Thursday, November 19, 2009

GCV Graduation

A lot has happened in the past couple months. Amongst the more notable things, includes the completion of GoodCompany Ventures program. For the last few months, we have been participating in the GoodCompany Ventures’ incubator program. The curriculum included expert speaker panels, tailored strategic and industry advisers, and information sessions aimed at providing these companies with the resources they need to maximize growth. The ten businesses received training and mentorship at GoodCompany Ventures, and it culminated with a final pitch event. On Thursday, September 17th GoodCompany Ventures hosted a Gala Venture Fair to mark the culmination of the 2009 social business incubator. The Venture Fair was sponsored by Blank Rome LLP, Investors' Circle and RSF Social Finance. One of the feature speakers was Karen Randal of the Philadelphia Department of Commerce, an investor pitch session, and an evening networking event. For more information, check out their site at: www.goodcompanyventures.org

Since the final pitch event, we've been talking with cities and vigorously developing the website. We're planning on launching the front end website within the next few weeks, so hold on to those community requests and get ready to submit them! To stay in tune, sign up for our mailing list here.

As always, if you guys have any questions, suggestions or feedback about our development, let us know at ps@publicstuff.net