http://www.wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis The Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs Newsletter en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=74 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS74@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Entrepreneurial Intern Fellow Makes Most of Summer at Sports Start-up http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=73 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS73@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Asst. Professor Kartik Hosanagar Says Legal File-Sharing Here to Stay http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/media.aspx?gisID=72 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS72@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu 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. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=70 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS70@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Entrepreneurial Alums See Opportunities in Aging Boomers, Greening Economy http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=71 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS71@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Students Help Wharton Small Business Development Center Client Help Farmers http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/media.aspx?gisID=69 Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS69@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu 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 <A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121331692461769909.html">an in-depth profile</A> of Iffy and Nigerian economic development. <br /> <br /> 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. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/media.aspx?gisID=66 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS66@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu <B>Aydin Senkut, WG'96</b><br /> <i>Founder, Felicis Ventures</i><br /> 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. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=67 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS67@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Top 2008 Wharton Business Plan Competition Finishers Aim to Cure Disease and Ease Pain http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=68 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS68@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Google Stint Helps Angel Investor/Wharton Alum Aydin Senkut Take Wing http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=63 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS63@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Team Makes Finals of Venture Capital Investment Competition http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=64 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS64@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton "Innovation, Problem Solving & Design" Course Plumbs the Problems of Product Design http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/media.aspx?gisID=65 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS65@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu 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. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/media.aspx?gisID=60 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS60@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu In this issue we speak to alumnus Jon M. Huntsman (W'59, H'96), a man who is perhaps as well known for the values he lives by as the companies he has built. Learning all he could about business by managing operations at a poultry farm, Jon Huntsman went on to revolutionize the container and chemical industries. Through the decades including countless acquisitions and an IPO, he has never wavered from his moral compass. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=61 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS61@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton's Prof. Mauro Guillen Explores Traits of VC-Friendly Economies http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=62 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS62@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Alumnus Jon M. Huntsman Got Big by Starting Small http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=57 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS57@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Prof. Raffi Amit Helms Wharton West Panel on VC Trends http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=58 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS58@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Small Business Development Center Course Teaches Business-Building Fundamentals http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/media.aspx?gisID=59 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS59@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu One popular workshop of the Wharton BPC brings back past prize winners to discuss their experiences of yesterday and today. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=54 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS54@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Startups by Wharton students and alums thrive by leveraging the reach of Facebook http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm?articleid=4246 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS55@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Setting up museums isn't exactly what banks think of as their core business. Still, it was hardly surprising to hear Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of Bangladesh-based Grameen Bank, recently exhort Maharashtra to build a poverty museum to mark the end of poverty. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/media.aspx?gisID=56 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS56@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Join us for a visit to Henry A. Davidsen, Mastor Tailors and Image Consultants, a <A href="http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/startups/vip.html">Wharton Venture Initiation Program</A> company that just opened up its own retail space in downtown Philadelphia. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/showVideo.aspx Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS53@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu In this issue we speak to alumnus Bob Greene, one of the most successful venture capitalists in New York who has backed such successful start ups as GeoCities, Kinkos.com and Multex. As a partner at Flatiron Partners, Greene was at the heart of the late 1990s “Silicon Alley” boom. With nearly 20 years experience as a VC, Greene prides himself on building close, trusting relationships with entrepreneurs, some of whom have become co-investors themselves. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=52 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS52@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Venture Initiation Program Students Find an Unexpected Source for Mentoring: Each Other http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=51 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS51@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu As a Veteran VC Wharton Alum Bob Greene Plays Many Roles in Nurturing New Firms http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/media.aspx?gisID=36 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS36@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Listen to alumnus Rob Weber, CEO of Intellifit and student Craig Isakow, talk about their experiences working and interning at a start up company. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=35 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS35@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference Panel Plumbs the VC World http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=34 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS34@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Optimistic forecasting can lead aspiring entrepreneurs astray. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/showVideo.aspx Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS31@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu In this issue we speak to alumnus Joe Segel, a pioneer of direct marketing and founder of 23 companies legendary firms like the Franklin Mint and QVC. From his earliest Wharton undergrad days Segel has always pursued entrepreneurship, priding himself on extensive research, attention to detail and a passion for serving customers. Proof of this: QVC recently shipped its billionth product. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=32 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS32@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu After six decades of founding such firms as Franklin Mint and QVC, entrepreneurial passion still defines alumnus Joe Segel http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=33 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS33@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Prof. David Hsu and his co-author say that patents give start-ups credibility... and cash http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=16 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS16@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Profs. Raffi Amit and Mauro Guillen study 84 countries to assess drivers of entrepreneurship worldwide http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=15 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS15@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu For young folks, peer pressure typically can apply to fashion, music and politics. But at Wharton, it can also get tangled up with one’s choice of a summer internship. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/showVideo.aspx Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS8@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu "I'm not a runner, I'm not a baseball player... but I am a good listener." - Jerry Turner (W'57), founder of American Sporting Goods, talks about the secrets of his company's success, the innovation that founded the modern sport shoe market, and how Wharton helped him from the starting gates. