Recognizing the unique challenges facing today's emerging technology companies, Wharton this summer offered students an innovative new program run simultaneously from the East and West coasts. The Technology Entrepreneurship Internship launched in June and continues until late July. A team of Wharton faculty members travels between Silicon Valley and Philadelphia to meet with MBA students in each location one evening per week. The interactive workshop format of the classroom experience allows students to share summer work experiences with other students, faculty and practitioners from each coast's technology venture community.
People always ask whether entrepreneurship can be taught.
And because we are holding the class on both coasts, this program provides a great opportunity for students to compare East and West coast perspectives on major technology entrepreneurship issues. The seven-week course addresses the realities of starting, financing, growing and managing a technology company. Course sessions covered key topics such as business and revenue models, technology development and intellectual property issues, financing approaches, culture and human resources development, and alliance strategies. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania . All rights reserved.