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=143 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS143@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Summer sizzled for student recipients of the Wharton Venture Award http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=144 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS144@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Newly arrived Asst. Prof. Ethan Mollick, co-author of a book on the video game industry and a former entrepreneur, studies innovation with a unique perspective /alumni/wepInAction.aspx Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS145@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu WEP in Action speaks with two second-year MBA students, Michael Melby and Sheezan Bakali, who pursued entrepreneurial activities last summer thanks to financial support from the Wharton Venture Award and Wharton Entrepreneurial Internship Fellowship. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=140 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS140@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Alumnus Julian Brodsky Helped Build Cable Leader Comcast into a Giant with a Keen Entrepreneurial Eye http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=141 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS141@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton "Principles of Advertising" Course Lets Undergrads Apply Theories to Real Student Start-up Firms http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=31 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS142@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu In this issue, we speak with Julian Brodksy (W'56), who with Ralph Roberts and Dan Aaron, helped grow Comcast from one cable TV system in Mississippi to a powerhouse with annual revenue of $32 billion. In this interview Brodsky, a self-described "Cable Guy," explains the many rewards of creating Comcast's successful VC arm, Comcast Interactive Capital. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=100 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS100@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Not even a life-threatening bike accident could keep Wharton alumnus Joseph Ansanelli from succeeding in both start-up and corporate settings http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=101 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS101@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Starting up a business during the lazy, hazy days of summer may have unexpected advantages http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=9 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS102@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu During Spring of 2009, we invited Joseph Ansanelli (W'92) to our library for a chat about his long career of serial entrepreneurship in technology. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2227 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS97@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu A Knowledge @ Wharton Discussion with WEP Co-Director Prof. Ian MacMillan and Wharton PhD Alumna Rita McGrath http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=98 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS98@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu NIR Diagnostics Wins Wharton Business Plan Competition Michelson Grand Prize with Device That Can Predict Wound Treatment Complications http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni/wepInAction.aspx Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS99@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Join the excitement of the 2009 Wharton Business Plan Competition Venture Finals where WEP interviewed visiting business leaders, alumni and, of course, the "Great Eight" finalists themselves. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=94 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS94@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu The real world experiences gained by student consultants of the Wharton Small Business Development Center pay dividends deep into their careers http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=95 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS95@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton MBA alumna Anne-Marie Corner found start up success in one of the most challenging of fields: HIV prevention for women http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=1 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS96@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu <B>Anne-Marie Corner, WG'89</b><br /> <i>Founder, Biosyn</i><br /> In this issue, we speak with Anne-Marie Corner (WG'89), founder of Biosyn and a co-founder and active member of Women Inventing Next (WIN), about how she got started as an entrepreneur, what it's like being a female entrepreneur, and how Wharton impacted her career. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=90 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS90@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Comcast Founding Partner Julian Brodsky Tells Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference Value of "Growth, Growth, Growth" http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=91 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS91@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Healthcare Entrepreneurship Course Provides Tools for Students Marrying Wellness and Profits http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni/wepInAction.aspx Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 GIS93@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Join "WEP in Action" as we talk to six of the 25 <a href="http://bpc.wharton.upenn.edu/" target="_blank">Wharton Business Plan Competition</a> Semi-Finalists. They include a robotic toy and online community for kids and young adults, an apparel business leveraging the growth of "kite-sailing" and a wound diagnostic concept whose team includes a former Wharton BPC semi-finalist. Learn what motivated the teams to pursue their ventures, what types of potential they see in the marketplace and how important team dynamics are to pursuing success. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni/wepInAction.aspx Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 GIS89@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu At the end of just four days toiling at Wharton West in San Francisco, six ventures emerged from the efforts of students drawn from Wharton's MBA, MBA for Executives- East and MBA for Executives- West student body. Some of those students and Profs Ulrich and Raffi Amit took time to discuss the entrepreneurial process with "WEP in Action." http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=87 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 GIS87@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Prof. Karl Ulrich's fast-paced Wharton West workshop enables new learning and a real venture http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=88 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 GIS88@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Weiss Tech House and Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs work "in concert" to assist students turning ideas into ventures http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=84 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 GIS84@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Students agree theory married with practice makes Wharton curriculum more than "just a binder of notes" http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/media.aspx?gisID=86 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 GIS86@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu WEP's Visiting Scholars program offers a unique opportunity for international