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...
Creating the Future of Sustainable Growth in Philly w/ Michael Riley
Michael Riley, Cofounder of Boxter ContentBoxter.com @ContentBoxter @itsatechworld "Theres nothing better then getting out there and actually interacting with successful people, who are doing things they care about, and do it well." -- Michael Riley, Cofounder of...
Building a KickAss Startup w/ Satyajeet Shahade
Satyajeet Shahade, Cofounder and CEO of HootBoard @sshahade @hootboard "Hootboard was encouraged to enter in AngelList by Gabe Wineberg. He recommended us and it stays on our profile forever. It's based on that type of social proof validation that their (AngelList's)...
Walnut St. Labs & i2n Releases Office Hours
How do you ignite innovation? The way you ignite innovation is to connect innovators with that "right person". And then do it again. And again. And again.That's what we're doing starting today. Fact: 20 minutes with the right person can save you weeks, months, perhaps...
Begin with the End in Mind w/ Jeff White
Jeff White, CEO of Media Analytics @IMSReport imsreport.com "Be conscious of what path you will take when you hit the fork in the road. Know what NOT to do and be willing to admit it to yourself when you hit a dead end." -- Jeff White, CEO of Media Analytics "Your...
Tips for Business and Career Pivots w/ Chris Cera
Chris Cera, CEO of Arcweb Arcweb.co @Arcweb @chriscera "If you're trying to figure out what you're going to do in life, you have to recognize that all possibilities come through new people. It's pretty much a necessity that you meet new people to create new...
Instamour Demo
Kristen LaSalle, Cofounder & VP of Sales @instamour instamour.com What was the problem that Instamour is trying to solve? "At Instamour, our team has been using dating websites since the late 90’s and the newer mobile apps for years now. We have been carefully...
Make Money, Change the World: Cora- A High Growth For-Profit/For-Purpose Startup
Molly Hayward, Founder of Cora @Molly_Hayward @CoraWomen corawomen.com "My work at Cora has taken hold of me. It really found me. I certainly wasn't looking for it, but it's been incredible." -- Molly Hayward, Founder of Cora "My background was in economic...
Bootstrapping a MilkCrate; A Digital Hub for Sustainability
Morgan Berman, Cofounder and CEO of MilkCrate Philly MilkCratePhilly.com @MilkCratePhilly @morganberman "I didn't know how to write. I didn't know how to code. I just had the desire and the insanity to do it." -- Morgan Berman, Cofounder of MilkCrate Philly "My...
Prezi Bootcamp w/ the i2n Team
The CCEDC's i2n team visited WSL today for a crash course on Prezi. Our designers, Daniel, Jehrin and Mary are all very innately creative people who enjoy working with design softwares that are as fun and exciting as they are! We took the Prezi Bootcamp opportunity as...
EarthNight Demo w/ Rich Siegel
@cleaversoft @RichSieges What was the inspiration behind EarthNight? My friend Paul and I were playing lots of runner games at the time on iOS, and they all lacked depth. It was nothing like the kind of depth I had come to expect from great games. So, we set out to...
Funnel Optimizer demo at WSL
@brandonhilkert FunnelOptimizer.io What is Funnel Optimizer? Funnel Optimizer is a monthly subscription service to help bloggers provide more value to their audience and sell more of their products by offering subscribers access to new content and discounts, rather...
Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce (MACC) Visits WSL
It was great meeting Tracy, Sital and Roxanne from the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce, sharing Walnut St. Labs' vision, and learning about the coworking space and incubator that they're working on. We were thrilled to see how much interest they shared in our...
Brad Miller, Founder of MongoSluice
Brad Miller Presents MongoSluice Our Startup Meetup this week was perhaps the most technically stimulating event that we have hosted. Brad Miller has devote the vast majority of his free time to developing MongoSluice, a software tool developed to accelerate the rate...
Thank You Rick Nucci!
Rick Nucci Startup Meetup Vignette A Huge Thank You to Rick Nucci, President of Philly Startup Leaders, Co-Founder of Boomi & Guru . He spoke at WSL on Tuesday and we had so much fun. [video width="480" height="270"...
Rick Nucci @Walnustlabs
Today was an incredible benchmark for our Weekly Startup Meetups! When the WSL team tracked down Rick Nucci we downplayed the size of his expected speaking audience, so that if we 'packed the house' it would be a surprise. We worked really hard to appeal to all...
Waste Oil Recyclers: Eco-Incubator
Doing Earth Day Right! We invited Jim and Brenda from Waste Oil Recyclers to speak at our Earth Day Startup Meetup. We were inspired to hear all the great things they've done for their community, local businesses and their client-base. Below are some of the...
Senator Dinniman: The Paradigm Shift
Today @WalnutStLabs, Senator Dinniman shared his views on the post-industrial age of technology and how organizational structures have shifted. Standardization of labor and production has been replaced by customization, the pyramidal hierarchy of organizational...
WSL added to BFTP’s Southeastern PA List of Accelerators and Incubators
Last week, Walnut St.Labs was added to Benjamin Franklin Technology PArtners' Southeastern Pennsylvania site! WSL joins the list of the major Regional Company Incubators and Accelerators! We are thrilled to align ourselves with such a nuanced and community-oriented...
Discovering Music Instantly
Predicament: The day has started. You want a curated list of awesome music because you have a deadline by 10:00 AM for a Photoshop mock-up, and not even coffee will get you moving quick enough to let those keystrokes take you to the golden gates of completion. You...
We’re Out Of the Gate. Thanks To You.
Our first monthly newsletter: Check it out! In this issue: New Advisor: Andrew Schwabe, Founder of Point.io Press: Technically Philly Covers Walnut St. Labs Qio Launches 1.5 TalkFavorites.me Goes to Fundable to Raise Funds for Expansion inWorks Debuts...
It’s In the Thrill of Creative Effort
What's the formula for happiness? Lots of folks think that for entrepreneurs it's all about the exit. But it's not. An essay in today's New York Times by Arthur C. Brooks, the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank in Washington,...
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