Alan Miller
Founder of Universal Health Services
In this issue, we speak to Alan Miller (WG�60) who helped revolutionize the modern day healthcare industry by proving the huge potential of privately owned and managed hospitals. Today UHS is one of the largest health care management firms in the US with 30,000 employees and Miller among the most admired leaders in healthcare.
To read the print interview see "Healthy Appetite" > MORE
For the Alumni Impact video segments, click here.

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TEACHING & LEARNING
The Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Programs

Jon Huntsman's Moral Compass
After a successfully launched IPO and publication of his new book, the accomplished entrepreneur, humanitarian and loyal Wharton grad takes time out to offer life lessons in a Q&A with "Get it Started!" > MORE

Entrepreneurial Game-plan
A partnership between the NFL and Wharton results in an Exec Ed program that included a panel of old-style entrepreneurs counseling NFL players on post-football careers. > MORE

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OUTREACH

Healthy Appetite
Wharton alum Alan Miller's hospital acquisitions propel his Universal Health Services' growth. > MORE

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Watch the "Alumni Impact" video interview of Alan Miller in which he recalls how he began his entrepreneurial journey: "It's a Wharton story: My roommate said, ‘We can own hospitals.' And I said, ‘How is that possible?' It turns out…there is a need." > MORE

Easing Entrepreneurship
The Wharton Small Business Development Center helps scores of local firms. A look at its consulting relationship with a local bike maker and a DVD-rental company. > MORE

PLUS:
View photos from NASDAQ where Wharton Business Plan Competition Grand Prize Winners FibrinX held the honor earlier this summer as Opening Bell Ringers visible to an audience in Times Square, NY and TV & Web viewers worldwide. > MORE

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RESEARCH
Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center

Confidence Quotient
Wharton PhD student Brian Wu's research finds entrepreneurial cockiness is a spur for startups. > MORE

Women Who Leave the Corporate World Find Small Business a Friendly Place to Step Back In
Women executives who leave the corporate world encounter frustrating roadblocks in their attempts to re-enter the workforce, according to new Wharton research. But these same women often find a welcoming environment in small business and start-ups. > MORE

For more research from the Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center access Knowledge@Wharton, the Wharton School's online research and business analysis journal.

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