Best Dressed

VIP alumni company Henry Davidsen dressed the Phillie Phanatic for the cover of Philadelphia for the 2009 Best of Philly issue. Looking sharp!

Vor-x Success

Wharton alumni start-up Vorbeck Materials, a technology company that manufactures and develops applications utilizing Vor-x, a graphene material of great thermal conductivity, recently received $5.1 million in Series 2 financing. Read more here.

Looking for a Productivity Booster?

iCyte, an online tool that aids in web content organization, was featured in an article on smallbiztechnology.com, a site which provides small to medium sized businesses with information on how to use technology to grow their business.You can read the article online here. 

What Makes An Entrepreneur

The Kauffman Foundation recently released a new study entitled "The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur" that aims to discover the family backgrounds and motivations of American entrepreneurs. The study found that unlike the Bill Gates genius high-school dropout entrepreneur, most company founders tend to be middle-aged and well-educated from middle-class or upper-lower-class backgrounds. Read more findings here.