The Philly Startup Leaders Manifesto

In its short existence, Philly Startup Leaders has blossomed into one of the city’s best startup resources. Partly because Philadelphia’s startup scene is gaining traction, and partly because PSL is run by some really smart people.

TP covered the organization before the group’s BBQ last week.

To act as a guide, the group’s Board of Directors put their heads together and came up with a two page manifesto that has broader applications to many businesses. The document has never been seen outside of the PSL Board of Directors.

After the jump, read the philosophy that makes PSL tick.
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Philly Startup Leaders to throw BBQ

Update: Corrected the date Jennelle moved to the city.

Philly Startup Leaders has come a long way from eight guys talking shop over beers in September 2007.

“I knew right away it was not going to be a one-time thing,” co-founder Blake Jennelle says.

Jennelle had been living in the city for two years before deciding to start his own company in 2007. As he attended various events, he met those in similar situations, each thinking they were alone. After speaking with one entrepreneur after another, he encouraged them to all come out and talk business.

Since that fateful first meeting, PSL has blossomed into the largest and most active community of startup entrepreneurs in the region.

“You wouldn’t have recognized the city two years ago,” says Jennelle pointing to explosion of technology and startup organizations in 2007, including his own.

Since 2007, PSL has added roughly 400 members and is preparing for what they consider their third major event — a BBQ offering a chance for startup companies to mingle and network with one another.

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