Clever, clever: Snapdeal (founded by Kunal Bahl W’06) is promoting digital literacy as a way to draw in more sellers to the “booming ecommerce marketplace.” Read more HERE.
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Daily Pennsylvanian: App encourages positivity on campus
April 18, 2014More than 600 Penn students are already using this new app, created by Wharton senior Edward Lando and Engineering freshman Yagil Burowsky, to compliment each other: Read MORE
NPR’s Marketplace: Shop and charge: stores offer cellphone charging
April 3, 2014NPR’s Marketplace looks at whether Wharton alum Doug Baldasare’s ChargeItSpot actually translates to more sales for brick-and-mortar shops. MORE
Technically Philly: ChargeItSpot to offer charging stations in 20 Urban Outfitters stores
March 11, 2014Wharton grad Doug Baldasare’s ChargeItSpot is gong into 20 Urban Outfitters in New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, and 5 Sports Authorities later this month. Now you know where to go to charge your phone while shopping. MORE
TechCrunch: Blend Lands $2.7M in Seed Funding Led by NEA
March 7, 2014Social networking with the brands built in: Blend (co-founded by Wharton alum Matt Geiger and current student Evan Rosenbaum) pays college students Blend Currency for the best photos on the theme of the day. That currency is good for rewards from advertisers. Nice model.
That must be why they just landed $2.7 in seed funding. MORE
Forbes: Elon Musk’s 500,000 Unit Battery Plant – Myth or Reality?
March 5, 2014Elon Musk C’97/W’97 is investing $2 billion in car batteries — with a goal of producing 500,000 annually by 2020.
Forbes asks: do the numbers add up? MORE
CNBC: An app that pleases advertisers and consumers
March 5, 2014“It may only be a few weeks old, but it could have the potential to transform how mobile advertising works.”
That’s what CNBC has to say about Slidejoy, founded by Robert Seo WG’12, a new app that pays you to put ads on your phone’s lock screen. MORE
WHYY Newsworks: What’s next for workplace wellness?
March 5, 2014WHYY’s NewsWorks looks at workplace wellness, and takes serious note of LifeVest Health (founded by Jon Cooper C’03/WG’09), ‘A stock exchange for your health’, which provides direct financial incentives for employees to live healthier. MORE
Fox: Smartphone Apps That Make You Money?
March 5, 2014WATCH: Fox 29 checks out some smartphone apps that can make you money — such as Slidejoy, founded by Robert SEo WG’12. MORE
VentureBeat: Why India’s answer to Alibaba & eBay is the tech IPO to watch
February 19, 2014VentureBeat shows a lot of love to “India’s answer to Alibaba & eBay”: Snapdeal, founded by Kunal Bahl (M&T’06): MORE
Today Show: DigiPuppets among adorable new toys for kids
February 19, 2014The Today Show visited a toy fair and discovered DigiPuppets (co-founded by Dan Clay WG’14 and Brendan Green C’07/WG’14)! Watch the segment here. MORE
Business Insider: You Can Explain eBay’s $50 Billion Turnaround With Just This One Crazy Story
February 19, 2014Assemble a team of six of the smartest people you know. Fly to Australia on a whim. Book a penthouse via AirBnB. In just 2 weeks, transform the eBay homepage and save the company.
This is the business version of an action movie–and it really happened. Read this awesome article about how Wharton alumnus Jack Abraham used his entrepreneurial smarts to make eBay great again. Because what big companies need, as it turns out, are entrepreneurs.
Shout outs to Wharton Entrepreneurship alumni Nat Turner and Zack Weinberg, too! MORE
CNET: Want $10 off your mobile bill? Put ads on your lock screen
February 19, 2014Slidejoy (co-founders/CEOs Robert Seo WG’12, Sanghoon Kwak WG’14, & Jaeho Chung WG’14) will put ads on your lock screen and pay you for the privilege. MORE
Philly.com: Penn grads’ anti-drowsy headset ‘Vigo’ is technology’s answer to energy drinks
February 19, 2014Doze-inducing Engineering lectures inspired 3 Penn grads–Drew Karabinos, Jason Gui, and Jonathan Kern–to develop an an anti-drowsy headset: ‘Vigo’. A successful Kickstarter campaign and a hardware incubator later, they’ve got a terrific product for not only tired students, but sleep-deptrived shift workers, long-haul truckers, and more: MORE
TechCrunch: Keen On… Slava Rubin: How Indiegogo Is Reinventing Capitalism
February 19, 2014WATCH: Is Indiegogo blowing up capitalism?
Slava Rubin W’00, founder of the crowdfunding platform, talks to Tech Crunch about the future of funding and innovation, and answers the above question… Watch the video to see what he has to say. MORE
Economist: Feathering its Nest
February 19, 2014The internet’s been buzzing with the news that Google is buying Nest for the fabulous price of $3.2 billion.
What’s the Wharton connection? Rob Coneybeer, WG’96 and WE board member, is an investor, and Tom vonReichbauer W’04/WG’05 is the Nest CFO. Congrats guys! MORE
Bloomberg Businessweek: The next Infosys: Connecting buyers, sellers
February 19, 2014In India, SnapDeal, co-founded by Kunal Bahl M&T’06, is a household name. Learn about this $500M e-commerce company and the men who founded it from Businessweek: MORE
Access Hollywood: Shark Tank – First Look
February 19, 2014The first Shark Tank of 2014 features a pitch from CJ Isakow, WG’08 and VIP alum, for his company Eyebloc, which can protect you from prying eyes looking through your computer webcam.
Watch tonight! And check out the promo of his pitch here: MORE
Technically Philly: These 6 winning Penn mobile apps will be built by software companies
December 12, 2013There were supposed to be only 5 winners of the AppItUP Challenge, but the ideas for mobile apps were too good. Of the nearly 200 mobile app ideas submitted by Penn students, 6 will be turned into actual prototypes by software development companies. MORE
LA Times: SpaceX reaches milestone in rocket launch from Cape Canaveral
December 12, 2013Third time’s the charm for SpaceX (founded by amazing inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk C’97/W’97)! The Falcon 9 launched at last, lifting a 7,000 telecommunications satellite.
Who knows what they’ll put into space next! MORE
NPR: Businesses Woo Customers With Free Phone-Charging Stations
December 12, 2013NPR picks up the story of ChargeItSpot, founded by Doug Baldasare WG’12 — the company that lets you charge your phone while you shop or dine. MORE
Metro: Shop and charge: Philly guy makes it possible
December 12, 2013Is ChargeItSpot the next AC?
“Doug Baldasare sees his smartphone charging stations as the next air conditioner.
“When air conditioning first came out,” said the Wharton grad, ‘it wasn’t an understood thing that a retail store had to have it. But eventually, when all the stores had air conditioning, you couldn’t not have air.'”
Doug Baldasare WG’12 just can’t stop getting great press for ChargeItSpot! MORE
USA Today: SpaceX launch delayed until Thanksgiving
December 12, 2013“Want to be super careful, so pushing launch to Thurs.,” said Elon Musk, C’97/W’97 and SpaceX founder and CEO. So alaos, the Falcon failed to fly yesterday. But keep an eye out on Thanksgiving for a rocket launch – the best possible addition to a turkey dinner, if you ask me. MORE
USA Today: SpaceX satellite launch is a potential game-changer
December 12, 2013Three, two, one… liftoff!
That’s what SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk C’97/W’97, hopes to hear today at 5:37 pm, when their upgraded falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch.
Space just got exciting again… MORE
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