thefranchize9

Is Wharton good with entrepreneurship say for someone who would like to start a business right out of college?????

knicks10

i can't really answer ur question

but my question is...

is some sort of entrepreneurship club or something readily available to maybe start a business with a group of other students? (without actually majoring in entrepreneurship)

http://www.wharton-eclub.com/main/in...ID=1&PageID=16

1MX

wharton is pushing it, but the program is neglected. You can't major in it.
Try babson college if you want to start your own business....it's top notch.

hxgbert

1MX, check out http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/c...reneurship.cfm.

Wharton - Penn in general - is really a place that encourages entrepreneurship. I think a lot of it is technology focused (a lot of Wharton/Engineer interaction in the Weiss Tech House), but there are always tons of competitions that go on through clubs or through the undergraduate schools that encourage entrepreneurship and selling ideas.

knicks10

its definitely not a major aspect of wharton tho
Entrepreneurship (second concentration only)
it can't even be ur main concentration

but u can spend your own time in outside clubs/competitions with it i guess

1MX

ya, whaton wants kids to be entrepreneurs, but just about everyone joins the finance train.

abhim89

i don't believe that entrepreneurship can be fully taught in a classroom; with that being said, Penn and Wharton have many extracurricular opportunities to get some hands-on entrepreneurship experience (which I think is the only real way to fully develop entrepreneurial skills)

mattwonder

the entrepreneurship concentration teaches you some good skills. it will not, however, train you to start a business. you can learn laws about IP, venture capital finance principles, negotiation, some management theory, and pricing strategies, among other things. it's definitely a cool program, but it's new (the newness is why it can only be a 2nd concentration). while there are great resources for budding entrepreneurs, the culture at Wharton is definitely promoting toolness on wall st.

if you're actually interested in entrepreneurship from a technical area, you may want to look into engineering... if you want to start a non-technical business, then i think you're hopeless :-)

tenebrousfire

there's also an engineering entrepreneurship minor that's quite popular.