Your Startup Life Starts Here

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

Quick Start: Our Most Popular Resources

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

Mar

EdTech Fundraising – Navigating New Landscapes

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Mar

The MBA Fund Pitch Competition: DEADLINE

5:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Apr

Venture Lab Startup Challenge Finals

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Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship
2021 Alumni Achievement Award

John Legend, C’99, HON’14

Join critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter, founder of FREEAMERICA, and University of Pennsylvania alumnus John Legend, C’99, HON’14, for a live fireside chat with Dean Erika H. James to discuss entrepreneurship as a platform for innovation and change in our world.

Introductions by Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania, and an update on Venture Lab from Karl Ulrich, Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

March 3, 2021
5:00 PM (PT) / 8:00 PM (ET)

Registration is required in advance by March 1st.