Wharton is collaborating with business leaders and entrepreneurs in ways that give birth to the world’s next great companies, driving significant economic growth and creating jobs. A leading program out of Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship, the Wharton Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), works to cultivate an entrepreneurial ecosystem that gives students and alumni the knowledge, experience, and networks to scale big ideas into sustainable impact.…Read More
When the time-traveling orbital observatory known as the James Webb Space Telescope reaches its orbit around the Earth (which NASA hopes will happen sometime in mid-2019), it will radically increase how far we can peer into the past, and, scientists hope, unlock some of the greatest mysteries of our universe.…Read More
Sovereign wealth fund managers must be increasingly adept when adjusting their investments.…Read More
Nidhi Shah, WG' 17 Team Member: Swathi Sadagopan elevator pitch: RevoLOOtion provides rapid-drying, composting toilets to lower middle class urban families in high density informal settlements that currently rely on unhygienic and poorly lit shared latrines. Where did the idea for your venture come from? Both the founders have had bad…Read More
Chris Molaro, WG’17, founder of Neuroflow, talks about using data & wearables to fight PTSD with Karl Ulrich, Wharton Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship & Innovation. A Veteran Entrepreneur If you can lead soldiers into battle, you can cold call 140 investors. Neuroflow founder Chris Molaro, WG’17, is a veteran,…Read More 
Think back to your junior year of college. What were you doing? Were you pulling books from the library shelf and scholarly articles online as you considered your upcoming senior year, your looming thesis? Were you running drills for your next track meet or soccer game? Grappling with the realization…Read More 
Philadelphia, PA, January 31, 2018 — Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen has been named the inaugural Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas M. Luddy, WG’76 and Janice Hotra Luddy, WG’77 generously endowed the Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professorship for faculty appointments at the…Read More
Team Leader: Mitch Gainer, WG’18 Team Members: Marc Giesener, WG’18 Christophe Williams, WG’18 elevator pitch: Water utilities lose $14 billion every year from leaks, faulty meters, and water theft. CitySense provides analytics services to identify and capture this lost revenue. Where did the idea for your venture come from? Before…Read More 
