developed into a reliable and trusted partner in delivering timely assessments and solutions. This successful business model has resulted in the company’s steady growth, achieving its 10th anniversary in 2016. Scott Smith,…
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Siblings Behind Paoli Startup Are Finalists in $10 Million, Global Contest to Recreate Star Trek Device
Star Trek was a half-century ahead of its time. Only now are four siblings and natives of Broomall on the cusp of bringing to life a mobile diagnostic device reminiscent of the tricorder, a medical scanning device used by the likes of Dr. McCoy and Dr. Crusher in the science-fiction entertainment franchise. Emergency room physician…
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Chester 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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Region Flush with $6 Million for Digital Healthcare Startups
A big prize awaits the healthcare startups with the most promising cure to the industry’s future digital needs: a share of a new $6 million pie. The fund is the collaborative result of Philadelphia area leaders Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Independence Health Group, and Safeguard Scientifics, according to a PhillyVoice report by…
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Crowdfunding Cranks Up Success for Speaker Startup from West Chester
West Chester startup BumpOut just turned its ear to the savvy public for feedback on its concept of an expandable portable speaker, and crowdfunders cranked up the volume by providing BumpOut’s $50,000 goal in a mere four days. The device that can attach directly to your phone for “powerful, high-quality audio and rich bass” is…
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Malvern Veteran, Entrepreneur Endures Through Failure, Homelessness
Malvern’s Derek Rodenbeck is no stranger to difficulty and casualty, and now it’s faced him on both military and business turf. The Army veteran who has endured post-traumatic stress from his service in Iraq has also now endured a startup business failure and a resulting month of homelessness. Rodenbeck, however, has let none of it…
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Coatesville Businesses Gearing Up for Small Business Saturday
In preparation for this year’s Small Business Saturday, local business owners have banded together with Coatesville’s 2nd Century Alliance for their first unified day of savings. Small Business Saturday – on Nov. 26 this year – was created by American Express in 2010 as a way to engage small businesses in the success of special…
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Through Tragedy and Triumph, Great-Grandma, 91, Still Goes Strong at Her Company
McGovern, Inc. continues to expand and has moved from its Kennett Square headquarters and satellite locations to a centralized facility in West Chester. Meanwhile, founder and family matriarch Helen McGovern, 91, shows no sign of slowing down, according to a staff report from Southern Chester County Weeklies. McGovern has been in the septic business for…
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Exton’s STUDIOetc a Secret Worth Sharing
With a client portfolio that includes some of the most recognizable and diverse brands in the world, there’s no reason STUDIOetc in Uwchlan Township shouldn’t be a household name in its own industry and beyond. “I admit that sometimes I think clients hesitate to tell other companies about us because they want us to always…
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Unstoppable Student at Delaware County Community College Wins Prestigious Business Competition
Colleen McCloskey, a student at Delaware County Community College, recently won another prestigious competition for her company, Elite Pureed Meals, which provides people with swallowing difficulties pureed meals that look, smell, and taste like the real thing. An evening student at the college for nearly a decade, McCloskey won first place at the Keiretsu Forum…
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WCU to Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week with Events Free to the Public
Are you an entrepreneur? Want to start a business someday? According to Inc. magazine, 63 percent of 20-somethings want to start a business. If you want to start a business, or you own a business, join West Chester University in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week 2016. The WCU Dr. Edwin Cottrell Entrepreneurial Leadership Center is hosting…
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