A number of programs and groups at Wharton, across the University of Pennsylvania, and within the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, have much to offer entrepreneurs.
Wharton School
- Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative
- Lippincott Library
- Something Ventured: Risk, Reward and the Original Venture Capitalists (documentary – Wharton logon required)
- Wharton Entrepreneurship Club (MBA)
- Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative
- Wharton Innovation and Design
- Wharton Program for Social Impact
- Wharton Small Business Development Center
- Wharton Sports Business Initiative
- Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club
- William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation
- Y-Prize Competition
Wharton San Francisco
- Entrepreneurship at Wharton San Francisco
- Venture Initiation Program in San Francisco
- Wharton Entrepreneurs Workshop
- Semester in San Francisco
- Startup Elements by Rock Health
University of Pennsylvania
- The AddLab
- AppitUP
- Education Design Studio
- Engineering Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship floor in Ware College House
- M&T Innovation Fund
- Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition & Conference
- PennApps
- Penn Biotech Group
- Penn Center for Innovation
- Penn Founders’ Club
- Penn i-Corps
- PennLaunch
- Penn Law – Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic
- Penn Law – Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
- Penn Nursing – Health Technology Innovation Incubator
- PennSEM (Social Entrepreneurship Mentoring)
- PennVention
- Schwartz Family Penn Social Impact House
- UPStart
- Weiss Tech House
Philadelphia Regional Entrepreneurial Eco-System
Accelerators & Incubators
- Alliance Equals LLC
- AlphaLab Gear (hardware and robotics accelerator – Pittsburgh)
- Bolt (Boston-based accelerator for hardware-focused startups)
- The Business Center of Entrepreneurship & Social Enterprise (non-profit incubator)
- coPhilly
- Digital Health Accelerator
- DreamItVentures
- Good Company Group
- Halcyon Incubator (DC-based incubator and accelerator for Social ventures)
- Novotorium (incubator for health & wellness businesses)
- Project Liberty Digital Incubator
Advising Services
- Ballard Spahr, LLP
- Entrepreneurial Law Clinic – Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law
- Entrepreneurs’ Forum of Greater Philadelphia
- The Enterprise Center
- Service Corps of Retired Executives (offers free email counseling/mentoring to small businesses)
Alumni
- Penn Digital (NYC – community of Penn digital alumni)
- WE-EARN: Wharton Entrepreneurs – Education and Resource Network (at the Wharton Club of NY)
Co-Working Spaces
- Benjamin’s Desk
- CityCoHo
- CultureWorks
- DevNuts
- The Hive
- Hive76
- Impact Hub Philly
- Industrious Office
- Indy Hall
- NextFab
- Philadelphia Coworking, Incubator & Multi-tenant Spaces
- Sculpture Gym
- Venturef0rth
Events
- Angel Venture Fair
- PACT – Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies
- Philly Startup Weekend
- Philly TechBreakfast
- Philly Tech Meetup
- Philly Tech Week
- Quorum at the University City Science Center
- Startup Digest – Philadelphia
- University City Science Center
Female Entrepreneurs
- Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs
- Springboard Enterprises
- Women Business Coop-Start My Business: Twelve Steps in Six Months
Government Initiatives & Non-Profits
- Ben Franklin Technology Partners
- The City of Philadelphia Office of Business Services
- Empowerment Group (nonprofit economic growth support organization)
- Free Library of Philadelphia – Business Science & Industry Department
- PA Biz Online
Philadelphia Community
- Dorm Room Fund Philly
- Entrepreneur’s Resource Directory
- Founded in Philly
- Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
- OpenAccessPhilly
- OpenDoorPHL
- PACT (Grater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies)
- Philly Startup Leaders
- Seed Philly
- Startup Grind
- Technically Philly
- WeWorkInPhilly (community edited guide to creative, business and tech community in Philadelphia)
Misc.
- FashInvest (NYC)
- List of Tech Tools for Entrepreneurs
- mosaicHUB (search listings of entrepreneurial service providers)
- Sage Corps– Global Entrepreneurship Internship Program
- Venture For America
- Outsourcing 101 A free ebook guide to outsourcing from alumni company VenturePact
- InstaSource