Wharton Stories: Wharton Entrepreneurs Workshops

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“When you’re playing, you only have time to invest and pick people and opportunities to bet on. But I wanted to be more active. Wharton gave me confidence to be more active and do things on my own.” — Malcolm Smith, WG’25

From the NFL to Finance: How Wharton Is Shaping Malcolm Smith’s Next Chapter

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“Wharton gives you an unusually safe environment to test things: classmates who will give real feedback, professors who will pressure-test your assumptions, and programs like VIP-X that simulate real investor scrutiny.” — Ojú Junaid, WG’26

Inside VIP-X Philadelphia: How Wharton MBA Founders Are Scaling Startups

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The Path From Labs to the Marketplace

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After more than six years as a Special Forces medical sergeant, Thomas Cavett, WG’18, G’18, came to Wharton to work on the launch of an innovative traumatic injury detection device.

How This Lauder Vet Is Working to Create Life-Saving Devices for the Military

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Wharton Entrepreneurs Workshop #52 — “Why and How to Pursue Angel Investing” with David Mes, WG’05, and Ben Orthlieb, WG’07

Why and How to Pursue Angel Investing

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Wharton Entrepreneurs Workshop #51 — “How to Make Sure Your Product Is User-Driven, and Why It Matters” with Julie Price, WG’08

How to Make Sure Your Product Is User-Driven

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Wharton Entrepreneurs Workshop #50 — “Start Up Selling” with Jeffrey Goodman, WG’96, Genweb2 VP of Sales

A Powerful Model for Targeting the Right Kinds of Customers

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Wharton Entrepreneurs Workshop #49 — “The Art of Product Management” with Sachin Rekhi, ENG’05, W’05

How to Master the Art of Product Management

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Wharton Entrepreneurs Workshop #48 — “Getting your Mobile App Done – A Session for Managers and Entrepreneurs” with Zornitza Stefanova, WG’05

The Team, Tools, and Process You Need to Build a Mobile App

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Wharton Entrepreneurs Workshop #47 — “Crowdfunding to Series B – Launching (Literally) a Satellite-Powered Data Product” with Chris Wake

How Spire Went from Kickstarter Poster Child to a Multinational Organization