Wharton Magazine followed multiple teams throughout the 2013 Wharton Business Plan Competition. We followed one team in particular, ZenKars, as they made it through the Semi-Finals and into the Venture Finals. The day of this culminating event, we then “shadowed” the team—then-second-year MBAs Jean-Mathieu “Jim” Chabas and Venkat Jonnala—for the entire day, from the time they got dressed and began preparing for their final pitch, to their bright-light moment on the stage before the judges and after. We got a sense for what it’s like to be student entrepreneurs and Wharton MBA students, friends and partners. The wonderful coincidence is: ZenKars ended up winning the Perlman Grand Prize!
Watch our “ZenKars and the 2013 Wharton BPC: Student Entrepreneurs Day in the Life” video below:
Then read the first two installments in our 2013 Wharton BPC series:
“The Business Plan Competition Experience (Part 2)”
We followed three teams during Semi-Final pitches. Only one team moved to the next stage, but all three benefitted from the experience. Read more.
“A Day in the Life: Student Startups (Part 1)”
When the 2013 Wharton Business Plan Competition was just getting into full swing, we spent a few minutes with two of the competitors to see what it’s like to be in their shoes. Read more.
