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A Student Startup Builds E-commerce on the Blockchain

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On this episode of Future of the Business World, we get serious about the future of finance with two high school students who studied with Wharton Global Youth Program in the summer of 2022. Vincenzo Francia and Daniel de Beer are building Diremo, a platform where you can buy and…Read More

The 2022 Comment & Win Competition Ends in a Blaze of Innovation

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To kick off our Round 4 highlights, we turn to Serguei Netessine, the Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Wharton School, and Wharton’s Senior Vice Dean for Innovation and Global Initiatives, for inspiration. In the Global Youth article Strategies that Trigger Innovative Thinking, Netessine says, “The only thing…Read More

Round 3 Commenters Respond Thoughtfully to Their Peers

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All we can say is, you have survived. With each passing round of our 2022 Comment & Win contest, our Wharton Global Youth team is realizing that many high school students worldwide are emerging from the cave, as it were. Whether that cave symbolized isolation, darkness, muffled if not silent…Read More

A Fashion Label Wants to Change How People Think about ‘Made in Indonesia’

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The students taking part in Wharton Global Youth Program’s many summer programs are often aspiring innovators, if not already established entrepreneurs. When we got to know Cornellius Suhartono on Wharton’s campus in recent months, first during Leadership in the Business World in Philadelphia and later in the 2022 Essentials of…Read More

Round 2 Commenters Express Their Hearts and Minds Through Storytelling

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L.D. Salmanson, a Wharton MBA and founder of Cherre, a leader in real estate data and insight, recently visited the Wharton Global Youth Program’s online Global Youth Meetup (GYM) community to share career insights with students in our summer programs. What is the No. 1 skill that Salmanson looks for…Read More

Round 1 Winners of Global Youth’s 2022 Comment & Win Contest Honor Humanity, Social Awareness and Connection

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Growth, opportunity and thoughtful reflection. These themes are defining life for today’s youth as we all emerge bruised and hopeful from the global pandemic – and they set the tone for Round 1 of the 2022 Wharton Global Youth Comment & Win competition for high school students. We’re not gonna…Read More

A Founding Wharton Educator Advisory Board Member Says Farewell

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Jacqueline Collins is a National Board Certified business educator at Mansfield High School in Mansfield, MA. She was the 2021 National Business Teacher of the year and has served in many leadership roles at both the state and national levels. Her passions include entrepreneurship, financial literacy, instructional technology, and #geekyshirtFriday. …Read More

Behind the Scenes: The Science of Moviemaking

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When you think of the business of movies, what comes to mind? The millions of dollars that big-name actors earn from blockbuster releases? Or, if you’re up on your media and entertainment industry trends, you might be curious about the lineup of NFT-sponsored events, parties and panels that are adding…Read More

Prof. Michael Roberts Wants Global Youth Students to Discover the ‘Elegant Simplicity’ of Finance

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Wharton Finance Professor Michael R. Roberts sees finance as a life skill. His mission to level the financial playing field for everyone has led him to develop an innovative student-focused curriculum that integrates personal and corporate finance concepts and promotes the exploration of how these concepts can be applied practically.…Read More

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