scholars to engage in collaborative research efforts with Wharton faculty. We learn more about the program's global impact through a discussion with two guests, one who has returned for a visit and one who has stayed on (and on). http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=85 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 GIS85@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu WEP's Visiting Scholars Program Helps Prepare Future International Academic Leaders http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=82 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS82@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton alumnus Paul Raden finds success with a quality product and a flexible business model http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=2 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS83@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu <B>Paul Raden, WG'89</b><br /> <i>Co-founder, Ecount (Citi Prepaid Services)</i><br /> In this issue we speak to alumnus Paul Raden, (WG'89), whose company, Ecount, has adapted and thrived despite operational, technological and global economic changes. In fact, Raden explains, nimbleness is a core tenant of the company’s culture. This year Raden and his colleagues were rewarded for their success when Citi acquired Ecount which is now known as Citi Prepaid Services. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=81 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS81@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Entrepreneurs who survive will end up "lean and super efficient with less competition" http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=78 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS78@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton women follow global trend, pursue entrepreneurship http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=79 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS79@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu In "Unlocking Opportunities for Growth" WEP faculty members Ian MacMillan and Alex van Putten advise innovators to move beyond "Go/No Go" binary thinking http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/media.aspx?gisID=80 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 GIS80@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu <B>WEP in Action:<br /> Entrepreneurial Women on Campus</b><br /> We sit down with two of Wharton's female student entrepreneurs, Jarah Euston (WG'09) and Eugenia Ross (WG'09), and ask them about their ventures, what it's like being a woman in entrepreneurship, and their recent appearance at the All Things Media forum hosted by the Paley Center for the Media. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=3 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS77@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu <B>Fred Wilson, WG'86</b><br /> <i>Founder, Union Square Ventures</i><br /> In this issue we speak to alumnus Fred Wilson, (WG'86), who has taken risks both obvious and subtle throughout his entire career in venture capital. A few of these risks—such as staking his future to the Internet and lifting the veil of the VC world through his popular blog, "AVC"-- are now legendary in the VC community. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=76 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS76@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu With a Popular Blog, a Twitter Account and a Direct Approach, Wharton Alumnus Fred Wilson is One of the Most Visible VCs Around http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=75 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GIS75@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Small Business Development Center Helps Undergrads Help Gelato Business Revamp Marketing Strategy 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/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=4 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/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=5 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/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=6 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/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=7 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/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=8 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/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=11 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/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=12 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/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=16 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. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=17 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS133@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Our 2006 Alumni Impact Interview with Peter Nicholas WG'68, founder of Boston Scientific. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=103 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS103@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Alum Amir Goldman Brings VC Experience to Business Plan Class. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=104 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS104@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Public Square Off Between Wharton-bred Entrepreneur and Seasoned VC. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=105 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS105@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Boston Scientific Founder Peter Nicholas' Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Acquisitions. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=106 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS106@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu MuscleMorph Wins 2006 Wharton Business Plan Competition Grand Prize. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=107 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS107@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Professor David Hsu Investigates Corporate Creativity. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1432 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400 GIS132@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Helen Greiner's iRobot has sold more than 1.5 million robots for cleaning floors and has deployed more than 300 tactical military robots in Iraq. Greiner recently gave a presentation at Wharton and talked about her company and the impact of robots on our everyday lives. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1376 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500 GIS131@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Although it has one of the most dynamic economies in Africa, Botswana also has one of the world's highest known rates of HIV-AIDS infection. In response, the Botswana government, along with the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania and Wharton's Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center, is helping develop a more efficient system to manage and monitor HIV/AIDS therapy. According to Ian C. MacMillan, director of the Snider Center, and James D. Thompson, associate director of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs, the Botswana project illustrates a new concept called "Societal Wealth Creation via Experimental Entrepreneurship." By working to develop societal wealth enterprises in places like Africa, MacMillan and Thompson hope to sidestep two obstacles that often plague business development around social problems — low profitability and lack of seed funding. