First, But Not the Last

The Wharton Graduate 1Gen Club helps first-generation/limited-income students connect and navigate the MBA experience.

Hoop Dreams

A group of Executive MBA students bonded over ambitions to own a pro sports team. They never imagined their Wharton experience would lead to a business opportunity — or an Italian basketball franchise.

Data: Costs of Aging, Salary Transparency, Quit Rates, and More

Watchlist: Mentorship Podcasts, Women's Health Resources, and a Mobile App Builder

Must-Read Wharton Authors

Closing the gender gap, leveraging language for better business outcomes, and more from faculty and alumni

Fresh Start

The opening of Wharton’s San Francisco campus was an opportunity for Alison Hawkins WG03 to begin her transition from the courtroom to real estate investing.

Is There a Better Way to Staff Temporary Teams?

Life Lessons: A CFO's Path to Nonprofit Nirvana

Rick Perkins WG70 on revitalizing the Kimmel Center, the importance of adapting to different bosses, and knowing when to retire

Through a Different Lens

Thanks to the Daily Pennsylvanian and Wharton, a passion for photography and journalism grew into an appreciation for analytics and the business of media.

Faculty Book Excerpt: The Innovation Tournament Handbook

A new book by Wharton professors Christian Terwiesch and Karl Ulrich makes the case for using competitive tournaments to spark new, transformative ideas.

Where Are They Now: 40 Under 40

Catching up with a cross-section of notable young alumni

Cardon

When skin-care aficionado Narae Chung WG17 and retail expert Jacqueline Oak WG17 met at Wharton, they got to wondering why the demand for Korean skin-care products in America came almost exclusively from women. This question became the catalyst for Cardon, a skin-care brand using high-quality Korean product formulations in simple and targeted ranges for men. The startup’s intuitive website and easy-to-understand products — each packed with ingredients for common skin concerns — make for a perfect introduction to the culture of skin care for a male demographic that’s largely uninitiated.

Shatterproof

Roughly one in three Americans today report that drugs have been a source of trouble for their family. After his son Brian took his own life amid a struggle with addiction, Gary Mendell WG94 founded Shatterproof to transform treatment and change how the public views substance-use disorders. Inspired by his loss, Mendell aims to end the stigma in America by shifting awareness toward a better comprehension of the realities of the disease and the current treatment system. Shatterproof is spurring change among health-care companies, communities, and legislatures — efforts that earlier this year garnered the nonprofit $5 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to expand its work.

Alula

“There are few days that divide your life into two parts: before times and after times,” says Liya Shuster-Bier WG17, who knows firsthand you can’t possibly understand some experiences until you’ve lived through them. Her own battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma inspired her to start a centralized shop with products for those undergoing cancer treatments, ranging from cold packs to anti-nausea lozenges and post-op recovery kits. Alula handpicks the most useful, thoughtful, tried, and tested goods and also offers treatment-specific recommendations via text or phone — all geared toward making living with cancer more bearable.

Wonder

Anyone who loves food appreciates that it’s best served fresh. Led by alumnus Marc Lore and Scott Hilton WG07, Wonder partners with talented chefs and gourmet restaurants to bring “fired, finished, and plated” meals right to customers’ doorsteps. Per their mobile ghost-kitchen concept, Wonder-branded food trucks are equipped to prepare orders outside homes and deliver restaurant-quality food fresh from the oven. Currently serving New Jersey, Lore and Hilton — who most recently worked together as Walmart executives — focus on sustainable, locally sourced, seasonal ingredients and plan to have a national footprint by 2035.

Keye

“One subscription to access them all.” That’s the pitch for Keye, a new idea from Rohan Parikh G23 WG23, Niha Gottiparthy WG23, and Paolo Fornasini G23 WG23 that’s tackling subscription fatigue. A winner of the Lauder Institute’s 2022 Jacobson Venture Awards and a recent participant in Venture Lab’s VIP-X accelerator, Keye offers a new way to enjoy online content without committing to so many services. Currently in beta testing, the startup gives users monthly credits to access certain content from its partners, so you can stop anteing up for services you rarely touch and only pay for what you need.