Why did you decide to go on a Wharton Leadership Venture? I first heard of WLV through a friend and I was instantly attracted by the outdoors and leadership aspect of the program. Additionally, who can resist the word “Antarctica?” This is not the same Antarctica that you get by…Read More
by Rohit Majumdar M&T’21 Professor Jeffrey Babin is Practice Professor and Associate Director of the Engineering Entrepreneurship Program. On campus, Profesor Babin is an advisor for the Wharton Venture Initiative Program (VIP) and an entrepreneurial fellow for the Weiss Tech House. He has significant entrepreneurial experience as a founder and…Read More
Much like it is for many families, Thanksgiving is a time for the M&T community to gather, give thanks, and of course, feast! The Jerome Fisher M&T community is lucky to host its own Thanksgiving each year due to the generosity of AQR Capital Management. Current freshman, Aliris Tang (M&T,…Read More
For the M&Ts currently looking for internships like yours, how did you originally find your job at Slack? I’ll start with how I actually became aware of Slack, because that was a driver for why I was interested in working there in the first place. Coming to Penn, I was…Read More
M&TSI was nothing like I anticipated, but in the best possible way. The M&TSI experience started before the program even began. As soon as I knew I was going, I joined a Facebook group for all the RTAs and attendees where everyone began introducing themselves. Through just a few lines,…Read More 
One of the curricular requirements of M&Ts is MGMT 237 which is mandatory for all sophomore students. This course examines the technical and managerial challenges presented by emerging and evolving technologies. Throughout the semester, students explore both internal and external sources of innovation as well as the appropriate strategies and processes for capitalizing…Read More
Just less than a month ago, I was feasting on a vegetable, meat, potato, almost-everything-great-in-life filled empanada in one hand and a peculiar tart ice cream sample from a local vendor in the other, chatting with a local guard on the streets of Medellin. This doesn’t even capture 1/1000th of…Read More
When we first learned about the Hult Prize @ UPenn through fellow Jerome Fisher M&Ts, the opportunity was too go to pass up. Working on an entrepreneurial venture geared towards social change, backed by seed-funding and expert mentorship, seemed like a dream come true. The guiding question that drove us…Read More
In the city of the radioactive spider, I met its the well-fed cousin: the entrepreneurial bug. Many times, when I should have been studying for a math midterm, I’ve indulged in the fantasy of starting a company. This summer, as a member of blockchain startup elphi, I embarked on an…Read More
Earlier this month, current Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology (known as M&T) students took a bus from Penn’s campus out to the Penn Club of New York for our annual Student-Alumni Networking event. First-year student Selin Hepiseri shares her experience from the event below. M&T is a very…Read More
