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Pennovation Accelerator moves online
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Pennovation Accelerator moves online

In its third summer, the six-week program for startup companies went entirely virtual, but that didn’t stop the cohort of entrepreneurs from learning, networking, and innovating.

Erica K. Brockmeier

The post-COVID workplace: Will employees be safe?
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The post-COVID workplace: Will employees be safe?

Experts at Wharton weigh in on what to expect when employees return to the workplace post-pandemic, and whether to expect all employees can, and will, return to a traditional workplace.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Everything you know about startups is wrong, says Wharton professor
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Everything you know about startups is wrong, says Wharton professor

The new book ‘The Unicorn’s Shadow: Combating the Dangerous Myths that Hold Back Startups, Founders, and Investors’ from Wharton School professor Ethan Mollick debunks myths about entrepreneurship.

Dee Patel

A return to ‘normal’: How long will the pandemic last?
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A return to ‘normal’: How long will the pandemic last?

Wharton’s Zeke Emanuel predicts the U.S. won’t see a full return to normal by pre-pandemic standards until November of next year, when a vaccine can likely be produced and distributed.

From Knowledge at Wharton

What benefits would boardroom diversity bring to companies?

What benefits would boardroom diversity bring to companies?

Stephanie Creary of the Wharton School was interviewed about diversifying corporate boardrooms. “What I’ve been trying to do in my research is push leaders and boards to reconsider the boardroom dynamics and how those are either helping or hindering the diversity from helping to create the gains that companies are seeking,” she said.

Law School’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic ‘makes dreams come true’
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Law School’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic ‘makes dreams come true’

The Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic assists Philadelphia business owners with their legal needs whose missions are to help economically distressed communities and impact positive social change.

From Penn Carey Law

Building work-life boundaries in the WFH era

Building work-life boundaries in the WFH era

Nancy P. Rothbard of the Wharton School wrote about how employees are navigating the divide between work and home during the pandemic. “By understanding how everyone works best from home, leaders can turn this unexpected crisis into opportunity as we develop new and better ways of working in the future,” she writes.