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  • Rice Energy, which went public in 2014, topped this year's rankings of firms based on revenue change.  Rice Energy, which went public in 2014, topped this year's rankings of firms based on revenue change.
  • Heather Doyle-Conley is manager of the Peoples Natural Gas call center of the North Shore. The company is rolling out a system that utilizes a customer service app for smart phones.  Heather Doyle-Conley is manager of the Peoples Natural Gas call center of the North Shore. The company is rolling out a system that utilizes a customer service app for smart phones.
  • The sun rises over the Downtown Pittsburgh skyline.  The sun rises over the Downtown Pittsburgh skyline.
  • Jim Richter, executive director of the Hazelwood Initiative, and Rev. Leslie Boone, co-founder of Fishes and Loaves Cooperative Ministries, at the display of art outside the Initiative’s Second Avenue offices.  Jim Richter, executive director of the Hazelwood Initiative, and Rev. Leslie Boone, co-founder of Fishes and Loaves Cooperative Ministries, at the display of art outside the Initiative’s Second Avenue offices.
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In The Lead »

The promise in our region's economy

 Heather Doyle-Conley is manager of the Peoples Natural Gas call center of the North Shore. The company is rolling out a system that utilizes a customer service app for smart phones.
In The Lead: Pittsburgh rediscovers the payoff in taking risks

If you’re looking for a list ranking Pittsburgh as one of the top cities for startups, you likely won’t have long to wait.

 The sun rises over the Downtown Pittsburgh skyline.
In The Lead: An introduction to the Post-Gazette's special section

What is propelling the Pittsburgh region into the future is an understanding that resting on past successes is a path to obsolescence.

 The view looking north from the top windows of the Masonic Hall in Carnegie.
In The Lead: Carnegie / The comeback continues

The borough is rebounding from a devastating flood and an economic downturn.

 Devenee Schumacher, a founder and director of marketing for SDC Nutrition, and CFO Ray Boyer at the company’s headquarters and warehouse facility in Coraopolis. SDC, a health supplement manufacturing company, specializes in powdered sports nutrition products.
In The Lead: Findlay firm SDC Nutrition goes global with nutrition supplements

Today, SDC Nutrition employs close to 40 people and recently moved into a new 60,000-square-foot facility.


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Profiles in Innovation »

Business leaders share their stories

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  • Stephen McKnight  Stephen McKnight
  • Cindy Fernandez-Nixon  Cindy Fernandez-Nixon
  • Candi Castleberry Singleton  Candi Castleberry Singleton
  • Andre Samuel  Andre Samuel
  • Josephine Oria  Josephine Oria
  • Tyra Oliver  Tyra Oliver
  • Todd Clossin  Todd Clossin
  • Jane Valenta  Jane Valenta
  • David Miller  David Miller
  • Rick Lucas  Rick Lucas
  • Ethan Fellheimer  Ethan Fellheimer
  • Jay Whitacre  Jay Whitacre
  • Mark Visco Jr.  Mark Visco Jr.
  • Alan Russell  Alan Russell
  • Shian-Li McGuire  Shian-Li McGuire
  • Kris Kirk  Kris Kirk
  • Jia Ji  Jia Ji
  • Rebecca Harris  Rebecca Harris
  • Curtis and Cassandra Brown  Curtis and Cassandra Brown
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Top 50 »

Annual review of region's leading enterprises

 Rice Energy is the top company in terms of growth in the region for the PG's top 50.
Top 50: Rice Energy breaks into an exclusive group

Newcomer Rice Energy is the only home-grown concern among the region's top-performing public companies.

 Pittsburgh Steelers Ben Roethlisberger walks on the field before the game against the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field Pittsburgh, Pa
Heinz leads among private companies in Pittsburgh area

The Pittsburgh ketchup company's 2014 revenue of $10.9 billion was down slightly from $11.5 billion in 2013.

 Alcoa, an aluminium production company, holds its operational headquarters in Pittsburgh's North Shore.
Alcoa has banner year among Pittsburgh area stocks

The Top 10 included three Pittsburgh-based companies, one company based overseas, and one bank.

Top 50: How leading companies were selected

The categories analyzed include revenue change, net income change, stock price change and return on equity.


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Places

Taking charge!

Neighborhoods that found and pursued opportunities or are reinventing themselves.


  • Beechview / Proponents hope neighborhood is finally turning a corner
  • Hazelwood / Almono gives neighborhood a shot at recovery
  • Carnegie / The comeback continues
  • Uniontown / Fayette County business leaders lament area's image problem

Innovation

Cultivating New Leaders

Established companies that saw opportunities and chased them.


  • Turning around a nonprofit
  • Matthews International grows with merger
  • Former US Airways credit union reinvents itself
  • Findlay firm SDC Nutrition goes global with nutrition supplements
  • Redesigned respirator is breath of fresh air for MSA Safety
  • Small candy-maker Edward Marc Chocolatier fulfills Costco's wishes in a snap

Creation

Commentary

Businesses created because the founders saw opportunities others overlooked.


  • Animal Nature a health food store for pets
  • Family's bold gamble on high-tech system gives Industrial Scientific bright future
  • Back pain frustration leads to new business
  • TagSense technology aims to reduce spoilage when shipping foods and medicines
  • Inventor Donny Beaver leans on other people's ideas for HalenHardy
  • Graying market still needs a barber with Cammuso's Hair Salon

Community

In The spotlight

Organizations, people that created or embraced opportunities that others passed by.


  • Eagles helped open oil and gas market to PixController technology
  • Aiming to give clients, lawyers a Fair Shake
  • Strip District company pushes back against 'terrible T-shirts' of the world
  • Fred Rogers' company carries on namesake's passion
  • Robotic fleet to monitor bodies of water just needs a regulatory shift
  • Pittsburgh Party Pedaler lets the good times roll

Commentary

Leadership Dynamics

Len Boselovic on the intersection of risk, investment and wealth


  • Innovation and corporate cash hordes can be strange bedfellows


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