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 23 freshmen and one upperclassman advisor 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.

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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 23 freshmen and one upperclassman advisor 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. To inspire entrepreneurship among participants, the program has in the past involved visits to local businesses, dinners with established successful entrepreneurs and hands-on experience with starting businesses. Participants are trained in topics including business planning, raising capital, generating creative ideas, and understanding legal issues. In January 2009, the hall founded Penn Move Out, a door-to-door summer storage business customized for Penn students by Penn students. Generally, students will store boxes of their things over the summer, but Penn Move Out also offers storage on a variety of items such as mattresses, futons, desks, televisions, bikes and more. The transportation and storage is a coordinated effort between Penn Move Out and Transit Systems Inc. and includes pick-up at your dorm, storage over the summer and redelivery of items at the beginning of the school year. In addition, Penn Move Out offers storage supplies, such as boxes and tape. According to the Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania's student newspaper, Penn Move Out has differentiated itself from other storage solutions using creative marketing strategies and pricing decisions.
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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 23 freshmen and one upperclassman advisor 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.
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