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Ideas x Innovation Network

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    LionCage Pitch Competition Awards $35,000 to Southeastern Pennsylvania Entrepreneurs

    November 20, 2025

    Invent Penn State LaunchBoxes at Brandywine and Great Valley and the Ideas x Innovation Network (i2n), an initiative of the Chester County Economic Development Council…

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    Banking & Finance

    Busy Building the Business? Make Sure You’re Building It Right

    October 30, 2024

    Navigating the world of small business ownership is both an exciting and challenging endeavor. The path is often fraught with hurdles that test even the…

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    Leadership Profiles

    CCEDC to Induct West Chester University President into Chester County Hall of Fame

    February 7, 2024

    The leader of the largest university within Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education will soon be inducted into the Chester County Hall of Fame by…

  • Mike Grigalonis and Gary Smith
    Economic Development

    CCEDC Unveils Chester County’s Top Economic Milestones After Transformative 2023

    November 21, 2023

    The Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) is releasing the top Chester County economic milestones for fiscal year 2022-2023, after a transformative year in which…

  • Matt Cabrey
    Entrepreneurship

    New Director of Chester County-Based i2n Has Big Plans for Organization’s Future

    October 26, 2023

    Matt Cabrey, the new director of the Chester County-based Ideas x Innovation Network, or i2n, has big plans for the organization’s future, writes John George…

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    Economic Development

    Client Companies of CCEDC’s Ideas x Innovation Network Surpass $253 Million in Funding Raised

    October 26, 2021

    Leveraging the Chester County Economic Development Council’s Ideas x Innovation Network (i2n), which services life sciences and advanced technology companies in southeastern Pennsylvania, i2n client…

  • Economic Development

    With Help from i2n, Fifteen Local Companies Land $1.2m in Startup Funding

    January 28, 2019

    Fifteen startup companies in Chester County and Delaware County have been awarded over $1.2 million in tax credits by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and…

  • West Chester

    WCU, i2n to Host Workshop to Help Individuals Become Successful Angel Investors

    February 14, 2018

    Angel investing is hard work and requires knowledge, experience, and a lot of patience. Accredited and non-accredited investors, as well as anyone interested in investing…

  • Economic Development

    Ideas x Innovation Network Helps Chester and Delaware County Tech Startups Receive $1.21M Tax Credit Incentives

    February 11, 2018

    The Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) tax credits program is one of the largest unencumbered sources of financial support for high growth startup companies in Pennsylvania. There…

  • Commerce

    WCU, i2n to Host Workshop for Entrepreneurs Trying to Secure Angel Investment

    January 7, 2018

    Calling all regional entrepreneurs and founders of startup companies who are exploring angel-investment funding options. The Angel Venture Fair Education Workshop – presented in partnership…

  • Commerce

    WCU Welcomes Entrepreneurs for Networking Event with Startup Guru Bob Moore

    August 9, 2017

    Around 80 people attended a recent event hosted by West Chester University’s Edward Cottrell Entrepreneurial Leadership Center to hear the story of Bob Moore, the…

  • Entrepreneurship

    Engaging Entrepreneurs in the Burbs

    July 30, 2017

    By Leslie Rylke On Tuesday, July 25, more than 80 people gathered to promote entrepreneurship in the Philly Burbs.  The program, “Entrepreneurship Summer Meetup –…

  • Commerce

    CCEDC to Host Networking Event on Local Startup’s Story of Success

    July 24, 2017

    Want to learn how a local man built a successful analytics platform with more than 100 employees in less than five years? Join the Ideas…

  • Commerce, Nonprofit

    Evolve IP’s Guy Fardone Elected Vice Chair of i2n

    July 6, 2017

    The Executive Committee of the Ideas x Innovation Network (i2n), a program within the Chester County Economic Development Council, has elected Guy Fardone of Wayne’s…

  • Entrepreneurship

    Don’t Start Your Startup without the Ideas x Innovation Network

    August 21, 2016

    The Ideas x Innovation Network (i2n) is a program within the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC). The mission of i2n is to support emerging growth businesses…

  • Nonprofit

    CCEDC Is Sponsoring ICEd Coffee For Business People And Youth Initiatives

    August 26, 2014

    The Chester County Economic Development Council and Ideas x Innovation Network invite business people to once-a-month mornings of ICEd Coffee at the Innovation Center at…

  • Banking & Finance, Government & Civic Life

    Commissioner Costello Tours Walnut Street Labs For VISTA 2025

    May 23, 2014

    Ryan Costello, chairman of the Chester County Board of Commissioners, recently toured Walnut Street Labs in West Chester and spoke to local entrepreneurs at a…

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