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October 10, 2008

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Wep In Action: Big League Playmaker

Watch and listen to Devin Griffin, WG'09, talk about his experience gaining real-world experience as a Wharton Entrepreneurial Intern Fellow, working at Takkle, a New York City based start up co-founded by Wharton alumni.

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September 2008

Big League Playmaker

Wharton Entrepreneurial Intern Fellow Makes Most of Summer at Sports Start-up » MORE

September 2008

Friend of the Devil

Wharton Asst. Professor Kartik Hosanagar Says Legal File-Sharing Here to Stay » MORE

Recent Features

	September 2008 Wep In Action: Big League Playmaker Watch and listen to Devin Griffin, WG'09, talk about his experience gaining real-world experience as a Wharton Entrepreneurial Intern Fellow, working at Takkle, a New York City based start up co-founded by Wharton alumni.

	June 2008 Coming Clean Wharton Entrepreneurial Alums See Opportunities in Aging Boomers, Greening Economy

	June 2008 Getting Their Hands Dirty Students Help Wharton Small Business Development Center Client Help Farmers

	May 2008 WEP in Action: Wharton's Iffy Mba on Entrepreneurship in Africa and West Philadelphia Join us for a discussion with 2008 MBA grad Ifeoma (Iffy) Mba, whose last name intrigued Joel Millman of the Wall Street Journal and led to an in-depth profile of Iffy and Nigerian economic development. Iffy, who will soon join the World Bank, invited WEP in Action and Joel Millman for a tour of West Philadelphia’s African immigrant entrepreneurs. In a conversation that followed, Iffy explains that, for much of the developing world, entrepreneurship is the best chance at breaking free from poverty.

	May 2008 Aydin Senkut (WG'96) Interview Aydin Senkut, WG'96 Founder, Felicis Ventures In this issue we speak to alumnus Aydin Senkut (WG'96), who joined Google, perhaps the fastest growing company in US history, as its 63rd employee. Senkut is now an angel investor supporting entrepreneurs with Google-like drive and vision. From the beginning at Google, when he worked amid dangling computer cables, to his exit years later when head counts reached the thousands, Senkut gained an appreciation for building a culture that values its people as well the innovation they create.

	May 2008 Healthy Competition Top 2008 Wharton Business Plan Competition Finishers Aim to Cure Disease and Ease Pain

	May 2008 Learning to Fly Google Stint Helps Angel Investor/Wharton Alum Aydin Senkut Take Wing

	April 2008 VC Training Ground Wharton Team Makes Finals of Venture Capital Investment Competition

	April 2008 Segway's Dilemma Wharton "Innovation, Problem Solving & Design" Course Plumbs the Problems of Product Design

	April 2008 WEP in Action: Wharton Business Plan Semi-Finalists YouTube Video This year, for the first time, WEP interviewed Wharton Business Plan Competition Semi-Finalists and the positive response was overwhelming. The video has been viewed by hundreds on YouTube, the Wall Street Journal’s Independent Street Web site and the Wharton home page.