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...
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...
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...
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...
#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...
We've asked Cofounder of Bergwall On Demand, Travis Bergwall to share his feedback after participating in an Office Hours session. The benefits of meeting with a specialist that can save you time and other valuable resources is better shown than told. "Office Hours is...
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)...
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...
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...
With the help of Yuriy Porytko and Dave Mann, we invited Amanda Lange to stop by the lab the and explain the benefits of becoming a network a Microsoft's Bizspark program. BizSpark is an international network of entrepreneurial startups and partners. Simply sign up,...
Raber Indoctrinates the NightOwls Gang Michael Raber joined us for a special edition of Night Owls last week. He talked to us about his new product, ClearCache and his plans to simplify configuration and managing of caching layers. I realize the title sounds a bit...
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...
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...
This is pretty brutal. But pretty good to know. Paul Graham: "Most investors decide in the first few minutes whether you seem like a winner or a loser, and once their opinion is set it's hard to change." In other words, half attempts are gonna show. Bigger excerpt for...
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