We ABSOLUTELY loved the#RAIN2015 energy @UCScienceCenter. Chris and I attempted build a list of 5 things that we learned but there was too much goodness, so we added one more to the list.
Night Owls Demo w/ myZyp
myZyp.com @myZypInfo @HSamant01 What was the problem your app aims to solve? "Communicating and sharing address and location information, on social media via mobile devices or even verbally, involves the creation and exchange of address information (house #, street,...
Ben Franklin Technology Partners and The Importance of Funding
For over 30 years, Ben Franklin Technology PArtners has been the leading seed stage capital provider for the region’s technology sectors, investing over $175 million in more than 1,750 regional technology companies, many of which have gone on to become industry leaders.
3D Printer Bootcamp v1 Wrap-up
The 3D Printer bootcamp started with a box of parts from PrintrBot and a goodie bag from Printed Solid. The PrintrBot Play was chosen for its quality parts and semi-ease to assemble. While it has a small build area, it is a solid 3D printer that should be able to support a budding 3D printer.
Indie Game Night w/ Skyless Game Studios
We asked Chris Bennett from Skyless Game Studios to hang out at Night Owls to play LifeLeap with our community. Skyless Game Studios leverages the power of video games to support and empower social, educational, and philanthropic causes. What was the problem your game...
Our 3d Printer Prototype Build
Wilhem, Andrew and I cracked open the box looking for a fun couple of hours of build time with the Printrbot “Play Kit” 3D printer. We had our tools in hand, a nice wide desk and a GoPro ready to document our afternoon conquest in preparation for the Walnut St 3D Printer Bootcamp.
#ProtoComp2015: It’s a Wrap!
So, we did it! We planned, promoted and executed the first 5-week prototyping competition of its kind. Unlike traditional hackathons, #ProtoComp2015 was geared toward providing access to creative technical projects. We didn't just build a design event for UI and UX...
Andrew Ervin Reads Excerpts of Burning Down George Orwell’s House
We like to thank Andrew Ervin for sharing passages of his new book, BURNING DOWN GEORGE ORWELL’S HOUSE with us, and once more for putting up with our choice to simultaneously host a prototyping competition! You can pick up Andrew’s debut book at either a hip indie...
Winners of #protocomp2015
Wow. We are kinda speechless right now. We have to gather our thoughts and take a deep breath. Right now we want to share some photos though 🙂 [gallery link="none" size="full" columns="2"...
Week Three #ProtoComp2015 Putting on the Finishing Touches
This whole #ProtoComp2015 experience with Unisys has been such an enlightening journey, on so many different levels. It's opened many doors in our community and we're grateful to serve as a change agent not only for Unisys and the contestant, but also for local...
#PTW15 is All About Community
We live in a very beautiful time in which the appeal of creative endeavors is beginning to outweigh the comfort and allure of barely equitable wages. More than ever, people are considering working for themselves, answering to their own ambitions and ultimately, serving their own passions.
WSL and Unisys #ProtoComp2015 Launch Party
The Walnut St. Labs Team and a few key Unisys people, namely Brittney Burchett, have busted their humps to ensure that our Prototyping Competition was a complete and utter success. There were a number of immediate challenges that beset the group in light of the event’s more “nuanced” format. The most blatant of which was the problem of ambiguity.
Bitcoin Panel Discussion
Four bitcoin enthusiasts weigh in on the current stage of bitcoin evolution during a collaborative panel discussion.
Unisys and Walnut St. Labs Partner for Innovative Prototyping and Software Design
WEST CHESTER, PA - Walnut St. Labs, an Innovation Lab in West Chester, PA, is partnering with Unisys Corporation to hold a product prototyping competition. The prototyping competition, to be held at Walnut St. Labs across five weeks starting on April 15, will be...
WSL’s Incubating Big Data Technology, MongoSluice, to Participate in Phorum Philly 2015
We are proud to announce that our incubating company MongoSluice, will be included in this year's Phorum Philly event. MongoSluice streams MongoDB to any RDBMS. Simply point MongoSluice to a MongoDB collection and any RDBMS data store and hit enter: watch data stream...
Jason Cox Demos MilkCrate V2
What was the problem or pain point that you and your team were hoping to solve? "We noticed how challenging it can be to live sustainably, especially in an urban setting, and we wanted to help people live more sustainably." -- Jason Cox, CTO of Milkcrate How does...
