Wharton alumnus and WEP Board Member Steve Goodman, partner at law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius, sits down for a discussion of legal issues every entrepreneur should consider (Subscription required) . MORE

Congrats to Will West (WG89) of Control4 and Brett Hurt (WG99) of BazaarVoice who raised $20M & 7.1M in funding.  MORE (Control4): http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/17/control4-gives-you-control-over-your-home-devices-raises-20m/. MORE (BazaarVoice0: http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/18/bazaarvoice-raises-71-million-to-provide-brands-with-consumer-generated-content-options/

2008 MBA grad Ifeoma (Iffy) Mba’s last name intrigued the Wall Street Journal and led to an in-depth profile of Iffy and entrepreneurship via Nigerian economic development. MORE

For NBC 10’s “Small Business Week,” the Philadelphia NBC affiliate interviewed Wharton SBDC Director Therese Flaherty for a segment on what it takes to start a business.  Additionally, the station chose Venture Initiation Program alum Chris Stanchak and his firm TicketLeap as a online business to profile. Chris is asked by NBC 10 what types of people helped him and he replies that “it’s a great thing [that] I’ve had the advisors that I’ve had from the beginning as part of Wharton’s Venture Initiation Program.”

View the TV segments and online features here:

Therese Flaherty story: http://video.nbc10.com/player/?id=254258

TicketLeap story, Chris Stanchak Q&A and TV segment:
        Story: http://www.nbc10.com/smallbusiness/16353220/detail.html
        Q&A:  http://www.nbc10.com/smallbusiness/16351900/detail.html                                                    Video: http://video.nbc10.com/player/?id=255230

VIP alumni company Smart Genetics and co-founder Julian Awad are featured extensively as part of a segment on DNA testing. MORE

The Wharton Business Plan Competition Venture Finals are featured with winners highlighted and an interview with VF judge David  Piacquad MORE

Legendary VC and entrepreneurial observer Guy Kawasaki lauds the Wharton Venture Initiation Program and VIP alumni firm TicketLeap in a recent blogpost. MORE He calls TicketLeap “The Democratization of Ticketing”

The Wharton Small Business Development Center is featured as part of a Philadelphia Business Journal overview of the SBDC system and free/low cost offerings for busines owners in Philadelphia:
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