The future will look grim for Philadelphia, still the poorest big city in the country, unless a growth-focused community helps startups swell to become the massive employers of the future.

That was the call to arms issued by investor and technologist Steve Case, the AOL cofounder who came to Philly on Thursday for a conversation with 1776 co-CEO Anthony Maher. The talk was featured as part of 1776’s merger completion with Benjamin’s Desk. The event packed investors, stakeholders and entrepreneurs at the company’s Powelton Avenue campus in West Philly.

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