Portfolio.com: Venture Initiation Program company & BPC People’s Choice winner Kembrel is a big hit at “Social Selling”

Two Wharton MBAs, Stephan Jacobs and Cherif Habib are using their school experience to launch their own  business–a private sale site that runs entirely on Facebook. MORE

New York Post: Scarpasa, founded by Wharton alumna Christina Luhur, featured for new fashion trend

Following a trend brought on by the women on Mad Men, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, and France’s first lady Carla Bruni, Wharton alumna founded company, Scarpasa, is bringing back low- to mid-rise heels and making them more accessible for women. MORE

Gigaom: Penn & Wharton undergraduate alumni travel firm, Wanderfly, launches and “Inspires Travel Getaways”

Travel site Wanderfly, co-founded by Penn alum Christy Liu, and Wharton alums Evan Schneyer and Cezary Pietrzak, is mentioned in numerous media outlets upon its launch. http://goo.gl/TRGs

Businessweek: Wharton alumni company Diapers.com is “What Amazon Fears Most”

Co-founded by a team of Wharton and Penn community members including CEO Marc Lore, a cover story describes the company’s explosive growth http://goo.gl/IcTE

Philadelphia Business Journal: TicketLeap, company founded by Wharton alum, featured in Top 100 list

TicketLeap, founded by Wharton alum Chris Stanchak, #7 on Philadelphia Business Journal’s Top 100 fastest growing private companies. http://t.co/tlUXH6I

DNA (India): Wharton alumna featured for creating Indian wedding registry website

Wharton alumna, Priyanka Agarwal, inspired by American gift giving, launches Indian online wedding gift registry Wishberry.in. http://goo.gl/VOgL

Harvard Business Review: Prof. Ian MacMillan & Societal Wealth Program Director James Thompson on “A New Approach to Green Tech Opportunities”

Prof. Ian MacMillan and Societal Wealth Program Director James Thompson, (with M. Gruber) discuss how existing technologies can be used to tackle environmental challenges. http://goo.gl/FGe3

The Economist: Assoc Prof. David Hsu on so-called “Super-angels”

In an article entitled “Angels or Demons” Assoc Prof David Hsu weighs in on the recent trend of angels to make larger investments //goo.gl/LFG7