At some distant point in the past, local businesses were common and chain stores were a novelty. Now it’s a battle just to keep a single street free of big chains (see the fight over San Francisco’s ...

Twelve of those businesses have been in the Philly area, including the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym and student-run social justice blogging site CauseHub. Community members hope to bring Rucker Park to ...

You’ve heard of Kickstarter, but what about Lucky Ant? Today the hyper-local crowd-funding operation branched out from New York and started helping raise money in our region. Lucky Ant co-founder Nate ...

The ongoing quest to keep St. Mark’s Bookshop alive and kicking in Greenwich Village is opening a new front that comes to you. Lucky Ant, a platform that allows users to donate money to established ...

MoolaHoop, a rewards-based crowdfunding platform for women entrepreneurs, has acquired Lucky Ant, a crowdfunding portal for small business. MoolaHoop has integrated Lucky Ant’s technology into its ...