gulfnews.com: Professor Amit and Wharton BPC Spotlight

Gulf News recently featured Professor Raffi Amit and overviewed the Wharton Business Plan Competition in an article describing UAE’s Festival of Thinkers and Abu Dhabi’s investment in learning. MORE

WHYY-FM: WEP Lecturer Discusses Health Care Reform

Stephen Sammut, lecturer and senior fellow, discusses the business implications of health reform with on WHYY’s Health & Science radio channel. Sammut says that change could tip the scale in favor of becoming an entrepreneur. MORE

WSJ: Professor Amit Quoted

In a Wall Street Journal article on how small businesses are affected by the current political uncertainty, Wharton management professor Raffi Amit is featured for his comments on the pending overhaul of banking regulations, among other uncertainties. MORE

BusinessWeek: VIP Company and Professors Highlighted for Great Business Ideas

Past VIP member DocASAP recently appeared in Business Week Small Biz’s cover story this month.  CEO Puneet Maheshwari is interviewed along with alum and WEP board member Josh Kopelman.  Also mentioned are insights from Innovation Tournaments: Creating and Selecting Exceptional Opportunities, by Wharton professors Christian Terwiesch and Karl Ulrich. MORE

WSJ: Wharton Global Family Alliance Research Highlighted

The Wall Street Journal highlights Wharton Global Family Alliance single family office research of last year in an article about proposed SFO regulation. MORE

DP: Wharton Field Challenge Features Johnny Money Game

Today the DP features the Wharton Field Challenge which introduced the business building simulation Johnny Money, for which Prof. Ian MacMillan and the Societal Wealth Program contributed, to West Philadelphia High School students.  Along with Prof. MacMillan, Field Challenge faculty advisor Prof Keith Weigelt is interviewed, as is a Wharton junior involved in the WFC. MORE

bNET: Management Program Named Among the Elite

Wharton’s Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program was named as one of the elite programs that continue “teaching students by enlisting those who have gone before in the business world” by a recent article featured on bNET. MORE

BusinessWeek: VIP Alumni Company Named Among Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25

BusinessWeek named their 2009 finalists for the Top 25 U.S. Entrepreneurs Under 25 and among the top was VIP alumni company Invite Media, an online advertising buying platform. With $2.5 million in venture capital from First Round Capital and Genacast, and close to landing an additional $6 million from a Sand Hill Road firm, Invite Media expects to turn profitable by the first quarter of 2010. MORE

The Baltimore Sun: Wharton Assistant Professor Quoted about Finance Games

In an article discussing the possibility of making finance fun via online simulations,  Wharton assistant professor of management Ethan Mollick is quoted on the benefits of first-hand experience found in finance simulations and games. MORE

NYT: WEP’s Wharton Societal Wealth Program and Simulation Game Featured

A New York Times article on recent trends promoting entrepreneurship among US youths mentions “Johnny Money,” a simulation game developed with the help of WEP’s Wharton Societal Wealth Program. Co-Director Professor Ian MacMillan is also quoted. MORE

DP: Alum Featured in Alternative Employment Article

In a Daily Pennsylvanian article discussing alternative employment after graduation, such as launching a company or working for a family business, Wharton and College alum Amit Friedlander is featured for his experience working for family business MoveRight Consulting. MORE

mb.com: Wharton and IESE Business School Study Featured

Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation article “Values in family-owned business” featured a ground-breaking study of Single Family Offices conducted by Raphael Amit and Todd Milay, from Wharton, and Heinrich Leichtenstein and M. Julia Prats of IESE Business School. MORE

WSJ: Professor of Entrepreneurship Quoted

In a Wall Street Journal article discussing the cons of government stimulus, Raphael Amit, professor of entrepreneurship at Wharton, gives advice to businesses dealing with stimulus projects. MORE

WSJ: UPenn Professor Featured as Judge

For the third year in a row, The Wall Street Journal has listed the top small workplaces of the year. Professor Peter Cappelli, director of the Center for Human Resources at Wharton, was one of the eight judges that weighed in. MORE

BusinessWeek: Alumni Company Featured

Startup Mint.com, recently purchased by Intuit, owes much to alumni company First Round Capital. Named by BusinessWeek as a “new breed of high-risk, early-stage venture capitalist”, First Round Capital opted to back the fledgling company at a time when other VCs demurred. MORE

Philadelphia Business Journal: University City Science Center and UPenn Featured

Philadelphia Business Journal featured the University City Science Center for it’s business incubators, which have an annual economic impact in the Philadelphia area of $9 billion. UPenn, with a 40% stake, is the largest shareholder of the nonprofit center. MORE

Philadelphia Business Journal: SBDC and Others Announce Career GPS

Wharton Small Business Development Center, along with BioAdvance and the University City Science Center, are featured for their announced plans of creating a program called Career GPS, designed to help displaced biopharmaceutical professionals navigate the job market in the region’s life science community. MORE

CNN.com: VIP Member and Company Featured

Tal Raviv, VIP member and founder of DropCard, is featured in an article highlighting entrepreneurs still in college. He is further quoted throughout the article about his entrepreneurship journey and about DropCard, an e-business card that lets users send more contact information than is commonly found on a business card. MORE

BusinessWeek: Small Business Development Center Highlighted

In an article focusing on MBA students working as consultants, Wharton’s SBDC, at which requests for student services are at record levels, is highlighted. Therese Flaherty, program director, is also featured. MORE

The Economic Times: MBA Student Featured

Tushar Aggarwal, current Wharton MBA student, is featured in an article discussing the pros and cons of managing a business and pursuing an education at the same time. MORE

Inc.com: Alumni Company Named Among Top 10 Latino and Hispanic-Run Companies

Wharton MBA graduate Jose Villa, CEO of full-service advertising agency Sensis, is ranked no. 368 in Inc.com’s top 500 fastest-growing private companies in the US. Sensis also ranks among the top 10 Latino and Hispanic-run companies. MORE

U.S.1: Wharton Alum Highlighted by Princeton’s Newspaper

U.S.1, Princeton’s Business & Entertainment Newspaper, has highlighted the healthy typing practive MoveRight Consulting co-founded by Wharton alum Amit Friedlander. MORE

NYTimes: Wharton PhD Alums Featured

Whartpn PhD alum Scott Shane is a contributor to new NYTimes blog, “You’re the Boss: The Art of Running a Small Business.” Today, the blog featured Rita McGrath, another Wharton PhD alum, on the topic of small business health care. MORE

FoxNews.com: Comments on Businesses Moving Home by Wharton Lecturer Featured

In an article discussing the pros and cons of moving a business home to save rent. Comments by Eric Siegal, Wharton School lecturer and small business consultant, are featured. MORE

PharmExec: Wharton Professor Quoted

Wharton professor and chair of Operations and Information Management Karl Ulrich was quoted about the conventional view of innovation. MORE