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Where Ideas Come to Life

With a new name and a new home, Venture Lab — formerly known as Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship — is the culmination of a nearly 50-year journey to help aspiring founders at Wharton and across the university realize their visions.

News

Start Me Up

Allbirds CEO Joey Zwillinger WG10 and nine alumni founders share the ups and downs of their entrepreneurial journeys and reveal their processes, success secrets, and lessons learned.

Blog Network

Marketing Tips for 21st Century Retailers

Insights into the evolving world of modern retail from academics and industry leaders at the Baker Retailing Center's recent conference.

Four Ways Managers Can Maximize Team Engagement
Blog Network

Four Ways Managers Can Maximize Team Engagement

Executive coach Alissa Finerman WG98 offers strategies for improving both team and individual performance.

Sofas, Sneakers and Snakebites
News

Koio Collective

If you think sneakers are only for basketball courts and kids, check out Koio Collective’s line of high-end leather kicks for men and women, sold in a Brooklyn showroom and online. German natives Johannes Quodt WG15 and Chris Wichert WG15 built a business plan in their classes at Wharton and found Italian artisans who could deliver the handmade designer styles they envisioned. Since launching last year and earning $1.3 million in seed funding, the company has recruited Warby Parker co-founder Neil Blumenthal WG10 as an adviser, and its Primo Luna was ranked among the best sneakers of 2015 by Esquire.

CommonBond's Common-Sense Startup Advice
Blog Network

CommonBond's Common-Sense Startup Advice

Entrepreneur David Klein came back to campus to give a leadership lecture to current students. We took the chance to catch up and pick his brain.

10 Years into the Revolution
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10 Years into the Revolution

Technology and changing demographics are driving the retail industry toward innovation, or bust.

Neil Blumenthal Shares the Warby Parker Story
Blog Network

Neil Blumenthal Shares the Warby Parker Story

How have four friends been able to found a wildly successful startup and stay true to their original vision, and each other?

Weaving the Next Warby Parker?
Blog Network

Weaving the Next Warby Parker?

A young alumna sets her sights on a purposeful life that also provides a precious commodity to her customers at Earth Heir.

Making Waves on Their Own Ship
People

Making Waves on Their Own Ship

More Wharton grads are taking the skills they learn—and the connections they make—to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. And some of their startups are receiving a lot of attention.

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Abstract illustration of a startup going from idea to company.
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Entrepreneurship
Spring/Summer 2021

Where Ideas Come to Life

With a new name and a new home, Venture Lab — formerly known as Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship — is the culmination of a nearly 50-year journey to help aspiring founders at Wharton and across the university realize their visions.

News
/
Entrepreneurship
Spring/Summer 2020

Start Me Up

Allbirds CEO Joey Zwillinger WG10 and nine alumni founders share the ups and downs of their entrepreneurial journeys and reveal their processes, success secrets, and lessons learned.

Blog Network
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Research
August 11, 2017

Marketing Tips for 21st Century Retailers

Insights into the evolving world of modern retail from academics and industry leaders at the Baker Retailing Center's recent conference.

Four Ways Managers Can Maximize Team Engagement
Blog Network
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Leadership
June 12, 2017

Four Ways Managers Can Maximize Team Engagement

Executive coach Alissa Finerman WG98 offers strategies for improving both team and individual performance.

Sofas, Sneakers and Snakebites
News
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Entrepreneurship
Fall 2016

Koio Collective

If you think sneakers are only for basketball courts and kids, check out Koio Collective’s line of high-end leather kicks for men and women, sold in a Brooklyn showroom and online. German natives Johannes Quodt WG15 and Chris Wichert WG15 built a business plan in their classes at Wharton and found Italian artisans who could deliver the handmade designer styles they envisioned. Since launching last year and earning $1.3 million in seed funding, the company has recruited Warby Parker co-founder Neil Blumenthal WG10 as an adviser, and its Primo Luna was ranked among the best sneakers of 2015 by Esquire.

CommonBond's Common-Sense Startup Advice
Blog Network
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Entrepreneurship
May 15, 2015

CommonBond's Common-Sense Startup Advice

Entrepreneur David Klein came back to campus to give a leadership lecture to current students. We took the chance to catch up and pick his brain.

10 Years into the Revolution
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Innovation/Tech
Fall 2013

10 Years into the Revolution

Technology and changing demographics are driving the retail industry toward innovation, or bust.

Neil Blumenthal Shares the Warby Parker Story
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Careers
May 10, 2013

Neil Blumenthal Shares the Warby Parker Story

How have four friends been able to found a wildly successful startup and stay true to their original vision, and each other?

Weaving the Next Warby Parker?
Blog Network
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ESG
January 18, 2013

Weaving the Next Warby Parker?

A young alumna sets her sights on a purposeful life that also provides a precious commodity to her customers at Earth Heir.

Making Waves on Their Own Ship
People
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Careers
Winter 2012

Making Waves on Their Own Ship

More Wharton grads are taking the skills they learn—and the connections they make—to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. And some of their startups are receiving a lot of attention.

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