Lots of familiar names in the Wharton Magazine’s inspiring article about alumni “pursuing their entrepreneurial dreams”! Great read featuring the founders of Warby Parker Eyewear, Stylitics, Kembrel, cater2.me, PayDivvy, Wantworthy, Sparkology, Open Air Publishing & Fair Observer. (1/27/2012) MORE
Wharton Magazine: “Making Waves on Their Own Ship”
January 27, 2012India Knowledge@Wharton: “Snapdeal’s Kunal Bahl on Creating a ‘Discovery Platform’ for Indian Consumers”
January 27, 2012“In less than two years, SnapDeal, a group discounting site in India, has grown to become one of the leading e-commerce sites in the country. According to co-founder Kunal Bahl (W’06/ENG’06), deals are only an entry point into the customer’s life. The vision, he says, is to build a brand that participates in consumers’ lives every day, across product and service categories.” (1/26/12) MORE
Flying Kite Media: “Why everyone loves CloudMine’s backend solution for mobile apps”
January 26, 2012“CloudMine’s goal is to take care of backend programming for mobile apps so you don’t have to. Their tagline is ‘The mobile developers’ backend-as-a-service-done-right company.’” (10/25/2011) MORE
Tech Crunch: “DreamIt-Backed CloudMine Lets App Developers Bypass The Backend Pain, Focus On Their Product”
January 26, 2012“CloudMine has developed a service that will allow developers to reduce the pain by providing a set of RESTful APIs that allow them to quickly create back-end solutions for their apps. Specifically, the startup is offering schema-free data structure storage, user account creation and management, and server-side business logic for computations that are too complex or data-intensive to run on a mobile device.” (10/15/2011) MORE
NY Times Dealbook: “Rejecting Wall Street, Graduates Turn Entrepreneurs Instead”
January 26, 2012[Davis] Smith [G'11/WG'11], who attends the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and [cousin Kimball] Thomas, of Harvard Business School, are part of a growing number of business school students rejecting traditional postgraduate paths like investment banking, hedge funds and consulting. (5/2/2011) MORE
PE Hub: “Aydin Senkut Recalls a Game of Pool with Aaron Levie Led Him to Milo.com”
January 26, 2012Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs Board Member Aydin Senkut (WG’96) believes that “Ninety percent of success is showing up.”
Reuters: “How to feel good about scheduling doctor visits on the fly”
January 26, 2012Reuters: Wharton alum Cyrus Massoumi W’98 , ZocDoc founder, discusses how scheduling doctor appointments online can be beneficial for patients and providers. (1/25/2012) MORE
BlogDoEcommerce features Wharton alum founded start-up
January 25, 2012BlogDoEcommerce: olook (founded by Peter Ostroske WG’12) launches unprecedented platform for fashion ecommerce (article in Portuguese) (1/25/12) MORE
Huffington Post: “Tech, Tech, No Tech”
January 24, 2012Serial entrepreneur & Wharton lecturer, Patrick FitzGerald C’97, writes about why tech ventures are not the only route for committed entrepreneurs. (1/23/2012) MORE
INC Magazine: “May the Best Business Win”
January 24, 2012Inc. Magazine: “‘Contests like this bring benefits like set timelines and deliverables that focus you as a business owner to get something on paper, a prototype, and something out the door,’ says Megan Mitchell, senior associate director of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.” (1/24/2012) MORE
Of a Kind: “Emerging Thing of the Week: Stylitics”
January 24, 20122011 Wharton Business Plan Competition winner Stylitics (co-founded by Rohan Deuskar WG’11 and Zach Davis) chosen as the “Emerging Thing of the Week” by Of a Kind (1/20/2012) MORE
ElectNext featured in multiple media outlets
January 24, 2012Wharton Venture Initiation Program company ElectNext (co-founded by Keya Dannenbaum WG’12 and Paul Jungwirth PhD’18) featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer and on WHYY’s Newsworks.org for their involvement in the celebration of the 225th anniversary of the US Constitution.
The Daily Star Lebanon: “Lebanese team brings people closer with new app”
January 23, 2012Wharton Venture Initiation Program company and DreamIt Ventures alum OneAway, co-founded by Nadim Gharios (WG’12) and Anis Harb (WG’12), is profiled in Lebanon’s The Daily Star. (1/21/12) MORE
Daily Pennsylvanian: “Entrepreneur-In-Residence program offers one-on-one mentoring for students”
January 23, 2012Today’s issue of The Daily Pennsylvanian features WEP’s Entrepreneur in Residence program and includes quotes from alum Nat Turner W’08, Venture Initiation Program member Samir Malik WG’13 and Wharton senior Tyrone Thomas W’12. (1/23/2012) MORE
India Knowledge @ Wharton: ‘Amid Worries of a Slowdown, Charting India’s Future Growth Trajectory’
January 20, 2012Wharton alum Kunal Bahl (W’06/ENG’06), founder of SnapDeal, comments on the availability of funding for Indian entrepreneurs. (1/19/12) MORE
New York Times: “For Some Internet Start-Ups, a Failure Is Just the Beginning”
January 18, 2012Wharton professor Kartik Hosanagar talks about “Starting Up by Failing” – “In the legal and entertainment industry, you can only fail so many times,” Professor Hosanagar said. “But the culture of Silicon Valley is one where failure is embraced.” (1/18/12) MORE
Zealyst: “An Out of this World Networking Start-Up”
January 17, 2012Zealyst: “One the the most fascinating parts of Meeteor’s recent release is the ability to visualize your networks and explore connections one or two degrees removed.” Meeteor’s co-founders are Wharton alums Philip Cortes & Chris Lee (both WG’11) and is a Wharton Venture Initiation Program alumni company. (1/17/2012) MORE
NY Daily News: 12 people to watch in 2012
January 17, 2012Wharton Venture Initiation Program alum company Coursekit’s co-founder & CTO Dan Getelman one of 12 People to Watch in NY Tech (1/15/2012) MORE
Ben Franklin Approves $1.7 Million for Early-Stage Companies
January 11, 2012Wharton Venture Initiation Program and DreamIt Ventures alum company CloudMine (founded by Brendan McCorkle, EMTM’11) one of the companies approved for funding by Ben Franklin Technology Partners. (1/11/2012) MORE
Inside Higher Ed: “What does the LMS of the future look like?”
January 11, 2012Creme Magazine: Top Entrepreneurs To Watch In 2012
January 11, 2012Creme Magazine names Rohan Deuskar WG’11 – co-founder of Stylitics (winners of the 2011 Wharton Business Plan Competition) – as one of their top entrepreneurs to watch. He says, “Wharton has been an incredible resource for us. We have a professor who is an advisor and investor, the entrepreneurial center has made key introductions, and my classmates have gone out of their way to help in any way they can. Most people would be surprised to learn how entrepreneurial the Wharton community is. There are 8 startups founded by my classmates focused just on the fashion industry!” (1/4/2012) MORE
