Women in Entrepreneurship on the Rise

The Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania recently graduated the first cohort of students in the Women's Entrepreneurship and Leadership Certificate Program in Cairo. The program, delivered through collaboration with the American University in Cairo (AUC), is part of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative, a global project to provide women with business and management education. Read more here.

President Obama's Small Business Plan Shared With Wharton's Own

Wharton MBA alumnus entrepreneur, Marco Lentini, founder and CEO of restaurant Gia Pronto, was selected as one of the small business owners selected to participate in a round table discussion with President Obama regarding his small business plan. Read more here.

Spring Cleaning: Pixily Style

Pixily, the self described "interactive document management service," founded by Wharton graduate Prasad Thammineni, can help you clear your desk clutter. For a monthly fee ranging from $4.95 to $59.95, Pixily will take any paper documents you send by prepaid envelope and "digitize" them into a private Web account. Check out the BusinessWeek product review here.

WEP Co-Director Talks Risk

A YouTube posted video of WEP co-director Prof. Raffi Amit highlights his lecture on risks facing start-up companies during the economic crisis. He argues that, in addition to affecting funding for new ventures, the credit crisis is removing lifelines for established startups in this segment of his lecture for Wharton's new course, "The Economic & Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Options." Watch it here.

PlaceVine Ahead of the Curve

PlaceVine, a brand integration service founded by Wharton MBA alums who were members of the Venture Initiation Program, recently raised an additional $200,000 in financing from NYCSeed, as reported in BusinessWeek's article focusing on the recent trend of product integration.

The four-person company provides a fee-based classifieds service, and now plays a key role in unifying the entertainment and advertising communities, currently connecting over 300 content producers to more than 200 brands and agencies.