"In year two, we received yet again another strong response to our nomination call," said Jennifer Wolf, director of special events for Philadelphia Media Network, publisher of the newspapers and website. "Our program mission is to recognize as many start-ups as we can, and I'm thrilled that we have increased the amount of honorees to 26 from 18 last year due to the addition of new categories — alumni and food/restaurant — and the expansion of the students category to include young entrepreneurs."