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KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON
IT Innovations Dominate 2012's 'Great Eight' Business Plans
ARABIC KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON
Wharton's First Innovation Tournament in the Middle East: A Competition of Ideas, and a Comparison of Challenges
INDIA KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON
Shaadi.coms Anupam Mittal: A Bachelor Finds Success as an Online Matchmaker
KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON
The Killer Question: Phil McKinney on How to Spark Innovation
ARABIC KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON
At Dubai Forum, Arab Female Entrepreneurs Are Urged to Break from Traditional Choices
INDIA KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON
A 'B-school' in India Reaches out to Rural Women
KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON
Research Roundup: The 'Dark Side' of Teams; the Risks of Social Comparisons; and the Transfer of Entrepreneurial Skills
ARABIC KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON
A 'B-school' in India Reaches out to Rural, Illiterate Women
INDIA KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON
Vijay Govindarajan: How Reverse Innovation Can Change the World

Knowledge@Wharton

January 2012

Six Months Post-Graduation

What’s up With the Entrepreneurs from the May 2011 Class?

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January 2012

Social Venturing: Entrepreneurship for a Cause

Wharton entrepreneurs create value beyond the bottom line

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Past Features

	November 2011 Bringing It All Together at Wharton Tyler Wry joined the Wharton faculty in July and is excited to bring together his research interests in social entrepreneurship and nanotechnology and his love for teaching.

	November 2011 Early to Rise Barely 25, Wharton undergraduate Jack Abraham has sold his venture to eBay--but he’s just getting started

	November 2011 Early Success Video: Jack Abraham Jack Abraham won a Wharton Venture Award in 2007 and began work on local-shopping site Milo, which he sold to eBay in 2010 for $75 million. Jack returns to Wharton to talk about the genesis and journey of Milo and why he thinks the most important thing an entrepreneur can learn is how to sell.

	September 2011 Video: Wharton Founders' Day Wharton students, alumni and faculty gathered at General Assembly in New York City on August 6, 2011, to introduce the newly matriculated MBA class to the Wharton entrepreneurial community. The day included panels, breakout sessions, and networking opportunities. The Founders' Retreat was a collaboration between Wharton students from the Entrepreneurship and Founders clubs, Wharton MBA Career Management, Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs, Wharton Admissions, and General Assembly.

	September 2011 A Dream to Build an Entrepreneurial Future in China Chinese student entrepreneurs at Wharton are finding immediate applications for knowledge gained on campus

	September 2011 Wharton Founders' Day Gives Jump Start to Students The inaugural Wharton Founders' Day was held before classes even started to bring the student entrepreneurial community together

	June 2011 Mid-year Venture Capital Update: A Frothy Market Not Ready to Rest Wharton faculty and alums share their views of the current state of the VC industry.

	June 2011 At the Poker Table or at Entrepreneurship, Playing the Right Cards Plucked from a poker table to join a startup called Octel, Wharton MBA alumnus Rick Thompson has become one of the most winning serial entrepreneurs of the past 15 years.

	June 2011 Rick Thompson Alumni Impact Video We interview Rick Thompson (W'96) about his experience founding a string of high tech startups such as Playdom, Adify, and Signia Capital.

	May 2011 WEP in Action - The 2011 Wharton Business Plan Competition Venture Finals Meet the top entrepreneurial teams from the University of Pennsylvania as they face off in the 2011 Wharton Venture Finals for over $115,000 in prizes.