“ESG” has reached the status of buzzword at Wharton, thanks in part to its recent adoption by major investment banks and asset managers. Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Deutsche Bank, among others, are now dedicating significant resources to ESG. But what exactly is ESG? How does it add value to investments? And more importantly, how can you incorporate ESG into your personal portfolio? What is ESG? ESG stands for “Environmental, Social and Governance” and refers [...]
Interview with Vivian Weng, Co-Founder of FashionStake, which was acquired by Fab.com on January 13th, 2012. Wharton Journal: What is FashionStake? Vivian Weng: FashionStake is an online, community-based marketplace for independent fashion designers. We leverage crowd-sourcing to create an online community where our members vote on which pieces and which designers get highlighted on our site. WJ: How did the idea behind FashionStake originate? VW: I’ve always been passionate about fashion. [...]
A wise person once told me, “truth is temporal.” Evolution, at times gradual and at times abrupt, defines the arcs of our lives. Natural selection favors species that maximize fitness, the balancing point between fit with current conditions and ability to adapt to new ones. No such calculating logic guides your life or mine. As humans, we are all driven by a vague intent to be content in our daily lives while simultaneously growing [...]
QUESTION: What do you get when you mix 15 rugby players with sledgehammers and a rundown house in North Philly? ANSWER: Social impact. Swinging sledgehammers amid snow and freezing rain, the Wharton Wharthogs and Wildebeests rugby teams helped rebuild an abandoned house in the Germantown section of Philadelphia on January 21 as part of Habitat for Humanity’s ongoing effort to deliver affordable housing to disadvantaged families. In a bonding experience that was [...]
By Gustavo Cardenas (WG’12) and Carmen Madanes (WG’12) It all started with a casual conversation between friends. While recovering from Wharton 54 at Parc at the end of our first year, we started talking about how we should make our second years more constructive. Since last fall, we started having weekly meetings with Nicolas Escallon (WG’12), Ricardo Yunis (WG’12), Tomas Gazmuri (WG’12) and Sam Abraham (WG’13) to discuss the status of private equity [...]
Over 100 years ago, when motorized vehicles first started hitting the road it was actually the electric car that first roamed the streets. That soon fizzled due to poor batteries and the internal combustion engine won out, starting its century long reign as the king of transportation. A lot has changed since then, and electric vehicles are once again poised for a comeback. Tesla Motors was the first company to break into this market in [...]
Mercury Morris and the 1972 Miami Dolphins popped the cork on their champagne Tuesday night, as the Fighting Harbaughs became the last undefeated team to fall, ensuring for now that the 1972 Dolphins will remain the only undefeated team in the history of the NFL or Wharton Basketball League. Los Verdugos 37, Fighting Harbaughs 36 Like all great things in life, the Fighting Harbaughs’ undefeated season has come to an end, as the [...]
