Entrepreneurship

Erika Tapp Duran is a consultant at the Temple Small Business Development Center (SBDC). She works primarily with pre-venture and start-up businesses and teaches the BRIGHT business planning course and start-up programming. She brings over a decade of experience in community and economic development in Philadelphia. We recently sat down with Tapp Duran to chat […]

Temple’s own Silicon Valley is about to become a reality at Temple I: The Tech Mansion. 

Philip Michael, entrepreneur, and co-founder of NYCE, a real estate startup, set his sights on Temple University as the site of his own version of a co-living “hacker house” for student entrepreneurs with business venture ideas.

From 2018-2019, DeHoratius, BBA ’17, MS ’21 worked at Temple’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) as a graduate assistant and joined Temple’s SBDC as a business consultant in March 2020. She worked in the consulting field for the past few years but has extensive experience working in and with nonprofits, custom brokerage firms, market research […]

Located near the intersection of Frankford Avenue and Berks Street in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia sits Franklin & Poe, an apparel outfitter that specializes in durable well made clothing. The store houses garments made of premium materials that are ethically produced and expertly crafted.    Andrew Li, MBA ’16, is co-founder of Franklin & Poe. […]

Karl Kraus is senior business consultant with the Small Business Development Center and manager of the SBDC location at Temple University’s Ambler Campus. In his work with the SBDC, he provides general business consulting and advising services to businesses in the Greater Philadelphia Region. His focus is on companies involved in manufacturing, new product and […]

Many people started hobbies in 2020 due to being at home during the pandemic. However, Class of 2023 business management major Torri Burrell took her hobby to a new level. She always had a love for baking—at 12 years old, she started out making simple cakes for family gatherings. However, Burrell wanted to master the […]

 Javier Ballesté, MS ’20, never saw his career path leaning towards orthodontic treatment. Yet his passion for entrepreneurship helped spread access to orthodontic therapy. A graduate of the Fox Master of Science in Business Analytics program, Ballesté took his expertise in data-driven decision making to Phimentum in order to provide a solution to the kids […]

In the two years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 27 million travelers with disabilities took a total of 81 million trips, spending $58.7 billion on their own travel alone.  “One of the things I’ve discovered getting my foot in the door of the hospitality industry is that accessibility often feels like a burden for […]

Through the Institute for Business and Information Technology, students create digital services and e-commerce for Merchants Fund clients affected by COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2021 — Eileen Teti was thinking 2020 was going to be her year. She was in the process of renovating Hair Way to Beauty, a Northeast Philadelphia salon she had purchased […]

 Dominick Leuzzi and Matthew McCabe, BBA ’22, founded the Tea Shirt Company in 2019.   The Tea Shirt Company offers screen printing and embroidery services. The company’s name is a play on words, inspired by Leuzzi and McCabe’s beverage of choice during the initial stages of the creation of their business.  “I got to Temple and […]

Temple alumnus to pitch company during Friday, March 5, episode of hit television series PHILADELPHIA, March 1, 2021 — Since its founding in November 2017, Simply Good Jars has enjoyed quite the rise. The company’s Simply Smart Fridges were blanketed all over the city, present in gyms, hotels, coworking spaces and even the convention center. […]

With the release of his single, “Un1ty: An Anthem for Humanity,” Rushil Vishwanathan, Class of 2023, draws from the music that has surrounded him since he was a child. He comes from a musical family, but early on, he only saw music as a hobby. It was not until he started to sing, become more […]

Learning—and then learning by doing—ensures that students at the Fox School of Business have a solid theoretical foundation of knowledge as well as practical skills when they graduate. In recent semesters, the “hands-on” opportunities have changed, but in an ever-changing world, that can be a benefit for future members of the workforce.  For Wayne W. […]

Maura Shenker is the director of Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Maura is a creative thinker, serial entrepreneur, coach and consultant who brings a wealth of professional experience and entrepreneurial excellence to her role in directing Temple’s SBDC. Before joining Temple University, Maura served as director of Saint Joseph’s University’s Centers for Professional […]

This holiday season, it is more important than ever to shop smart, safely and small. Living and working in our own neighborhoods, many people have come to understand the importance of supporting your community, whether that be through ordering take-out from a pizza shop, purchasing handmade gifts from a local artisan or choosing to browse […]