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Nov 11, 2024 | 
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Joanna Blaz
Ben Apple G05 WG05 was anticipating an unusual hurdle in completing his application for Wharton’s MBA program: The application needed to be submitted online. “But I’m going to a place with no internet,” he remembers telling his admissions advisor.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Joanna Blaz
Co-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.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Joanna Blaz
Co-founder and CEO Irene Liu WG22 was inspired to start this meal delivery company when her mom sent traditional Chinese medicine meals to her aunt, who’d just had a baby. “After seeing what postpartum care looks like in Asia and other more ancient cultures, I wondered why this doesn’t exist in the U.S.,” Liu told TechCrunch.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Joanna Blaz
When CEO Allison Whalen WG14 returned to work from her first parental leave in 2018, she was surprised to find her office in disarray: Projects hadn’t advanced without her input, and staff were exhausted after covering for her. After witnessing firsthand how parental-leave policies can backfire, she decided to do something about it.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Joanna Blaz
This alumni-run company is a breath of fresh air. Physician and chief of Cleveland Clinic’s Integrated Surgical Institute Patrick Byrne WG15 applied his medical knowledge to launch Hale, an innovative nasal-device startup. The product, created to relieve congestion, features an inconspicuous design that can be easily inserted and removed. Clinical trials at Johns Hopkins, where Byrne is a professor, show the device increases air flow by 54 percent, compared to 31 percent for nasal strips.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Joanna Blaz
It’s the new Wild West for the digital world, and AI-powered products are popping up left and right these days — some more dependable than others. Enter Maxim, a startup co-founded last year by former Googler Vaibhavi Gangwar WG20 that’s standardizing how businesses test and improve the quality of generative AI offerings, both before and after their release.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Joanna Blaz
Seeing a demand from vacationers for unique adventures, Yuchun Ku WG02 and her husband, Brian Tan, founded Zicasso — a luxury travel company that connects prospective clients with top experts in their destination. Based on their own jaunts around the world, Ku and Tan understand how insider knowledge can transform a trip into a culturally authentic experience.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Joanna Blaz
Led by co-founder and CEO Itai Ben-Zaken WG08, this tech-forward real estate insurance company is harnessing artificial intelligence to power commercial property inspections. Honeycomb Insurance’s browser-based Inspector App enables building owners, property managers, developers, and condo and homeowner associations to document a property’s condition by snapping pictures — in return for a rate quote.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Joanna Blaz
Shopping for art and adding meaningful pieces to your home can spark joy. However, most collectors are well acquainted with the inevitable limits of space. Bryan Verona W94 and Jeff Keswin ENG90 W90, both avid collectors, founded Up My Art, an online platform that provides opportunities for aficionados and artists to lend pieces to their peers.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu | Joanna Blaz
Cutting through today’s political rhetoric, this nonpartisan platform is bringing the conversation back to the issues. Maria Yuan WG10 founded IssueVoter as a convenient way for everyday constituents to make their voices heard and hold elected representatives accountable.
