Venture Lab is a partnership by The Wharton School, Penn Engineering, and The Stuart Weitzman School of Design that provides a physical start here button to serve all students and alumni across the University of Pennsylvania who are interested in entrepreneurship and innovation.

Tangen Hall brings together aspiring #entrePENNeurs from across the University

At seven stories and 68,000 square feet, the Wharton-led Tangen is the largest student entrepreneurship hub in the world. “The ‘start here’ approach is echoed in our mission of democratizing entrepreneurship for all students at Penn,” says Lori Rosenkopf, vice dean of entrepreneurship and Simon and Midge Palley Professor of Management at the Wharton School.
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Upcoming Events & Opportunities

November 02, 2025 at 11:59pm - 11:59pm
Applications due by November 2nd, 2025 11:59PM EST

The Bet on Entrepreneurship Program provides students in the classes of 2028 and 2029 who identify as First-Generation and/or Limited Income (FGLI) with education around the entrepreneurial ecosystem and facilitated access to professional entrepreneurial spaces. The Program does this by supporting students through an introductory Spring Bootcamp and a subsequent 8-week placement within a local Philadelphia-area startup.
November 03, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Tangen Hall Room 708
Join Venture Lab on November 3rd in Tangen Hall Room 708 from 5pm - 6:30 PM for a panel session on how members of the international Penn community and their teammates can access and traverse the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
November 04, 2025 at 12:00am - 1:00pm
Virtual via Zoom
Michael is a health care company builder as both an operator and an investor through Princeton Biopharma Capital Partners.

Venture Lab Community Night: Social Entrepreneurship with Bobbi Brown

Join us for Venture Lab Community Night: Social Entrepreneurship, in collaboration with Baker Retailing Center and Wharton Women in Business, featuring a fireside chat with Bobbi Brown, renowned makeup artist and entrepreneur, best selling author, sought after speaker, beauty industry icon, and a hotelier. She founded two successful cosmetic brands: Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and more recently created the clean beauty brand Jones Road. She also envisioned and now operates The George Hotel in Montclair, NJ.
Venture Lab was built to encourage interdisciplinary, integrated, and inclusive entrepreneurship. It’s a beacon that showcases the wide variety of opportunities across the University. Come grow with us!
Lori Rosenkopf, Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School
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