Wharton Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program

Why Enroll In Wharton’s Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program?

There’s no shortage of pitfalls for startups and their founders. The 90 percent failure rate of startups is enough to make you think about keeping your day job — forever.

Here are three of the most highly cited reasons why startups fail:

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Selling a product or service no one wants

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Wrong business model and not scalable

SOURCE: FORBES

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Lack of adequate funding to fuel growth

Dramatically increase the odds of success by learning how to:

Pick the right business model
Build the right team
Choose the right financing approach
Ramp up sales and scale the business

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Your Learning Experience

Through a mix of live and recorded faculty video sessions, assignments, quizzes, and interactive discussions moderated by teaching assistants, your learning journey culminates in a pitch to the Wharton team and renowned venture capital firms like Sequoia Capital and Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA. The winner and runner-up of this pitch competition will be awarded seed funds of $10,000 and $5,000, respectively

Note: Seed funding cannot be used for personal expenses. It must be used to develop the business cited in the final pitch. The seed funding will not dilute equity positions. T&C apply.

Program Topics

Module 1:

Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship

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Building the Right Team

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Lawyers, Advisors, and Mentors

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Business Models and Customer Lifetime Value

Module 5:

Customer Acquisition and Demand Generation

Module 6:

Pricing and Distribution Strategies

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Gearing Up for Scale

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Financing: Funding and Valuation

Module 9:

Financing: Venture Capital vs. Alternative Funding Channels

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Elements of the Pitch

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Business Plan Competition

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Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship

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Gearing Up for Scale

Module 2:

Building the Right Team

Module 8:

Financing: Funding and Valuation

Module 3:

Lawyers, Advisors, and Mentors

Module 9:

Financing: Venture Capital vs. Alternative Funding Channels

Module 4:

Business Models and Customer Lifetime Value

Module 10:

Elements of the Pitch

Module 5:

Customer Acquisition and Demand Generation

Module 11:

Business Plan Competition

Module 6:

Pricing and Distribution Strategies

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Interviews And Industry Examples

The Wharton Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program features in-depth interviews with company founders and representatives from startups and established venture capitalist firms.

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Forerunner Ventures

Greylock Partners
Stringr

The online program also features examples of startups and established companies that were once startups. It will cover multiple industries, including consumer packaged goods, ecommerce, internet, media and entertainment, and technology.

Adobe
Intel
Qualcomm
Aerocardal
Harry’s Blades

Dollar Shave Club
Jet.com
The Walt Disney Company
Bandar Foods
Silicon Valley Bank

IBM
Kickstarter
Xiaomi
Belle-V Kitchen
Wholly Moly

Note: All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Use of them does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.

Program Faculty

David Hsu

Academic Director, Richard A. Sapp Professor; Professor of Management

Karl Ulrich

CIBC Endowed Professor; Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions; Professor of Management; and Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Ethan Mollick

Ralph J. Roberts Distinguished Faculty Scholar; Associate Professor of Management; Academic Director, Wharton interactive

Kartik Hosanagar

John C. Hower Professor; Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions

Lori Rosenkopf

Simon and Midge Palley Professor

Certificate

Earn a digital Wharton certificate upon successful completion of the online program.

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All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of the Wharton School.

Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program: Scaling Your Business

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Karl Ulrich

Ethan Mollick

Kartik Hosanagar

Lori Rosenkopf

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Karl Ulrich

Ethan Mollick

Kartik Hosanagar

Lori Rosenkopf

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