{"id":2024,"date":"2016-11-03T14:04:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T21:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/industry\/blog\/uncategorized\/microsoft-reactor-opens-in-philadelphia\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T11:39:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:39:41","slug":"microsoft-reactor-opens-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/government\/2016\/11\/03\/microsoft-reactor-opens-in-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Reactor opens in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today in Philadelphia, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/firehose\/?p=294905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft opened<\/a> its latest Reactor center. The Reactor will support Philadelphia\u2019s educational and business community with programs, events and tech resources to spur economic development and civic engagement, and improve digital literacy.<\/p>\n<p>The Reactor is a collaboration between Microsoft Corp., SeventySix Capital, the University City Science Center, and Wexford Science &amp; Technology. Microsoft will collaborate with the Science Center and SeventySix Capital to host programs and outreach activities designed to spur economic development; create new opportunities for the local tech startup community; and offer science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) resources to students and local residents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiffaniestanard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tiffanie Stanard<\/a>, a Philadelphia technology influencer, media personality and entrepreneur, is one example of the talent that the Reactor hopes to leverage to bring new ideas and foster engagement with the community. She and her business partner, Paul Wright, used the Reactor as their home base to create, execute and debut their new app, Stimulus, a search engine marketplace and intelligent platform for grants and sponsorships, in early October. Stanard embodies the entrepreneurial spirit and will use the center as her home base for her new tech venture, Stimulus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we\u2019re proud to bring new technology skills and resources to Philadelphia and the uCity Square community,\u201d said Matt Thompson, GM of Developer Evangelism at Microsoft. \u201cAt the Microsoft Reactor, students will learn new technology skills, and startups and entrepreneurs will gain tools and services that help them jump-start their business. It\u2019s all part of our goal to empower local communities and close the digital divide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the Philadelphia Reactor on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/firehose\/?p=294905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fire Hose blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in Philadelphia, Microsoft opened its latest Reactor center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":843,"featured_media":10023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1515],"post_tag":[],"content-type":[1492],"coauthors":[4309],"class_list":["post-2024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","content-type-news-and-announcements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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