The COVID-19 pandemic has only enhanced the need — and the opportunity — for tourism to become a driving force for systemic change, says guest columnist Jonathan Coleman.

Verizon is partnering with the City of Philadelphia for the initiatives that will focus on enhancing digital resources via its public-access computer centers, as well as funding for founders.

Innovators tend to have a set of skills that allows them to better navigate uncertainty, abilities that can be learned and practiced, says guest columnist Todd Saxton.

"If Greater Philadelphia is serious about equitable growth and becoming a national 21st-century leader, it cannot afford to continue relegating support for minority entrepreneurship to the back seat," says The Enterprise Center's Della Clark.

In the second session of 2019, Tech in the Commons returns to teach you entrepreneurial skills that can be applied to the nonprofit sector. Save your seat today!

Entrepreneur Greg Sampson: "We should be able to come up with and have access to the opportunities that lead to the exponential growth that something like a driverless truck would create."