Your Startup Life Starts Here

Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship is here to help Penn students interested in entrepreneurship & innovation find their unique path and career.

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Penn Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Use our handy tool and filter all of Penn’s entrepreneurial resources by type and also by our two locations.

Resources at Philadelphia and San Francisco

Start Here Mondays

Don’t know where to start? Meet with one of our knowledgeable staff and craft your entrepreneurial path.

Brand new to entrepreneurship? Here are 5 ways to get started.

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Entrepreneurship Classes

Work on your startup in class, develop a product, or prepare yourself for a career in startups, private equity & VC, intrapreneurship, or social entrepreneurship.

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Funding

Penn Wharton Innovation Fund
Summer Venture Award

See a full listing of Competitions, Prizes, & Awards

Upcoming Events

Jan

Snider Center Venture Consulting Info Session: Accepting Applications for Current Wharton Freshmen

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
John M. Huntsman Hall

Jan

I-Corps Spring 2020 Informational Session

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Penn Office of the Vice Provost for Research

Jan

Penn Nursing Innovation Accelerator Pitch Day

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fagin Hall

Jan

President’s Innovation and Engagement Prizes: Deadline

Jan

Startup Weekend Philadelphia Latino Edition

1776 Rittenhouse

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SUMMER VENTURE AWARD

Accepting Applications

DEADLINE:Wednesday, February 13, 11:59 pm Eastern

WIN $10,000 TO WORK ON YOUR STARTUP OVER THE SUMMER

The Summer Venture Award (SVA) of $10,000 is intended to assist students financially over the summer in lieu of full-time internships so that they can concentrate on developing their entrepreneurial ventures. Winners are required to work on their ventures full-time over the summer.

Available to Penn and Wharton undergraduate Juniors, First-Year MBA Students, and Penn graduate students in their last internship period.

APPLY HERE

#entrePENNeur Stories

Scaling an Omnichannel Fulfillment Strategy

Guiding entrepreneurs making the transition from a successful startup to a large enterprise.

Scale School

Things Fall In Place Podcast

Created and hosted by Athena Panton (W’20), each episode will feature a different student venture within our Venture Initiation Program and cover topics such as time management, finding the right idea, mental health, and much more.

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