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.
