Braden Kelner

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Associate Editor at Wharton Magazine

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Conquering Financial Goals and Mountain Peaks

Jan 21, 2025 | magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Braden Kelner

Grace Vandecruze WG94 remembers being raised in a home that struggled to make ends meet. Immigrants from Guyana in South America, Vandecruze and her family — including her six siblings — lived in modest accommodations in New York. “We had a house that had more love in it than food,” she says, recalling the many jobs her parents took to provide for them. Those early days have inspired later parts of Vandecruze’s story.
Must-Read Wharton Authors

Oct 18, 2024 | magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Braden Kelner

The Customer Centricity Ebook CollectionPeter FaderThe marketing professor’s three essential guides are mandatory reading for leaders building customer-focused strategies. Co-authored by Bruce Hardie, Michael Ross, and Sarah Toms. (Wharton School Press)Breaking BoxesBetsy Pepine WG94“Dismantling the metaphorical boxes that bind us” is the goal of this self-help book by the serial real estate entrepreneur, who shares personal challenges and strategies for living authentically.
Write Your Own Story

Oct 18, 2024 | magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Braden Kelner

Patricia Tang WG26’s admission to Wharton’s Moelis Advance Access Program changed her career trajectory. Tang, who began her MBA this fall, had planned to follow a traditional path to business school after graduating from Northwestern University: She would spend a few years as a consultant before pursuing her graduate education.
Data: Global Business, AI's Inabilities, and the Joy of Spending

Oct 18, 2024 | magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Braden Kelner

THOUGHTWharton business economics and public policy professor and Pension Research Council executive director Olivia S. Mitchell addressed this topic at the Council’s 2024 symposium, which explored how noncognitive skills — soft personality traits like conscientiousness, stress resistance, grit, and locus of control — impact retirement readiness. DATA INTERPRETEDStartups raised this much more in their first year when using an accelerator.
Can AI Improve Financial Literacy?

Oct 18, 2024 | magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Braden Kelner

Financial literacy rates have climbed at a “glacial pace,” according to Wharton finance professor and William H. Lawrence Professor Michael Roberts, to about 57 percent in the U.S. today. With the accessibility of artificial intelligence, one potential use for the technology is answering financial questions. In a conversation on Knowledge at Wharton’s Ripple Effect podcast, Roberts spoke to host Dan Loney about AI’s role in the classroom and whether it could replace a financial advisor.
The Impact of High-Skilled Immigrants

Oct 18, 2024 | magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Seb Murray |Braden Kelner

The big debate about immigration and the U.S. economy usually focuses on whether overseas workers might hurt American job seekers. However, in a new essay, Wharton management professor Britta Glennon looks at the benefits of high-skilled immigration. Analyzing an array of studies on immigration and the U.S. economy, she finds that immigrants aren’t taking jobs away from American-born skilled workers. In fact, because skilled immigrants often start businesses, they create jobs instead.
Are Cities on the Verge of a Crisis or a Comeback?

Oct 18, 2024 | magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Janine White |Braden Kelner

The line at Philadelphia’s City Hall stretched longer than a football field one hot July Monday this summer, as municipal workers waited at a food truck serving up free Chickie’s & Pete’s Crabfries. But even though the sports bar’s seasoned crinkle-cuts are a Philly favorite, not everyone was grinning from ear to ear. Instead, more than one city employee told the Philadelphia Inquirer they were “not happy.”Their complaint: Mayor Cherelle Parker LPS16 had ended remote work.
Watchlist: Luxury Travel, Better Breathing, and DIY Video Games

Oct 18, 2024 | magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Braden Kelner

OverplayCo-founder Caroline Strzalka C00 WG05 went swimming in the Shark Tank and walked away with a $500,000 deal from celebrity investor Mark Cuban. Since her appearance on the reality show aired in March, Strzalka has continued to disrupt social gaming with the DIY app, which boasts more than 200,000 downloads.
Adventure Capitalists

Oct 18, 2024 | magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Braden Kelner

Picture this: You’re standing at the entrance of a country club 100 kilometers south of Kuala Lumpur, covered in mud and sweat, on bicycles, looking like you’ve just emerged from a survival expedition rather than a boardroom. That was our team earlier this year.
Does Group Performance Improve When Hearts Synchronize?

Oct 18, 2024 | magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Braden Kelner

Fire-walkers in Spain sparked an idea for a business experiment. As the men walked barefoot over hot coals, researchers noticed that the walkers’ heart rates fluctuated at the same time as those of their onlooking spouses and family members. “But the heart rates of unrelated people didn’t sync up this way,” says Michael Platt, professor of marketing, psychology, and neuroscience and director of the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative.