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Frustrated by the bike shortage, a North Philly entrepreneur opened a shop to build and sell them himself
This has been a rough two years. Pandemic, job losses, partisan divides, racial tension, shuttered businesses, stay-at-home orders, skyrocketing homicide rates, and yes COVID-19. COVID, COVID, COVID. Delta, omicron, ad nauseam. Yet, photographer Whitney Thomas — whose subjects have included Meek Mill, Patti LaBelle, Robin Thicke and Stephen A. Smith […]
Philly entrepreneur hosts small business basketball tournament
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — “A lot of people get discouraged in the city, like you would never be enough or just becoming a product of the environment,” said Tari Wright. “So, any way we can switch that up. I think this is the perfect way.” Wright says he used to […]
15-year-old Philly entrepreneur appears on Shark Tank
I got to ask you, did the pandemic impact you at all? I mean, people did start wearing a lot of leisure wear. The pandemic, you know, impacted us like positively. I opened, you know, the SPERGO headquarters, my first store during the pandemic and the city of Philadelphia was […]