Beyond Wild w/Kip Wetzel
Kip Wetzel, VP of Social Media Strategy at Capital One @kipwetzel Kip Wetzel claims he’s just a “dirty hippie” despite the fact he’s probably the most dapper person in the room. Fifteen years ago, he abandoned an Andersen Consulting gig to embark on an odyssey, hiking...
Serial Startup Development w/Kyle Riggle
Kyle Riggle, Partner at EWS, CEO of Orth Cleaners @OrthCleaners @EWSystemsInc Kyle Riggle wants your dirty laundry. Seven months ago, the New York City-based entrepreneur bought Orth Cleaners, a dry cleaning business with locations in Coatesville and West Chester,...
FaceCrunch Demo
FaceCrunch Jonathon Beschen, Founder of FaceCrunch What was the Problem that you planned to solve with FaceCrunch? "There wasn’t a problem per se so much as new research that we found extremely intriguing. A/B advertising has been around for a long time but optimizing...
Sometimes the Straightest Path is a Curved Line w/Tracey Welson-Rossman
Tracey Welson-Rossman, Chief Marketing Officer at Chariot Solutions and Founder of TechGirlz.org @TechGirlz @TWelsonRossman @ChariotSolution “If we don’t engage women and underrepresented groups, the U.S. is going to be in trouble. By 2020, there is going to be a job...
Science as Creative Process w/Lars Knutsen, Requis Pharmaceuticals
Lars Knutsen, CEO and Co-founder, Requis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. www.requispharma.com Lars Knutsen’s introductory slide is filled with black lines resembling ant trails--diagrams of the chemical structure of the successful drugs he’s developed over the course of his...
Social Selling Made Easy w/Peter Strid, PeopleLinx
Peter Strid, VP of Sales at PeopleLinx @PeterStrid @PeopleLinx PeopleLinx.com Peter Strid has a hunch we are all pretty bad at using LinkedIn. When he asks the 75-person crowd who uses it, almost every hand goes up. “OK, now who considers themselves effective, or has...
Night Owls: We Joined Meetup.com
Despite the fact that Walnut St. Labs has spent the last year growing our community base through organic means, including our own ambitious social media campaigns and by word of mouth, we've took a leap of faith and joined the premier meetup site, meetup.com. Night...
A Trip Down Memory Lane: Melissa Alam’s Path to The Hive
Melissa Alam, Founder of The Hive and Femme & Fortune melissaalam.com @RingTheAlam thehivephilly.com @TheHivePhilly femmeandfortune.com There is a joyous fearlessness in Melissa Alam. Her latest venture is The Hive, a coworking space for female entrepreneurs in...
Be Bold, Take Risks and Find Balance w/ Dr. Chao Chen
Dr. Chao Chen, Co-Portfolio Manager at TFS Capital “In August 2007, our fund lost a lot of value very quickly, and we didn’t know why. It was a period where we had to face the fears of maybe losing the company, and losing money for investors. We learned a lot from...
1st Startup Meetup of 2015 w/ Yasmine Mustafa!
Yasmine Mustafa, Founder of ROAR & Leader of GirlDevelopIt Philly “I was born in Kuwait. My mother had an arranged marriage and had to ask for permission to go outside. She didn’t go to college, women at that time never dreamt of that. My brother was born here and...
Weekly Startup Meetup #52
#52: Round Table w/ The WSL Team @walnutstlabs wsldivi4.kinsta.cloud "We started Walnut St. Labs technically, about this time last year. I signed the lease and figured I would find a way to make it work. It was in large measure through a degree of instinct, and...
Office Hours Demo
officehours.wsldivi4.kinsta.cloud Henry Ventura is Technical Operations Manager at Walnut St Labs and created Office Hours new scheduling platform. Henry has added a variety of functionalities that competing products have failed to do. In addition to working at Walnut...
i2n Board Members to Check Out the Lab
i2n Board Member and Companies Plugged into our Framework Wednesday was an important day for us. Ideas x Innovation Network (i2n) came to visit and they brought some 40+ friends with them. The Ideas x Innovation Network (i2n) is a Chester County Economic Development...
Chris Merkner Reads @WalnutStLabs
After leaving his family to tour the United States this past year, Author and Professor Chris Merkner stopped in the Lab to read "In Lapland" aloud and share his unique perspective of his craft. Despite Chris' admitted hesitance or skepticism toward his own...
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