A good partnership is a pillar of great business. In order to create a truly successful product, a business needs to be able to collaborate with others. This week we focus on companies who not only pride themselves on their products, but on the business relationships they have built right here in our Greater Philadelphia region. 

Independence Blue Cross (Independence) is known for their innovative and customer-focused approach to health insurance. Matt Cabrey, Executive Director of Select Greater Philadelphia, a council of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, had the opportunity to chat with both Matt Gillin and Koleen Cavanaugh about how their businesses came together in order to better serve Independence’s members by creating a mobile communication program.

It’s hard not to note the growth of our 11-county region as new construction projects take shape each day. Amy Novak of Torcon Inc. described to Matt Cabrey, Executive Director of Select Greater Philadelphia, a council of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, her experiences as a woman in the male dominated industry of construction and the progress of some of their notable projects underway which includes work at Villanova University.

Reinvention can take many forms; from changing a business model to recreating the wheel, in this case a bicycle wheel. Today’s show reveals three stories from our 11-county neighborhood about taking an idea and making it greater through the reimagining of classic notions.