Last year's grand prize winners took home $20,000 and rang the closing bell on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Yesterday, they had an idea. Today, they have a business.
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Last year, over 250 professionals helped aspiring entrepreneurs get their feet off the ground with technical and networking support.
These judges and mentors turned ideas into reality.
Learn about how you can become a mentor or judge.
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The Competition
The Wharton Business Plan Competition (WBPC) is among the leading university-run business plan competitions. The WBPC was launched in 1998 by the Wharton Entrepreneurship Club and is now part of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs , which co-manages the event with a specially selected student committee. The WBPC is open to all students at the University of Pennsylvania and, since its inception, has drawn over 150 student teams each year, comprising nearly 400 participants from Schools across the University of Pennsylvania.
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The Phases
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The Workshops
Discover the vast resources across the Penn campus for budding entrepreneurs. Through a series of workshops presented by top professors from Wharton, SEAS, Law and other Schools, participants are exposed to practical, actionable knowledge. Learn how to write a business plan, prepare financial projections, protect intellectual property, and bring your ideas to life.
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Thank You to our 2009-2010 Grand Prize Sponsor
The Gary Karlin Michelson, M.D. Charitable Foundation Inc.
For general inquiries, please contact whartonbpc@wharton.upenn.edu.
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