Entrepreneurship
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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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Meet SCORE Award Winner: Chester Community Improvement Project
Each year SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties recognizes owners and entrepreneurs that have demonstrated unique vision, innovation, and achievement in support of our local economy and small business community. Congratulations to the six small businesses and nonprofits honored on June 6 at the annual Small Business Achievements Awards event at Penn Oaks Golf Club in…
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Ten Chester County Companies Make Upper Half of This Year’s Inc. 5000 List
Ten Chester County companies placed in the upper half of the Inc. 5000 list for 2024, the publication’s annual ranking of the fastest-growing companies in the United States, writes Lisa Dukart for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Companies that qualified for the list had to undergo revenue verification for the years 2020 to 2023 as well…
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Meet SCORE Award Winner: Balia Nanny Referral Service
Each year SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties recognizes owners and entrepreneurs that have demonstrated unique vision, innovation, and achievement in support of our local economy and small business community. Congratulations to the six small businesses and nonprofits honored on June 6 at the annual Small Business Achievements Awards event at Penn Oaks Golf Club in…
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For Founder of Wayne’s Jane Win Jewelry, Seventh Year in Business Is Lucky One
For Jane Winchester Paradis, the founder of Wayne-based Jane Win Jewelry, the seventh year in business is a lucky one, writes Antonia DePace for the Philadelphia Magazine. “For me, the number seven is a big one,” she said. “It has always been my lucky number, especially since I have a family of seven.” Last year,…
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Meet SCORE Award Winner: KiposTech
Each year SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties recognizes owners and entrepreneurs that have demonstrated unique vision, innovation, and achievement in support of our local economy and small business community. Congratulations to the six small businesses and nonprofits honored on June 6 at the annual Small Business Achievements Awards event at Penn Oaks Golf Club in…
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Wharton School Grad Who Founded Harken Sweets is Redefining Indulgence With Her Plant-based Candy Bars
Katie Lefkowitz, a Wharton School graduate and founder and CEO of Harken Sweets, founded her “superfood-infused” candy bar company in 2022 after a cancer scare, writes Amanda Breen for Entrepreneur. The self-proclaimed “Snickers fanatic” started considering food as medicine and experimenting with her concept in the kitchen. “I wanted to recreate those classic candy bars,…
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SCORE Celebrates 60th Anniversary With Regional Pitch Competition
Are you ready to take your product or service to the next level? This summer, be a part of SCORE’s 60th Anniversary Pitch Competition and pitch your business to a panel of industry experts. Compete for a chance to win up to $20,000 for your business and receive invaluable mentorship and exposure along the way.…
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Founder of Square Roots Collective in Kennett Square on a Redemptive Quest
Mike Bontrager, the founder of Square Roots Collective in Kennett Square, is on a decades-long redemptive quest to achieve restoration through sacrifice, according to a staff report from The Praxis Journal. Bontrager started his career at Chemical Bank (now JPMorgan Chase), where he realized that the imbalance of information on Wall Street encouraged exploitative behaviors.…
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Meet SCORE Award Winner: Pivot Mindset
Each year SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties recognizes owners and entrepreneurs that have demonstrated unique vision, innovation, and achievement in support of our local economy and small business community. Congratulations to the six small businesses and nonprofits honored on June 6 at the annual Small Business Achievements Awards event at Penn Oaks Golf Club in…
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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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Vanguard Continues to Shrink BlackRock’s ETF Market Share Lead
The race for dominance over the ETF market share between BlackRock and Vanguard Group has been shifting in favor of the Malvern-based investment giant, writes Jeff Benjamin for etf.com. New York-based BlackRock’s iShares brand has $2.79 trillion in 417 ETFs in the U.S. and $3.84 trillion globally in 1,147 ETFs. Meanwhile, Vanguard’s U.S. ETF footprint…
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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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Meet SCORE Award Winner: West Chester Hoops
Each year SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties recognizes owners and entrepreneurs that have demonstrated unique vision, innovation, and achievement in support of our local economy and small business community. Congratulations to the six small businesses and nonprofits honored on June 6 at the annual Small Business Achievements Awards event at Penn Oaks Golf Club in…
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Owner of Zena Florist in Kennett Square Honors Late Friend’s Memory
Maria Navarrete-Olvera, owner and designer of Zena Florist in Kennett Square, embraced her interest in flower arranging after her best friend and mentor, Laurie Sicko-Szoke, passed away eight years ago from terminal cancer, writes Joan Holliday for The Daily Local News. Navarrete-Olvera and Sicko-Szoke worked together at Penn State Extension in Chester County, serving the…
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SCORE 2024 Awards Highlight Business Owners With Strategic Focus
It’s time for the SCORE 2024 awards, that time of year when SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties takes great pride in celebrating the milestone accomplishments of entrepreneurs who are working closely with their SCORE mentors. Six small businesses and nonprofits were honored on June 6 at the annual Small Business Achievement Awards event at Penn…
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Mother-Son Duo Spreads Autism Awareness Through Inspirational Clothing Line
Grayson Arbutina, an 11-year-old with autism, has created a clothing line alongside his mother to help inspire people with autism to use their voices any way they can, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6ABC. Grayson was diagnosed with autism at 2-years-old and uses an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device to communicate with others. In April,…
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Fragale Brothers Barber Shop in Kennett Square Has Over Century-Long History
Over a century since it first opened, a barber shop on South Union Street in downtown Kennett Square is still going strong, writes Jim Graham for The Hunt. The shop was started at the end of the 19th century by Fred Guy, who sold it to Frank Simeone at the start of the Great Depression.…
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