Entrepreneurs' Program
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The Entrepreneurs' Program is a one-year-long academic program for freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania. It explores the challenges and issues involved in starting a business. Each year it accepts 21 freshmen and one upperclassman advisor [1] from approximately 500 applicants, making it one of the university's most competitive academic programs. The program is one of the university's residential programs, in which all participants receive adjacent rooms. The Entrepreneurs' Program participants house in Ware College House.[2]
To inspire entrepreneurship among participants, the program has in the past involved visits to local businesses, dinners with established successful entrepreneurs[3] and hands-on experience with starting businesses.[4] Participants are trained in topics including business planning, raising capital, generating creative ideas, and understanding legal issues.[5]
