Does spring cleaning give anyone else the urge to clean up their tech skills? As we head into April next week, events season sure is picking up and we have a plenty of options, from taking a bet on a cybersecurity business to entry-level hackathons to the return of the Women in Tech Summit.
Philadelphia
Technically Philly: Marvin Weinberger’s Makers Meetup is returning from a pandemic hiatus
It’s been at least two years since inventor and entrepreneur Marvin Weinberger has been able to gather folks for his Makers Meetup. The event series is meant to offer the chance for anyone in the startup scene whose company produces some sort of physical product to gather, network, hire and maybe even raise some money.
Atlanta Black Star: How Black STEM Students Are Keeping Philadelphia’s School Technology In Working Order, One Computer At a Time
West Philadelphia High School responded to the pandemic like many other school districts across the country by sending its nearly 198,000 students home to learn on school-issued Chromebooks. Naturally, the technology endured wear and tear, and the district tapped one of its three computer systems networking programs to get the devices back in working order.
Technically Philly: Volumetric video startup Soar sees itself in the metaverse
Since college, Anthony Fenu has worked on building companies where the world we perceive can translate just as it does three dimensionally, but digitally. He started working with early VR technology while at William Patterson University in North Jersey, and began building a company with a handful of friends.
Travel Noire: Brothers Who Created Philly’s First Black-Owned Delivery Service Are Now In 5 Cities
In just three years of launching the first Black-owned delivery service, twin brothers Aaron and David Cabello have managed to expand. Their Black and Mobile App started in Philly back in 2019.
Technically Philly: City of Philadelphia is re-upping its investments to diversify the tech talent pipeline
In late 2020, amid calls for cities to better support diversity in their tech sectors, the City of Philadelphia launched the PHL: Most Diverse Tech Hub initiative. A year later, it’s doubling down on that commitment.
PHL Inno: Amid Philadelphia’s $8.1B VC boom, female-founded startups see funding surge by nearly three-fold
As the Philadelphia region’s venture capital scene reached new highs in 2021, so did the amount of funding flowing into local women-owned startups.
Technically Philly: Power Moves: Philly’s former director of civic tech heads to Google
Aaron Ogle, the City of Philadelphia’s former director of civic technology, is taking his civic tech chops to Google. He comes to the role after nearly three years at DC’s Nava, which builds software for governments, as the company’s senior engineering lead, then director of engineering.
Technically Philly: These West Philly High students run a Chromebook repair shop — and share their expertise on TikTok
Tech training takes many forms — coding bootcamps, IT certificates, device repair for teens. Also, TikTok.
Axios: Philly’s tech sector sees modest growth
Philadelphia is one of the cities benefiting from the diffusion of tech jobs from traditional concentrated areas like the Bay Area and New York City during the pandemic.