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App Developer Thore Aalvik: iBob Marley Quotes and Other HTML Creations

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Thore Aalvik is already a veteran app developer at 19. The techno-teen, with a penchant for equestrian acrobatics, sat down recently with Knowledge@Wharton High School to talk about his successes and failures as an app developer, and why budding tech entrepreneurs should travel, enrich themselves culturally, and seize the opportunities that come their way.

Published on: May 15, 2012
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Slimy, Green and Renewable: Algae Lights Up Rural Argentina

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Young entrepreneurs are providing innovative products and services around the world. In this, the first of a series of articles on global entrepreneurship that will run periodically, Knowledge@Wharton High school profiles 19-year-old Matías Doublier, co-founder of ElectryAlg, which is creating electrical energy through algae for areas of rural Argentina.

Published on: May 4, 2012
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Calling All Sports Junkies: Talking with the Founder of ESPN

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When Bill Rasmussen launched ESPN on September 7, 1979, he gave the world its first 24-hour television network and changed the way people viewed both television and sports. His innovations include the creation of “Sports Center,” wall-to-wall coverage of NCAA regular-season and March Madness college basketball, and coverage of the College World Series baseball tournament. Rasmussen, who wrote a book titled, Sports Junkies Rejoice! The Birth of ESPN, talked with Knowledge@Wharton about the challenges of founding a 24/7 sports network in the face of nearly universal skepticism, what entrepreneurs need to succeed and why he doesn’t ever plan to retire.

Published on: April 18, 2012
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Meet Me at The Clubhouse: Burgers and Double Bottom Lines in Sierra Leone

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In 2011, Laurence West moved from England to the small African nation of Sierra Leone to use what he had learned in the corporate world to help raise money for an NGO called Street Child of Sierra Leone. His task: Run a small network of businesses, manage inventory, train local employees and work toward a successful double bottom line.

Published on: April 11, 2012
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ElectNext’s Keya Dannenbaum: Who’s Your Perfect Political Match?

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Politics are front and center in this 2012 presidential election year. Who is your favorite candidate? If you’re having trouble sorting it all out, a website that launched late last year — known as the eHarmony for elections — might help you find your match. Keya Dannenbaum is founder and CEO of ElectNext, which connects voters with the most compatible candidates. She sat down with Knowledge@Wharton High School’s Leigh Silver to talk election technology and why it is important to understand the political scene even before you can cast your vote.

Published on: March 26, 2012
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Twin Inspiration: A New Magazine Reaches Girls in Sierra Leone

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This month, Fatmata and Mariama Kabia, twin sisters who are senior international relations majors at the University of Pennsylvania, are seeing their entrepreneurial dream become a reality. The first issue of Memunatu, a magazine they have created for girls in Sierra Leone, will be distributed in middle schools and high schools in Freetown, the African country’s capital city, and Lunsar, the town where the Kabias’ parents were born. The twins hope Memunatu will engage girls and encourage reading in a fun way.

Published on: March 7, 2012
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Serial Tech Entrepreneur Sachin Rekhi: Relationships Build Careers

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As a young technology professional, Sachin Rekhi learned that strong business relationships were as critical to the success of his career as the skills he had developed. With that idea in mind, he and his wife, Ada Chen, founded Connected in 2010, a contact management service to help people manage their relationship networks. Rekhi talked to Knowledge@Wharton High School about maximizing the potential of business relationships.

Published on: March 1, 2012
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The Week in Review:

Snap Caps, Sharks and Sparks: Maddie Bradshaw, Teen Millionaire

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In honor of National Entrepreneurship Week, from February 18 to February 25, KWHS profiles Maddie Bradshaw, creator of the trendy Snap Cap bottle cap necklace and founder of M3 Girl Designs, LLC, whose total sales clock in at more than $5 million. Bradshaw talks about starting her business, her recent appearance on the TV show “Shark Tank” and why she feels her product won’t be a one-hit wonder.

Published on: February 23, 2012
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