Page 9 – Wharton Global Youth Program

High School Business Teachers Share How They Use LinkedIn

A group of students and a teacher are working together at a table, focusing on a laptop and documents. The setting is a classroom.

In this latest edition of the Wharton Global Youth Essential Educator blog for high school educators, teachers from Global Youth’s Educator Advisory Board share their love for LinkedIn, both as a powerful networking tool for students, as well as a rich source of career inspiration and professional development. Are you…Read More

Cakepop Wisdom: ‘Your Business Is a Reflection of You’

Colorful cake pops decorated with small white and yellow sprinkles and tiny flower decorations, displayed on a white plate.

The high school students we invite on the Wharton Global Youth Future of the Business World podcast come to us from many onramps, including our Leadership in the Business World, Innovation and Startup Culture, and Essentials of Entrepreneurship summer programs. We also recognize that innovative thinking often starts in the…Read More

Business Ethics Requires You to Become a Careful Thinker

A person wearing wireless earbuds and a smartwatch, resting their chin on their hand, likely focused on a task or device in front of them.

Brian Berkey has a flip phone. Why would a Wharton School professor of legal studies and business ethics choose to forgo a connected smartphone? Like any good academic, he’s been watching the data. Dr. Berkey has been in part influenced by the research of his department’s former PhD student Vikram…Read More

Inside Sports Media with Overtime’s Zack Weiner

A person in a peach hoodie is using a smartphone while sitting at a desk. The desk features a large monitor displaying a sports scene, a keyboard with backlighting, and a patterned mat.

In the world of business meets sports for high school-aged fans, Zachary Weiner is a major influencer. Not sure where he fits alongside Charli, Jojo and Billie? Just think crazy slam dunks on TikTok, episodes of the Overtime Challenge on YouTube, and Overtime Elite amplified on Amazon Prime. The Overtime…Read More

Exploring the Analytics Behind Better Sports Decisions

A football player in a navy uniform is running with the ball, pursued by opponents in white and red uniforms on a field.

Eric Bradlow has all the grit and grind of your toughest football linebacker. His equipment of choice? Data and analytics. As an applied statistician, Dr. Bradlow, a professor of marketing, statistics, education and economics and vice dean of analytics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, uses high-powered…Read More

Here Are the Top 50 Teams Advancing to Wharton Global Youth’s 2024 Investment Competition Semifinals

A person in a blue shirt presents a trophy to four individuals in suits and ties, likely at an award ceremony. The backdrop reads "Global High School Investment Competition."

It’s the moment that thousands of competitors have been waiting for! The Wharton Global Youth Program has identified the Top 50 Semifinalist Teams in our annual Wharton Global High School Investment Competition, which this year launched on Monday, September 25, 2023. Following the end of trading on Friday, December 1,…Read More

A Growing Entrepreneurial Mindset Opens a Startup to Opportunities

Three people are gathered around a table with a laptop, papers, and a coffee cup. One person is typing while another is gesturing with a smartphone, suggesting a collaborative work environment.

This month on Future of the Business World, we talk with Darsh Shah, a high school student from Silicon Valley in California, U.S., who was inspired by the surrounding innovation culture to start a business helping young entrepreneurs. First, however, he had to commit to developing his own entrepreneurial mindset.…Read More

6 Questions for Hilary Ash of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Hilary Ash is quite the celebrity within our Wharton Global Youth community at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Hilary, a 2013 graduate of Wharton, serves as the client for the 2023-2024 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition. Raised in Los Angeles, CA (U.S.) and now living with…Read More

Wharton Global Youth Partners with the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative to Launch a New High School Data Science Competition

Three colorful soccer balls on a grassy field with a blurred goalpost in the background.

January 2024 — Attention all you fierce high school competitors out there (both teachers and students)! We know you love sports and many of you also crave the camaraderie and challenge of a serious business competition. Have we got an experience for you. The Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative…Read More

How to Discover Potential in Yourself and Others

A person smiling, wearing a denim jacket and a backpack, standing on a busy city street with blurred pedestrians in the background.

Adam Grant is more than a management and organizational psychology professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a powerhouse brand. Dr. Grant has been recognized as Wharton’s top-rated professor for seven straight years and is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of six…Read More

Stay Updated