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Category Archives: Entrepreneurs

August 25, 2016

Erie’s New American Dream

Community Redevelopment, Development, Economic Life, Entrepreneurs, Erie PA

Erie’s New American Dream

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by James Fallows

Relying on media or political voices alone, it’s easy to see places like the Rust Belt as blighted and economically run-down. But innovation, creativity, and diversity are redefining the nation’s mid-sized cities. (Read it here.)

March 17, 2016

Listening to Montana

Arts, Chester MT, Entrepreneurs, Life on the Road

Listening to Montana

by Deborah Fallows

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In Chester, Montana, a world away from city life inspires an artist’s music.  (Read it here.)

 

December 23, 2014

How to Create a Tech Startup Scene If You’re Not in Silicon Valley

Collaborations, Colleges and Universities, Economic Life, Entrepreneurs, Pittsburgh PA • Tags: High-tech, Pittsburgh PA

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by John Tierney
Pittsburgh’s success provides important and surprising clues. (Read it here.)

December 5, 2014

Another Look at Salt-Harvesting in West Virginia

Charleston WV, Entrepreneurs

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by James Fallows
Combine ancient ingredients with a modern sensibility, and a new business takes form (Read it here.)

December 5, 2014

Artisanal Salt from an Ancient Sea

Charleston WV, Entrepreneurs • Tags: Salt harvesting

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by James Fallows
A different kind of underground wealth is the source of a new business in West Virginia.  (Read it here.)

November 15, 2014

America’s Tiniest Innovators: Report from Pittsburgh

Economic Life, Education, Elementary Schools, Entrepreneurs, Pittsburgh PA • Tags: Pittsburgh PA

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By Deborah Fallows

Teaching technology and life lessons in an urban elementary school
(Read it here.)

November 14, 2014

The Story of ‘Moop’: How a Company Came to Be

Entrepreneurs, Pittsburgh PA • Tags: Pittsburgh PA

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By John Tierney

A Pittsburgh woman managed to build a successful bag company from a failed effort to make a dress.
(Read it here.)

November 11, 2014

The iPhone Case That Can Call the Police

Entrepreneurs, Pittsburgh PA • Tags: Pittsburgh PA

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by John Tierney

A startup in Pittsburgh has designed a smartphone case and app to deter assault. (Read it here.)

November 7, 2014

The Company That Turns Plastic Bottles Into Fabric — And Jobs

Entrepreneurs, Pittsburgh PA • Tags: Pittsburgh PA

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by John Tierney

A startup in Pittsburgh shows what a social enterprise is capable of.
(Read it here.)

November 4, 2014

The Hard Road to Making Hard Liquor

Allentown PA, Entrepreneurs • Tags: Allentown PA

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by John Tierney

A look at a nascent distillery in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley.
(Read it here.)

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