Entrepreneurship
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Penn Alums, ChompShop Founders, Present New Product on ‘Shark Tank’ After Last-Minute Name Change
University of Pennsylvania alums and ChompShop founders Kausi Raman and Max Liechty presented their new product to Shark Tank investors in the latest episode of the popular business reality show, after being forced to come up with a new name for their company at the last minute, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal.…
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SCORE Bucks County Mentor Gives Therapist Confidence to Launch Private Practice
Kristen Spear loved psychology since her senior year of high school, but the thought of operating her own therapy practice seemed too daunting. Until recently. Spear’s path to becoming a mental health practitioner began with a fork in the road as her initial degree and early profession was in the creative writing and editing field.…
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National Stress Awareness Day: How One Local Couple’s Innovative Product Helps People Manage Stress on the Go
Today, Nov. 6, is National Stress Awareness Day, the perfect time for West Chester entrepreneurs Paul and Lauren Richards to share the story behind their innovative product, StressGrip, a handheld tool they designed to help people manage stress on the go. Released in early 2020, StressGrip couldn’t have arrived at a more opportune time. As…
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SCORE Bucks County to Offer Free Biz Workshops in November
In an ongoing effort to keep the small business community informed, SCORE Bucks County will offer numerous educational workshops for entrepreneurs and business owners in November. The online webinars feature a wide range of insightful topics for every stage of the entrepreneur’s business journey, including building and protecting your brand with Amazon; creating a business…
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SCORE Bucks County Celebrates 60 Years of Supporting Small Businesses
SCORE Bucks County is celebrating 60 years of helping America’s small businesses launch, grow and thrive. The chapter provided nearly 2,800 mentoring sessions in fiscal year 2024 – a 20 percent increase over 2023 – and is on track to continue that upward trajectory as mentors guide business owners from Bucks County and eastern Montgomery…
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After 34 Years at QVC, Former Host Takes On Scrub Daddy
Longtime QVC host Dan Hughes has stayed busy since his layoff from the West Chester-based television shopping network, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Hughes was dismissed after 34 years with the home shopping channel. While the entire experience has been unexpected and unpleasant for him, Hughes was surprised by the reaction from…
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Unlocking Innovation: LionCage Pitch Competition Launches to Empower Bucks County Entrepreneurs
Invent Penn State LaunchBoxesTM at Brandywine and Great Valley and the Ideas x Innovation Network (i2n), an initiative of the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC), are partnering to deliver a new pitch competition to support entrepreneurs and innovators across all of southeastern Pennsylvania. The LionCage is a new event that features pitch presentations across four…
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SCORE Bucks County Has 13 Free Business Workshops in October
In an ongoing effort to keep the small business community informed, SCORE Bucks County will offer more than a dozen educational workshops for entrepreneurs and business owners in October. The online webinars feature a wide range of insightful topics for every stage of the entrepreneur’s business journey, including developing financial projections for your new business;…
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The Foundry Expanding West Court Street Headquarters In Doylestown
The Foundry, a trendy co-working space in Doylestown is expanding its headquarters into the first floor at 95 West Court Street in Doylestown Borough, writes Jeff Werner for Patch. The expansion doubles the space for entrepreneurs who now use the building that was formerly a 19th Century horse carriage construction and repair business known as…
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Esthetician Calls SCORE Mentor ‘Prominent Figure’ in Her Business
In middle school, JaHannah Queen Mary Pitchford turned to makeup as a confidence-building tool while enduring school bullying. “I started playing around with makeup and I fell in love with it because it made me feel pretty,” said Pitchford. “I thought, if that’s what makes me happy, why can’t I do that for other women?”…
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West Philly Pastry Chef Leaves Restaurant Business to Launch Solo Baked Goods Enterprise
Pastry chef Emily Wilson left the demanding restaurant business to go it alone, and she is now building a community in West Philadelphia in the process, write Emily Rizzo, Sabrina Iglesias, and Erin Reynolds for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Wilson prepares her delicious baked goods in a professional-quality kitchen in the basement of a Wayne church.…
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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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SCORE Bucks County to Offer 10 Free Biz Workshops in September
In an ongoing effort to keep the small business community informed, SCORE Bucks County will offer 10 educational workshops for entrepreneurs and business owners in September. The online webinars feature a wide range of insightful topics for every stage of the entrepreneur’s business journey, including finding retail space for your business; setting up a new…
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SCORE Bucks County Helps Winemaker Increase Annual Revenues
Shakia Williams always had an appreciation for wine. When she and her now-husband, Clifford, started dating, the couple savored moments together visiting wineries and doing wine tastings. From there, she began working at wineries. “I learned how to operationalize a winery and make wine,” said Shakia, the owner of Hatboro-based Cyrenity Sips Winery, a micro-winery…
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These Five Montco Gen Zers Among 13 Talented Overachievers Doing Big Things in Philly Suburbs
Five Montgomery County Gen Zers have found their place among the 13 talented overachievers doing big things around the Philadelphia suburbs, writes Gina Lizzo for Main Line Today. Ethan Mazer founded Empower Event Group when he was 15. Today, at 26, he is the head of a full-service entertainment company that organizes mitzvahs, Sweet 16…
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Jamison Mother-Daughter Duo Finds Sweet Success in Honey Business
A Bucks County mother-daughter team transformed their passion for beekeeping into a thriving business, according to The Reporter. Karen Zebrowski and Nikki Zebrowski-Beck founded Jamison-based Backyard Buzz while working as nurses at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia. Initially selling honey to coworkers and at local events, their part-time venture quickly grew in popularity. By 2021,…
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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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SCORE Bucks County Offers Numerous Business Webinars in August
In an ongoing effort to keep the small business community informed, SCORE Bucks County will offer nearly a dozen Augusts business webinars and educational workshops for entrepreneurs and business owners. The online webinars feature a wide range of insightful topics for every stage of the entrepreneur’s business journey, including bookkeeping for small nonprofits; establishing a…
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