Category: Top Stories

Drew Chapin’s Startup Newsletter Shares a Look at the Philly Startup Scene

After ten years in San Francisco’s high-energy, chaos-driven startup world, Drew Chapin expected that his next chapter might be a quieter one. But when that move turned out to be to Philadelphia – a city without an obvious on-ramp into its entrepreneurial scene – he found himself facing an unexpected Read More

From Telemarketing to Erewhon Market: How Banking Sales Tactics Helped Build a Premium Chocolate Brand

This is the belief of Kseniia Kuznetcova, who worked in bank sales for many years and then co-founded the vegan chocolate brand MONI Chocolate in Los Angeles, ensuring it was sold on the shelves of one of the most prestigious and demanding markets in the region – Erewhon Market. In Read More

Five Point Holdings to Buy Homebuilding Investor

Five Point Holdings LLC, the Irvine-based owner and developer of master-planned neighborhoods, announced today it entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Calabasas-based Hearthstone Inc., a private investment partner for homebuilders and residential developments. The acquisition will result in a newly formed business called Hearthstone Residential Holdings Read More

‘Peril in the Alps’ Provides Laughter and Intrigue at Laguna Playhouse Through June 29

Brian Mackey, Valerie Larsen, Amanda Sitton, Gabbie Adner, Christopher M. Williams and Omri Schein star in the Laguna Playhouse production of “PERIL IN THE ALPS,” written and directed by Steven Dietz and now playing at the Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach. There are a handful of famous literary detectives whose Read More