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Announcing our summer intern class

David Teten

Since then, he has co-written several business plans with fellow classmates and recently served as team leader on a Wharton Field Challenge consulting project for PhillyCarShare, a Philadelphia-based car-sharing startup. He was an early employee of a software start-up born out of the MIT Media Lab, Frictionless Commerce (acquired by SAP).

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How to Open a Successful Hair Salon

Up and Running

Dallas Alleman, the owner of Salon Du Beau Monde in New Orleans, and Avi Shenkar, the owner of Philadelphia-based BLO/OUT , have different backgrounds and different business models, but share similar strategies for success. However, he has opened two BLO/OUT locations in Philadelphia and is working on three other locations.

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7 Ways To Raise Your Visibility As A Business Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

Johnson accepted full company accountability on Twitter for a racial profiling incident at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. He could have claimed that a fired employee was at fault, but instead he closed 8,000 of his stores for a day to provide additional employee racial-bias training.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. I wanted to be a part of a community of consultants that would provide me with the opportunity to build relationships with other practitioners, share lessons learned, and periodically collaborate. Photo Credit: Will Bachman.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

Well, for starters, I was born in Philadelphia, so I’m a lifelong Eagles fan. But just give people a taste, and then what I would challenge the community here to do is, these different things that you’re not an expert on or you’re not good at, go back and read what Mark has written about it. 00:00:52] MARK: Sure.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

www.entrepreneur.com

Determining how to value sweat equity is key when negotiating with investors and employees. When you're getting started, sweat equity is often a critical component of your negotiating leverage with co-founders, early stage employees and others who aren't paid market wages to help you grow your business. BY Asheesh Advani. |.

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How Philadelphia is Winning a Startup Renaissance

The Startup Magazine

Philadelphia gets called a lot of things. One thing this historic city doesn’t often get noticed for is its emerging Philadelphia startup scene. Philadelphia has two huge positives for startups tapping the local talent pool: a diverse metro population of more than six million and a host of area universities.