Hacker Haven: Far McKon Makes It
Far McKon has hacked his way into Philadelphia's maker scene in less than two years, and anyone who has longed to do it themselves is better off for it.
Far McKon has hacked his way into Philadelphia's maker scene in less than two years, and anyone who has longed to do it themselves is better off for it.
The same collaborative spirit Ben Franklin used to transform the city nearly 300 years ago is thriving once again in Philadelphia, where a growing group of creatives are shaping the new economy.
Ann Dugan took the hard, unlikely road to entrepreneurial success. The leader of the University of Pittsburgh's Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence talked to Keystone Edge about lessons culled and taught through the years.
Jesse Schell's life has followed a winding path, much like the rapid changes that have defined entertainment technology in the past 10 years.
Last summer, 11,000 people flocked to rural Kempton in Berks County for the Pennsylvania Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Festival.
The state's first new medical school welcomed its inaugural class last month in Scranton, so we talked to dean and president Robert D'Alessandri about the The Commonwealth Medical College's challenges, expectations and assets.
In Phoenixville, an arts and entertainment redevelopment strategy has put its downtown on centerstage. It's one of several examples throughout Pennsylvania that illustrate how the arts can elicit economic development as well as standing ovations.
A planned culinary incubator in West Philadelphia is looking to produce successful food entrepreneurs with a new recipe that includes economic and community development.
Bill Clark, executive director of the region's largest hunger relief agency, Philabundance, says he gets weird stares when he tells people his Philadelphia-based organization is in the middle of a capital campaign.
New York native Chris Haran has tried to bring a little of the Big Apple with him to Northeast Pennsylvania.