Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference 2010

Cohen Partners LLC

Cohen Partners is an independent insurance brokerage that delivers integrated solutions to meet client needs in business, benefits, life, and personal insurance.

Please visit Cohen Partners booth at the Start-Up Expo.

Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs

Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs (WEP) is widely considered one the most influential Centers of entrepreneurship in the world. Today the Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program, is one of the largest entrepreneurial teaching programs available, offering more than 20 courses to some 2,000 students and entrepreneurs. The faculty of over 20 professors and practitioners teach courses for undergraduate and graduate students and guide initiatives for entrepreneurs.

Wharton Entrepreneurship Club

Our goal is to harness the resources, talents, interests, and enthusiasm of the MBA community to affirm Wharton's place as the best MBA entrepreneurship community in the world.

We aim to position the Entrepreneurship Club as the platform that unites and organizes the school's many resources in order to:

1. Assist students in making greater use of the entrepreneurial offerings, resources, and talents at Wharton;
2. Increase the number of Wharton MBAs who engage in entrepreneurship of any form;
3. Solidify a distinctive culture of entrepreneurship at Wharton comprised of diverse, dedicated, collaborative individuals by working with Wharton Administration, WBPC, VIP, and WEP to encourage broader industry coverage in business plan competitions, and increase funding and support for VIP and Venture Awards

University City Science Center

The University City Science Center accelerates technology commercialization, regional economic development, and the market availability of life-enhancing scientific breakthroughs by bringing together innovations, scientists, entrepreneurs, funding, laboratory facilities, and business services. Established in 1963 and headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, the Science Center was the first, and remains the largest, urban research park in the United States. Graduate organizations and current residents of the University City Science Center's Port business incubators have created more than 15,000 jobs that remain in the Greater Philadelphia region today and contribute more than $9 billion to the regional economy annually. For more information about the Science Center, go to www.sciencecenter.org.

The William & Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation

The Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School is the umbrella organization for 3 major technology-related research programs: The BioSciences Crossroads Initiative (BioSci), Emerging Technologies Management Research Program (ET Program), and Wharton eBusiness Initiative (WeBI).

Weiss Tech House

The Weiss Tech House is a student-run hub of technological innovation at the University of Pennsylvania that encourages and supports students in the creation, development and commercialization of innovative technologies.

Deloitte

Deloitte is the brand under which approximately 169,000 dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients.