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The Insider: Google Fiber Coming to Philadelphia?
On Friday, March 26th Philadelphia became one of more than 1,100 communities from across the United States who responded to Google's recent Request for Information on prospective locations for a Google Fiber Community Initiative for high-speed, broadband connectivity. The winning community will have access to Google's one gigabit per second network and will be a testing ground for a potentially transformative network offering Internet speeds over 100 times faster than normal. The City of Philadelphia's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Allan Frank submitted an application to Google on behalf of the city and has been working closely with local government, technology, entrepreneur and education leaders to gain wide support for this application.
Philadelphia's technology and entrepreneurial communities have embraced the Google initiative and have begun imagining the limitless possibilities of a Google-Philadelphia partnership. Gigabit Philly, led by Philadelphia city government, Philly Startup Leaders and IndyHall, is a collaborative movement between city leaders, technology and creative professionals and regional individuals and organizations all seeking to make Philadelphia the world's first gigabit city. The group's website, gigabitphilly.com, has become a repository for passionate, creative people to submit ideas as to what they could achieve with the gigabit network. The group will select the winning idea next month and award the brains behind the idea with a cash prize of at least $10,000 to get the idea off the ground. To date organizations including Philly Startup Leaders, The University of the Arts Corzo Center for the Creative Economy, Councilman Bill Green, CTO Allen Frank, Select Greater Philadelphia and numerous supportive community members have made donations to the prize pot.
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Spotlight Questionnaire
Your name: Steve Welch Your brief bio: In July 2007 (at the age of 29), Steven sold the Mitos group of companies that he had started building 6 years earlier to Parker Hannifin (NYSE: PH)-an S&P 500 company. Steven founded Mitos Technologies, Inc. in 2001. At Mitos he engineered and patented the Mitos FREE FLOW® valve-the premier valve for biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Under Steven's guidance Mitos developed six marketable patents all directed at improving biotech companies efficiency in manufacturing. The company developed a worldwide sales channel to promote and sell these products. Steven graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree from Penn State University. Steven has been an active Angel investor with Robin Hood Ventures. In 2008, Steve was selected as a member of the Philadelphia Business Journal's 40 Under 40 and Entrepreneur of the Year. Steven was awarded the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship to build bridges internationally in early stage startup communities.
Firm/company: DreamIt Ventures Occupation: Co-Founder Read More…
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SocialMediaPlus Offers Opportunity for Region's Businesses
Opportunity is knocking for the Delaware Valley's business community. With thousands of social networking sites worldwide and one billion active Internet users, the growing influence of the Social Media and Social Networking is unmistakable. Facebook alone has 350 million users. YouTube boasts more than one billion views every day. Tapping into that potential is something local businesses need to consider.
Enter SocialMediaPlus, a one-day business summit offering the region's business owners, executives, vice presidents, directors and managers, the opportunity to learn first-hand how to build brand, interact with customers and generate revenue using social media.
Scheduled for May 25 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, the event will feature nationally recognized experts and practitioners in social media, including several from the Philadelphia region. Four education tracks are planned - Executive, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, and IT - with 28 seminars. The presenters will share ideas, tips and case studies on developing, implementing and measuring social media programs.
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