“Get it Started!”: African entrepreneurship, Green Tech and Sustainability in June issue

 

Some of this month’s stories include: “Getting Their Hands Dirty”:  Students Help Wharton Small Business Development Center Client Help Farmers; “Coming Clean”: Wharton Entrepreneurial Alums See Opportunities in Aging Boomers, Greening Economy;  “WEP in Action”: Wharton’s Iffy Mba on Entrepreneurship in Africa and West Philadelphia. MORE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Week online: A Q&A with WEP Board Member Steve Goodman on “Avoiding Legal and Financial Traps”

Wharton alumnus and WEP Board Member Steve Goodman, partner at law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius, sits down for a discussion of legal issues every entrepreneur should consider (Subscription required) . MORE

VentureWire: Wharton alums raise more than $25M in VC funding

Congrats to Will West (WG89) of Control4 and Brett Hurt (WG99) of BazaarVoice who raised $20M & 7.1M in funding.  MORE (Control4): http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/17/control4-gives-you-control-over-your-home-devices-raises-20m/. MORE (BazaarVoice0: http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/18/bazaarvoice-raises-71-million-to-provide-brands-with-consumer-generated-content-options/

Wall Street Journal: Wharton’s Iffy Mba Featured

2008 MBA grad Ifeoma (Iffy) Mba’s last name intrigued the Wall Street Journal and led to an in-depth profile of Iffy and entrepreneurship via Nigerian economic development. MORE

Washington Post: WEP’s James Thompson is featured in a Wharton-NFL profile

Washington Post magazine gives in depth coverage to the Wharton’s NFL program, referring to Jim Thompson’s session as a “highlight” for the players. The article follows former Redskins player Ross Tucker through fourteen hour days of entrepreneurial study and discussion.  MORE

 

 

 

Newsweek: Wharton SBDC director Therese Flaherty on “What female entrepreneurs are doing to help themselves”

Wharton Small Business Development Center director Therese Flaherty is quoted in an article focused on the ability of women to build high growth businesses. MORE

NBC 10: Wharton VIP alum TicketLeap & Wharton SBDC

For NBC 10’s “Small Business Week,” the Philadelphia NBC affiliate interviewed Wharton SBDC Director Therese Flaherty for a segment on what it takes to start a business.  Additionally, the station chose Venture Initiation Program alum Chris Stanchak and his firm TicketLeap as a online business to profile. Chris is asked by NBC 10 what types of people helped him and he replies that “it’s a great thing [that] I’ve had the advisors that I’ve had from the beginning as part of Wharton’s Venture Initiation Program.”

View the TV segments and online features here:

Therese Flaherty story: http://video.nbc10.com/player/?id=254258

TicketLeap story, Chris Stanchak Q&A and TV segment:
        Story: http://www.nbc10.com/smallbusiness/16353220/detail.html
        Q&A:  http://www.nbc10.com/smallbusiness/16351900/detail.html                                                    Video: http://video.nbc10.com/player/?id=255230

Google/Wharton alum & Wharton Business Plan Competition in May issue of “Get it Started!” from Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs

Some of this month’s stories include “Healthy Competition”: Top 2008 Wharton Business Plan Competition Finishers Aim to Cure Disease and Ease Pain; “Learning to Fly”: Google Stint Helps Angel Investor/Wharton Alum Aydin Senkut Take Wing MORE

 

Knowledge@Wharton: “It’s Biotech’s Year” at the Wharton Business Plan Competition

Knowledge @ Wharton provides complete round up of activity at the 2008 Wharton Business Plan Competition Venture Finals. MORE

CBS Evening News with Katie Couric: Wharton VIP Alums SmartGenetics Profiled

VIP alumni company Smart Genetics and co-founder Julian Awad are featured extensively as part of a segment on DNA testing. MORE

Daily Pennsylvanian: Wharton BPC Venture Finals Highlighted

The Wharton Business Plan Competition Venture Finals are featured with winners highlighted and an interview with VF judge David  Piacquad MORE

Venture Capital, Innovation in April issue of “Get it Started!” from Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs

Stories include: “Segway’s Dilemma”: Wharton “Innovation, Problem Solving & Design” Course Plumbs the Problems of Product Design; “VC Training Ground”: Wharton Team Makes Finals of Venture Capital Investment Competition; and “WEP in Action”: Wharton Business Plan Semi-Finalists YouTube Video MORE 

GuyKawasaki.com

Legendary VC and entrepreneurial observer Guy Kawasaki lauds the Wharton Venture Initiation Program and VIP alumni firm TicketLeap in a recent blogpost. MORE He calls TicketLeap “The Democratization of Ticketing”

Philadelphia Business Journal: Wharton SBDC “Free Resource for Entrepreneurs”

The Wharton Small Business Development Center is featured as part of a Philadelphia Business Journal overview of the SBDC system and free/low cost offerings for busines owners in Philadelphia:
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Wall Street Journal: Wharton BPC Semi-Finalists, VIP Team & WEP YouTube Video Featured

The Wharton Business Plan Competition Semi-finalists get a chance to introduce themselves on the WSJ’s Independent Street site. MORE

YouTube: Wharton BPC Semi-Finalists Featured

Wharton Business Plan Competition Semi-Finalists are interviewed about their concepts and goals. MORE