MBA Alumni Spotlight: Former Time CEO And Wharton Alum Laura Lang
Laura Lang, former CEO of Digitas and Time, Inc., is a top example of how far an MBA can take you. A graduate the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Lang has proven again and again the power of women and business and the strength of an MBA education. Continue reading…
Amid Roller Coaster Rides for Some, HBS Stays Atop Bloomberg BusinessWeek Ranking
For the second consecutive year, Harvard Business School (HBS) tops the Bloomberg BusinessWeek annual ranking of MBA programs—released today—making it one of the few leading schools that didn’t experience shifts in a list that holds lots of changes this year over last.
Wharton Announces the Newly Named Anne and John McNulty Leadership Program
The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School honored alumna Anne McNulty (MBA ’79) with a renaming ceremony of its renowned leadership program on September 12th.
The program will now be called the Anne and John McNulty Leadership Program. Anne and John were high school sweethearts at Philadelphia’s Cardinal O’Hara High School, but it was their time at Wharton that turned them into leaders. Before his sudden death of a heart attack in 2005, John rose through the ranks at Goldman Sachs to become partner, then co-head of the asset management division and ultimately to lead the creation of its investment management division. Anne, previously a managing director at Goldman and a senior executive of its hedge fund strategies group, today is the co-founder and managing partner of JBK Partners, an investment management firm and private philanthropic foundation.
Industry Spotlight: Government in Washington, DC
Industry is one of the essential variables that shapes and defines the culture of any American city. What would life in New York look like without Wall Street? LA without Hollywood? Houston without oil? And, of course, Washington, DC without the Federal Government?
Philadelphia Startups, A Hub for Innovation
The abundance of affordable housing and work spaces fall first on the list of reasons that the Philadelphia metro is a perfect environment for startups, but that’s only the beginning.
The rich climate of top colleges such as The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University’s Fox School of Business, and Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business draw some of the most innovative new businesses to the area as graduates from the realms of tech, life sciences, and the arts see the plentiful entrepreneurial opportunities in the region. Here is a look at some of the region’s companies that comprise Philly’s ever expanding startup ecosystem.
Industry Spotlight: Venture Capitalism in Boston
Why Are There So Many Startups in Boston?
Alongside the usual Silicon Valley and San Francisco suspects, Boston has long been a major hub for startups—and with good reason. According to a recent article in Inc. Magazine, “Having multiple universities in close proximity with each other”—namely the MIT Media Lab and the Harvard Innovation Lab—“has fostered a culture of turning cutting-edge research and technology into startup ventures.”
