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Fintech Megatrends Transform Our Relationship with Money

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The Wharton Global Youth Program’s Future of the Business World online course asks high school students to think deeply about how the landscape of business will change over the next 10 years. When we recently posed this question to teens around the world, many responded with observations about technology, machine…Read More

Entrepreneurial Vibes from Musical Genius John Legend

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When John Legend joined a virtual Wharton Venture Lab celebration this month to accept his Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship Alumni Achievement Award, he shared a story about when he was a teenager growing up in Springfield, Ohio. When he was 15, he entered a Black History Month essay contest sponsored by…Read More

Announcing the Regional Winners of Our 2020-2021 Investment Competition!

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March 22, 2021 kicked off an incredible week for the Wharton Global Youth Program as we celebrated all the hard work and financial brilliance of the 2020-2021 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition finalist teams during five regional finals. This week’s virtual events, led by Wharton Global Youth Executive Director…Read More

Wharton Summer High School Programs 2021 Move Online

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The Wharton Global Youth Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, has announced that its 2021 residential Wharton Summer High School Programs will be moving fully online. “Although progress has been made worldwide against the coronavirus, there is still a persistent risk to student safety and significant limitations to…Read More

3 Ways Technology Is Revolutionizing Financial Services

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If you haven’t yet been introduced, now is a great time to get to know financial technology – better known as fintech. Fintech describes new technology with a purpose to improve and automate the delivery of financial services, everything from how you pay for things, manage your money, and get…Read More

Future of the Business World: A Girl Scout Advocates for Redefining Success

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Naomi Porter, our March 2021 Future of the Business World podcast guest, embraced entrepreneurship when she was only 11 years old with her first venture, Spice It Up. Now 16 and a high school junior in California, Naomi is using her business experience and Girl Scouts of the USA platform to…Read More

Behind the Scenes of a Sneakerhead Startup

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The business side of sneakerhead culture won’t be denied. For the lovers of all-things sneakers, especially those who spend tons of energy collecting and posting about their favorite limited-edition kicks, the industry is on fire. According to analysts, the secondary sneaker market is valued at $2 billion and is expected…Read More

Career Insight: Hope for Young Black Entrepreneurs

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Black economic history is an important theme to consider during Black History Month. The wealth gap (economic inequality between different races and populations), joblessness, bank lending – in all these economic areas and more, “African Americans have long been on the losing end of this trend,” former Federal Reserve Chairwoman…Read More

The Conversation: Navigating the Nuances of Emotional Intelligence

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Ryan Jenkins, a Gen Z expert, recently called emotional intelligence the most “in-demand skill of the future.” He said, “The Industrial Revolution required muscle from its workers. The Information Age traded muscle for mental capacity, which explains the rise of “knowledge workers.” The future will require workers to be emotionally…Read More

Marketing Research Snapshot: Why Some Songs Become Hits

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What is your image of a Wharton School professor? Hours spent in front of collegiate classrooms teaching finance to Wall Street-bound students? That’s only part of the story. While Wharton began as a finance school, it has grown in many ways. Wharton has 12 academic departments and 250 faculty members…Read More

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