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni/alumniImpact.aspx?aiv=18 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500 GIS134@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Our Alumni Impact Interview with Donny Deutsch W'79, the advertising guru behind Deutsch Inc. and host of a show on CNBC. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=108 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500 GIS108@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Entrepreneurial Marketing Class Helps Students Focus on Market Realities. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=109 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500 GIS109@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Venture Initiation Program helps student entrepreneurs plan and execute. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=110 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500 GIS110@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Alum Donny Deutsch's Chutzpah Launches Second Career in TV. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=111 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500 GIS111@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu New WEP Fellowship Supports Entrepreneurial Internships. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=112 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500 GIS112@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton's Ben Campbell Finds Little Financial Downside in Startup Jobs. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=113 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS113@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Students Help Doughnut Maker Jumpstart Business. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=114 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS114@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu New Undergrad Class Explores Venture Capital Investing. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=115 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS115@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Grad Gets Yahoos out of Entrepreneurial Adventure. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=116 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS116@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton-bred Entrepreneurs Ponder the Pros and Cons of Leaving. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=117 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS117@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Researcher Finds Advantages for Experienced Entrepreneurs. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1299 Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS130@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu After the dot-com bubble burst five years ago, corporate-sponsored venture capital funds jumped off that bandwagon in droves. Some companies were restructured; others decided these funds didn't have much of an impact on their bottom lines. But Wharton management professor Gary Dushnitsky argues that venture capital is an essential tool for corporations to increase their innovativeness. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1257 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS129@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Women executives who leave the corporate world encounter frustrating roadblocks in their attempts to re-enter the workforce, according to new Wharton research. But these same women often find a welcoming environment in small business and start-ups http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=118 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS118@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu After a successfully launched IPO and publication of his new book, the accomplished entrepreneur, humanitarian and loyal Wharton grad takes time out to offer life lessons in a Q&A with "Get it Started!" http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=119 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS119@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Old-style entrepreneurs counsel NFL players on post-football careers. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=120 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS120@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Alan Miller's hospital acquisitions propel Universal Health Services' growth. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=121 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS121@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton Small Business Development Center helps local bike maker, DVD-rental company. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=122 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS122@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton study finds entrepreneurial cockiness as a spur for startups. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=124 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS124@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton BPC participants choose singular path for learning. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=125 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS125@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Class project hangs on school kids' strained backs. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=126 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS126@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton grads jumpstart travel giant Travelocity's growth. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=127 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS127@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu MarketBusters helps firms formulate breakout strategic moves. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/special_section.cfm?specialID=34 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 GIS128@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu The first Wharton Global Family Alliance Conference to take place in the Middle East recently convened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, offering Wharton professors, family-owned companies and regional businessmen a chance to discuss economic trends affecting this oil-rich and rapidly evolving area. Faculty members moderated panels on such topics as Capital Markets and Investment Opportunities, Creating Societal Wealth, Entrepreneurship and Capital Flows, Valuing Private Companies and Managing Family Succession. Included are two articles that cover many of the points debated during the three-day conference http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=139 Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0500 GIS139@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu J.D. "Dave" Power turns auto insights into famed brand. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=138 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0400 GIS138@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Iqbal Quadir brings mobile-phone connectivity to fellow Bangladeshis turning more than 40,000 of them into entrepreneurs in the process. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=137 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0400 GIS137@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Bob Goergen has made a career out of prudent risk-taking. http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=135 Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400 GIS135@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu Wharton alum Anne Kalin's uncanny success in Poland is a model for entrepreneurs in emerging markets http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/gis/article.aspx?gisID=136 Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400 GIS136@http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu A Q&A with Wharton alum Jim Furnivall, a VC who has witnessed the modern age of technology investing first-hand.