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1765.cfm Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS14@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu From Knowledge@Wharton: Larry Huston was vice president of knowledge and innovation for many years at Procter & Gamble. During that time, he was the architect of its Connect + Develop program, the creator of P&G's Brand Bootcamp operation, and innovation leader for the company's global fabric and homecare business, among other initiatives. He is now managing partner of 4INNO, and recently joined Wharton's Mack Center for Technological Innovation as a senior fellow. Knowledge@Wharton asked Huston to talk about innovation and its role in the global economy. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=13 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS13@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Leadership in the Business World Summer Program Introduces High Schoolers to Entrepreneurship http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=10 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS10@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu For Wharton alumnus Jerry Turner Innovation is the Sole of American Sporting Goods http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=12 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS12@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Entrepreneurial Energy Enlivens Wharton West MBAs http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=11 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS11@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Student Entrepreneurs Serve the Segment They Know Best http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=9 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS9@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Scholars say Customer-Centric Innovation Requires Getting Closer http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=21 Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS21@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Class Helps Wharton-Bred Petplan USA with Policy Rollout http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=22 Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS22@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Private Equity in Emerging Markets Class Gives Students Inside Look at Growing Field http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=23 Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS23@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu NP Solutions Wins Wharton Business Plan Competition Grand Prize with Next Genera http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/showVideo.aspx Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS17@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu In this issue we speak to alumnus Seth Berger (WG'93) who co-launched AND 1 the day after he graduated from Wharton. Throwing out traditional marketing, Berger helped create a brand that exploded; within a decade, AND 1 grew to $280 million a year in sales and boasted relationships with 25% of the NBA's players. Feeling the timing was ideal, in 2005, Berger and his partners sold the company to American Sporting Goods. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/special_section.cfm?specialID=67&CFID=9458866&CFTOKEN=15504867 Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS19@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu The race for deals is on in private equity. Gone are the days when firms simply did due diligence, loaded on leverage and hoped for outsized returns after selling the company a few years down the road. Today, record-setting bids and unprecedented capital inflows have created an overheated environment that requires new strategies for those looking to stay ahead of the pack. Produced in cooperation with the Wharton Private Equity Club, this special report highlights the innovative ways firms are working to source deals, set themselves apart in an auction process and ensure performance once a deal is done. Also, industry specialists offer a close-up view of the debt markets and the hot energy market, which saw one of the largest-ever private equity proposals earlier this year. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=24 Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS24@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Alumnus Seth Berger Scores Success with Basketball Apparel Company AND 1 http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=5 Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 GIS5@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Bigger firms gain Entrepreneurial Marketing knowhow from Prof. Leonard Lodish's New Book, Marketing that Works. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=25 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS25@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Prof. Andrew Metrick's new course and book bring financial tools to VC swashbuckling. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=26 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS26@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Visitors to the Wharton Small Business Development Center come to study entrepreneurship, leave to jumpstart Sub-Saharan economy. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=27 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS27@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu A conversation with Shopzilla's Farhad Mohit http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/showVideo.aspx Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS18@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1639.cfm Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS20@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu With private equity investors of all types flush with cash -- from venture capitalists and hedge funds to large leveraged buyout (LBO) firms such as The Blackstone Group and The Carlyle Group -- private financing hit record levels in 2006 and is likely to remain strong in the new year, according to Wharton faculty and industry analysts. Nearly a third of the dollar value of all U.S. acquisitions last year involved private equity firms, up from 3% five years ago. But just how long can this boom continue, and what changes may be in store for private equity models? http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=28 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS28@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Prof. Gary Dushnitsky says value of corporate VC is greater with strategic, not financial investments http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=29 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 GIS29@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Annual Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference teaches ins and outs of entrepreneurship. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=37 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS37@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Behind-the-scenes Wharton Business Plan Committee forges Venture Finals, friendships. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=38 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS38@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Seminar for PhDs helps train next wave of entrepreneurship scholars. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=39 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS39@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton alums, students blast into the "blogosphere" http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=40 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS40@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton alumni entrepreneur David Marshall turns troubled properties into real estate gold. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=41 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS41@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Prof. Gavin Cassar says opportunity cost predicts entrepreneurs' goals. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/showVideo.aspx Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS42@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu In this issue we meet alumnus David G. Marshall (W'61) who started his first real estate company as an undergraduate, spent years building the Bass Bros. business and is now famous for having turned into prestige addresses Denver Place, the Rittenhouse Hotel and San Francisco's Pier 39—all properties once considered unsalvageable. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1565 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS43@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu From Knowledge@Wharton: A new study suggests that losing an employee, at least in a high-tech field, is not necessarily as bad as it seems. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=44 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS44@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Students at the Management & Technology Summer Institute Learn by Creating Companies. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=45 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS45@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu WEP Teams up with Wharton Executive Education to Create New Certificate Program. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=46 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS46@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Snider Center Helps to Spur Entrepreneurship in Africa. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=47 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS47@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Alumnus Josh Kopelman says Risk-Taking Requires Risk-Rewarding. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=48 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS48@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Professor Karl Ulrich Says Innovation Must Have Systematic Grounding. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/showVideo.aspx Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS49@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu In this issue we meet alumnus Josh Kopelman (W'93) now a venture capitalist, but best known as the serial entrepreneur who launched Infonautics as a Wharton sophomore and Half.com, the doctom that renamed a town and was sold to eBay for $318 million. Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS50@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu From Knowledge@Wharton: When she worked on Wall Street launching IPOs, Alicia Polak helped generate new wealth. Now she is working to build wealth in the dirt-poor black township of Khayelitsha, 30 minutes down a dusty road from Cape Town, South Africa.