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WSFS Bank thinks beyond the branch
A Delaware savings bank built a business around the places money gets stuck: in a till, in a loan application, and between one generation and the next.
Rodger Levenson and the value of taking the long way
Before he ran WSFS, Rodger Levenson carried hotel bags, trained in Philadelphia banking and learned the business from four different executive desks. His career asks a practical question: how big can a hometown bank grow while keeping its sense of place?
Patricia V. Rivera and the Question of Who Gets Heard
She left newspaper work to help organizations communicate across languages. In Delaware, Patricia V. Rivera built Hook PR & Marketing, then found her way back to local journalism through its boardroom.
William D. Provine and the Trouble with a Perfectly Good Lab
After decades at DuPont, William D. Provine helped build a home for science startups in Delaware. Then came the useful discovery that even a well-equipped laboratory cannot cover every bill.
Neill S. Wright and the Geography of a First Chance
He learned banking in New York and ran a bank with roots in Tuskegee. At Bronze Valley, Neill S. Wright is applying that experience to founders whose next introduction can matter as much as their next investment.
Epic Marketing Found a Better Unit of Measurement: The Bank Account
A Delaware agency puts websites, billboards, postcards and social posts on the same spreadsheet - then asks the only impolite question that matters: did anybody buy?
The Innovation Space Gives Science Startups Room to Prove It
A Delaware nonprofit puts laboratories, equipment and early capital within reach of science founders. Its most revealing lesson: even a well-equipped lab cannot pay for everything a young company needs.