Wharton MBA for Executives

One of my favorite classes at Wharton was about Venture Capital. It was taught by Doug Collom and Prof. Raffi Amit. We went through a pretty good class about the ins and outs of term sheets and how the VC industry works. I have negotiated term sheets before and raised VC funding […]

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I’m not sure when they turn off our email addresses, access to webcafe, etc…but don’t forget that you have a permanent wharton email address. It should look like:
(first name).(last name).wg10@wharton.upenn.edu
For some people it’s hard to guess because their first names may not be what we’re used to calling them (bingga/brandon, jian/chloe, daniel/dan) but at […]

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Yes we are done! I took that last final with Umer (Financial Dervatives) and it was brutal. It was way too difficult and to be honest it put a bit of a damper on my otherwise glorious last day. I hope I passed the class (since I need it to graduate). […]

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Professor Gibbons kept telling us yesterday that when we first see the final Derivatives exam, it is important that we NOT panic. We should remember to breathe and remind ourselves that the exam must have SOMETHING to do with the class material we learned over the term. Professor Gibbons certainly lived up to his reputation - […]

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Most of the class is pretty much done with finals. Tomorrow is our last day of classes and there is a Financial Derivatives final (I’m in that class) and a Pricing Policy class (final is take home).
Many students finished their classes this morning with their VC final. It looked like a lot of […]

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so our last weekend of classes is coming up. it’s kind of a strange time of mixed feelings. i’m very sad that i won’t be able to interact with my classmates every other week. despite the exams, projects, papers, and GCP i really did look forward to going to school every other […]

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We’ve studied a lot about VC and angel investment. We all know that you need to pick your partners wisely when you’re in business. Heck, in this day and age, many working relationships last longer than marriages.
When it comes to picking VC and angel partners, it’s not always so easy. If you’re […]

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I’d like to welcome everyone from class 36 that have found there way over here. AFAIK, acceptance letters were sent out and students who got in know that they got in so congrats!
If you’re on the fence about whether to come to Wharton or go to another school or do something else, etc…feel free […]

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So the iPad will be available at stores this Saturday. Not all of the iPads, just the 16gb and 64gb wifi versions. I wrote my initial thoughts about the iPad here.
Of course I’m on the list and have my 2 iPads reserved for me to pick up on Saturday morning. But I […]

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