YorkKitchen celebrated its first birthday a few days ago. Already, the shared kitchen/culinary business incubator in downtown York has spawned 14 new and expanding companies and created 32 jobs.
Two releases, one from the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, and another from The Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corpoation, point to arts as an area of serious growth, and a powerful financial force in the region.
Lady Moon Farms, which started in 1987 on 22 acres in Selinsgrove and is today a year-round organic farming operation in Chambersburg, Georgia and Florida,has won an Innovation Award at Whole Foods� first Supplier Awards in Austin, Texas.
South Side-based Invivodata is expanding, adding 28,000 square-feet of space to its office in the Commerce Court building in Station Square. Hiring is underway.
The Independence Blue Cross Game Changers Challenge is now accepting applications. The idea is to link the muscle and financial power of big health care with the energy of startups.
Bottled in the Poconos, based in Philadelphia and promoted in Allentown, Humankind Water aims to solve a global problem. Now the nation�s biggest retailer has opened its tap.
A shift in the venture capital industry toward later-stage firms has created problems for entrepreneurs looking for early capital. Will successful exits change that in Pittsburgh?