Hussam "Sam" Hamadeh
Founder
 Vault, Inc.
Q: Why did you become an entrepreneur?
A: I want to control my own destiny.

Leslie Esdaile Banks
Author
Q: What's the most challenging part of your job:
A: All decisions… rest solely on your shoulders — there's no buffer.

Jeffrey Sterling
Entrepreneur-at-Large
 IXA
Q: It would surprise people that...:
A: I graduated and moved to Jackson Hole, WY where I lived in a camper surrounded by hay bails for the winter.

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TEACHING & LEARNING
The Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Programs

Custom Builder Has Designs on Future
This year's Price Institute Fellowship Award winner learned the hard way that "getting it started" is only the first step. > MORE

Powers of Concentration: Wharton's Undergraduate Entrepreneurs
Some taking a Second Concentration in Entrepreneurship seem to have entrepreneurship in their genetic code. > MORE

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OUTREACH

Between a Rocket and a Hard Place
A panel of Wharton alumni entrepreneurs and venture capitalists convened to discuss opportunities within the limits of tight capital. > MORE

Flying High
It takes courage to launch a discount airline while majors are in free fall. David Neeleman, founder and CEO of JetBlue Airways, attributes his company's success to three simple principles. > MORE

Islands of Opportunity
A contingent of Wharton students traveled to Jamaica for an understanding of "CARIBIZ." > MORE

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RESEARCH
Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center

The Vanishing $7 Billion: An Options Approach to Corporate R&D
New research co-authored by Prof. Ian MacMillan presents a framework for managing corporate R&D investments. > MORE

2002 Philadelphia 100 Find High Growth in Downturn
Philadelphia 100 winners find high growth in unlikely places. > MORE


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

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