Future of the Business World Podcast

Entrepreneur and high school freshman Emily Scott, 14, recently joined KWHS interviewer Anthony Williams in the studio to discuss her invention, the Clip and Zip Backpack. Scott is taking many lessons away from her first business experience, including the emotional roller coaster of crowdfunding a business idea through an online […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

David Stillman and his Generation Z son, Jonah Stillman, who is 17 and a senior at Minnetonka High School in Minnesota, have written a book to help sort out the generational gap between younger people. They discussed their book, Gen Z @ Work: How the Next Generation Is Transforming the Workplace, on the […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katlyn Grasso is the founder of GenHERation, a network and online platform that seeks to empower young women by, in part, connecting them with companies and mentors. As CEO, Grasso has created the GenHERation Summer Leadership Series, as well as Discovery Days, immersive summer day trips that provide high school […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you heard of the Impossible Burger? As you can see from the photo, it looks (and many say tastes) a lot like your favorite fast-food beef patty with all the fixin’s, but it’s actually very different. Offered on a handful of menus in the U.S.– at restaurants like Public […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kayvon Asemani, a native of Baltimore and a 2014 graduate of the Milton Hershey School for at-risk youth in Hershey, Pa., has a fascinating story to tell. While his young life has been marred by tragedy (explained in Part I, if you missed it), he has long been guided by his […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kayvon Asemani, a native of Baltimore and a 2014 graduate of the Milton Hershey School for at-risk youth in Hershey, Pa., has a fascinating story to tell. While his young life has been marred by tragedy, he has long been guided by his passion and creativity. Today, Asemani, a Wharton […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natalie Hampton is a high school junior from Sherman Oaks, Calif. The once-bullied teen has created a new app called “Sit with Us,” a safe place for lonely kids to seek out lunchtime companionship. The free lunch-planning app allows students to find lunch tables if they don’t want to sit alone. […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Internships can be dynamic ways to try on careers, and sometimes the most unexpected opportunities will open your eyes to a whole new outlet for your skills and interests. Antione Gray is a senior in the University of Pennsylvania’s College of Arts and Sciences. While he never considered himself entrepreneurially […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a new college year gets underway, many students are beginning to settle comfortably into campus and their lives after high school. And still others are already starting to doubt their decisions. Before long, that nagging voice questioning if this is the right college choice for them will intensify to: […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During the last week of July, 2016, some 35 high school students from Philadelphia and the surrounding areas traveled to Wharton’s Huntsman Hall for the 2016 Summer Global Leadership Seminar organized by the World Affairs Council (WAC) of Philadelphia, in partnership with Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS). Right before the kick-off […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Welcome to the PwC-KWHS Podcast Series for High School Educators on Business & Financial Responsibility. I’m Diana Drake, managing editor of Knowledge@Wharton High School, and today we are discussing the intersection of technology and finance. Technology is dramatically changing the way consumers handle personal financial transactions, everything from online banking and virtual […] Host...

As students around the world graduate from high school, the future can seem daunting. Many are experiencing their first true inflection point, a life event that results in significant change and progress. What better time to taste a purpose-sustaining smoothie? Mukul Pandya, managing director of Knowledge@Wharton, Wharton’s online journal of […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Benjamin Lewis once ignited his competitive spirit on the open water as captain of the 2004 Olympic K4 team, the four-person men's sprint kayak. He also trained competitively for cross-country skiing. These days, he is channeling that passion into quite different, yet vital areas: animals and research. As founder of […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PwC-KWHS Podcast Series for High School Educators on Business & Financial Responsibility. I'm Diana Drake, managing editor of Knowledge@Wharton High School, and today we are talking about the economic value of higher education and how to help students manage college costs and debt. During our discussion, we will […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Welcome to the PwC-KWHS Podcast Series for High School Educators on Business & Financial Responsibility. I’m Diana Drake, managing editor of Knowledge@Wharton High School, and today we are talking about the economic value of higher education and how to help students prepare to manage college costs and debt. During our discussion, we […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Welcome to the PwC-KWHS Podcast Series for High School Educators on Business & Financial Responsibility. I’m Diana Drake, managing editor of Knowledge@Wharton High School, and today we are talking about the economic value of higher education and how to help students prepare to manage college costs and debt. During our discussion, we […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

In part one of our four-part discussion on the value of higher education with Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli and retired PwC partner Michael Deniszczuk, we provide an overview of the price of college today and discuss the changing landscape of rising college costs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

According to researchers, 8 million tons of plastic are dumped in the oceans each year. This is a huge environmental threat, and one that people are addressing in different ways. Take, for instance, some cool news out of Dana Point, Calif., this week. Students at Dana Hills High School are […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even though he’s still a teenager, Rajat Bhageria is uniquely positioned to talk about entrepreneurship and the skills that help us to succeed in our lives after high school. He is the founder and CEO of ThirdEye Technologies, a startup that helps the visually impaired through object recognition from auditory […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2014, Wharton and University of Pennsylvania students Roopa Shankar, Alina Wang and Rachel Stewart founded NOMsense Bakery, a Philadelphia-based wholesale bakery specializing in handcrafted cookie sandwiches. While Stewart left the partnership last summer to work on other projects, Shankar and Wang are investing lots of time and energy into their creative cookie concept. This week, NOMsense won...

Former NBA star Adonal Foyle talks with KWHS editor Diana Drake about life growing up on a Caribbean island, discovering his sports talent at 15, and learning to make smart money moves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Technology is an important aspect of the changing financial landscape in the U.S., particularly as it applies to the skills, judgment and resources needed to manage money effectively. Do more high-tech solutions help students and others to become smarter about understanding and navigating their finances? In part three of our four-part audio podcast for educators on the intersection of finance and...

New ways of doing things, particularly involving something as intimate as finances, are often met with a degree of skepticism and paranoia. Consumers, financial institutions and others face challenges in the adoption of these various technologies that are changing how we handle our personal finances – everything from online credit card transactions to cryptocurrencies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Technology now plays an important role in the financial lives of consumers. Compared with adults over the age of 35, research suggests that millennials are 67% more likely to find new technology exciting and use it as much as they can for banking and other tasks. In this first of a four-part podcast series on technology and personal finance, experts from Wharton and PwC help educators and their st...

How do we teach students to become innovative thinkers? Through exploration and experimentation. In this final part of a four-part audio podcast for educators on innovation and the art of problem-solving, Saikat Chaudhuri, executive director of the Mack Institute of Innovation Management at the Wharton School; and Rob Shelton, global innovation strategy lead at PwC, talk about ways to foster innov...