This tool brings together all the entrepreneurial resources available at Penn, in the Philadelphia region, and at Wharton San Francisco.
Just getting started with entrepreneurship? Try these 5 resources.
Use this tool to find the resources that meet your needs, and get in touch with them directly. Good luck, entrepreneurs!
How to use this tool:
- Click the buttons below to filter by resource type and location. Clicking additional buttons adds filters. Click the button a second time to turn that filter off. To reset, click All.
- Blue are Penn resources; yellow are regional resources.
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Build an amazing startup in Philadelphia, all over the course of one weekend.
$10,000 to work on your startup over the summer
Local technology news and events
Club for students who love tech & entrepreneurship
Northwest Philly center for educating & connecting entrepreneurs of any age
Hub for innovation, entrepreneurship & technology development
Bringing together Penn faculty & entrepreneurs
Incubator with community, space, support, & resources
Accelerator with funding, space, mentorship, & connections
Accelerator with funding, space, mentorship, & community
Collaborative workspace & coworking community
Student-run hub of tech innovation
Awards for innovative ideas
5 week incubator with space & mentoring
Learn to develop, launch, fund, & grow your own business--online
Learn to create a social enterprise--online
Customer analytics assistance for your startup
Workshops covering startup fundamentals
Club for students interested in entrepreneurship
The Wharton MBA for working professionals
The first student-led FinTech club
SF has many, many resources for entrepreneurs: here are 50
January break program learning about the tech sector in SF
Lab of experimental & high-performance 3D printers
Design thinking to drive innovation
Scaling women-founded businesses
How to major in entrepreneurship
Conference bringing entrepreneurs & investors together
Career & educational opportunities in private equity & venture capital
App idea competition
Global awards for innovative higher education pedagogies
Wharton classes & community on the West Coast
Pro bono legal advice & support for student entrepreneurs
Club for students with an interest in social impact
Funding, business & technical expertise for early-stage, technology-based firms
Developing & promoting business strategies for a better world
Coworking community, event venue, & media platform for entrepreneurs
Club for students interested in tech
Creating new strategies to improve health care delivery & patient outcomes
Conference for the tech industry & Wharton students
Certificate in engineering entrepreneurship
Undergraduate club for students interested in entrepreneurship
Resources from the city of Philadelphia to help you plan, launch, & manage your business
How to specialize in entrepreneurship
Green coworking space for professionals who care about sustainability
Wharton research to develop practical approaches to managing innovation
Competition to create a viable commercial application for Penn research
A crowdfunding accelerator program
Affordable shared management resources to the arts, heritage, & creative communities
Penn Law students provide pro bono intellectual property law services
Medical device idea competition
Comp Sci club with hackathons, tech treks, startup happy hour, etc.
Students investing in student-run companies
The only growth accelerator designed for mature startups
Interactive "unconvention" for entrepreneurs
Incubator & seed fund for solving education's most difficult problems
Annual 2-minute pitch competition
Department for those with a passion for tech innovation
Undergraduate minor in engineering entrepreneurship
Cultivating & investing in minority entrepreneurs
Supporting the creation & development of high growth firms in Philly
Source for Philly startups & entrepreneurs looking to launch, grow, & run a business
Legal advice for Philly entrepreneurs from Drexel students
Live with other entrepreneurs & innovators
1-on-1 advising with experts & alumni entrepreneurs
Information, research assistance, & networking opportunities for entrepreneurs
weeklong modular course in a country facing business challenges of interest
7 days of practical training in social entrepreneurship
12-week program for seed-stage social entrepreneurs
Incubator for health innovation startups
Certificate in healthcare mgt, entrepreneurship, & tech
BSN-to-PhD program for innovative nursing students
Hackerspace in South Philly, for those who tear things apart & put them together in new ways
Support for social entrepreneurs & impact investors building sustainable businesses
Luxury coworking office space
Close-knit coworking community
Undergraduate program in engineering & business
Amazing research resource for entrepreneurs at the Penn Libraries
Tech community center with space & computer equipment
Master's in education entrepreneurship
Funds for innovative ideas
Privately-owned VC for the Penn community
Education startup competition
The tools to properly analyze & design complex networks
Collaborative makerspace with digital & traditional fabrication tools
Master's degree in Nonprofit Leadership
Support for health, wellness, & nutrition startups
A network of passionate, engaged and active Philadelphia citizens
Website dedicated to helping you build & expand your business in Pennsylvania
Experiential education in developing commercialization strategies
Grad student org for those in the biotechnology industry
Penn’s one-stop-shop for commercialization & entrepreneurship.
Penn Law students provide pro bono legal services to social entrepreneurs
Club for serious student founders
NSF program for commercializing University research
Entrepreneurship & innovation conference
Resources for business plan writing, strategic planning, financing, franchising & more
Support & resources for all Penn entrepreneurs
Funds for innovative ideas
7 days of practical training in social entrepreneurship
The nation's first student-run college hackathon
Funding & support for healthcare innovation
Business incubator & lab for the commercialization of Penn research
Tech innovation competition
Content and connections to capital, coaching, & customers for entrepreneurs
Weekly guide to local entrepreneurship events
Monthly Meetup to help build a sustainable technology industry in Philly
Connecting the Philly entrepreneurial community
Annual week-long celebration of technology & innovation in Philly
Monthly Meetup to talk tech over breakfast
Award for graduating seniors with a local, national or global engagement project
Award for graduating seniors with a startup that "does good"
Incubator for digital media startups
Lounge, programs, & events for Philly's entrepreneurship & innovation communities
Annual event for organizations that support the Philly innovation economy
Consulting for Philly region entrepreneurs
All the education, information, & tools necessary to build a successful business in PA
Undergraduate program in bioscience & management
SF resources to encourage & support small business success
Workshops for Philly region entrepreneurs
Scaling advice from successful alumni entrepreneurs
1 week in Costa Rica + 5 months at Penn to found your social venture
Accelerator with funding, space, mentorship, & connections
Pitch for seed funding at Singh Nano Week
MBA students spend a fall semester in SF
Free business advice for entrepreneurs
State-of-the-art equipment for nanoscale characterization, measurement, & fabrication
Annual conference for nanotechnology innovation
Camden-based incubator
Annual fair for startups & students who want to work at them
Events connecting local students with businesses & entrepreneurs in Philly
Competition for student startups
Philly chapter of startup community of 400,000 founders in over 200 cities
Support for student interns at startups
Supporting entrepreneurs across the city of Philadelphia
Early-stage investment capital for emerging technology companies in Philly
The best student entrepreneurs pitch to successful entrepreneurial alumni