As smaller companies grow, the greatest challenge lies in maintaining company culture when business owners feel that their spirit and values are lost during rapid expansion.
Professor Charbel Zreik will discuss how to thrive under stress and the 5 shifts for entrepreneurial leaders during all steps of the ETA process. This is part 2 of Professor Zreik's series on Wellness.

This session is open to any Penn student interested in learning more about ETA and the different potential paths to pursue for anyone considering acquiring and operating a business.

This event is organized by Venture Lab's Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition program.

Professor Charbel Zreik will discuss how to thrive under stress and the 5 shifts for entrepreneurial leaders during all steps of the ETA process. This is part 1 of Professor Zreik's series on Wellness.

This session is open to any Penn student interested in learning more about ETA and the different potential paths to pursue for anyone considering acquiring and operating a business.

This event is organized by Venture Lab's Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition program.

This session is an interactive workshop, led by business consultant and VIP Advisor John Ondik, covering the skills and tools founders need to build and manage a successful team. Sessions will be held in person at Tangen Hall in Room 706.**

**Note: This event is only open to members of the Penn community. An active Penn ID card is required for entry into the building.

This series offers an introductory workshop on protecting intellectual property through patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets for founders followed by two Q&A sessions. If you missed the first session, please watch the session recording posted on the VIP-C canvas and bring your questions!

Location: Tangen Hall, Room 706.

**Note: This event is only open to members of the Penn community. An active Penn ID card is required for entry into the building.

Whether you're eager to pitch an idea, provide feedback, support peers, or just enjoy the entrepreneurial vibes, you're invited to be part of the Pitch Night experience. We welcome you to participate in Pitch Nights as a pitching founder or as a member of the audience. Each pitch night will have a theme and be co-hosted by a student organization. Following the pitches, we invite everyone to mingle, connect with the founders who pitched, and enjoy light refreshments. Spring term themes:
Whether you're a budding entrepreneur with a groundbreaking idea or a seasoned student with a venture in full swing, we invite you to join our VIP Founder Coaching Sessions. These sessions are designed to be a dynamic platform where you not only learn from experienced mentors but also from your fellow participants. Join in to listen, engage, and pose specific questions about your venture. This isn't your traditional coaching setup—it's a live, collaborative workshop where ideas are refined, strategies are shaped, and connections are forged.
Goodbay Technologies provides outsourced customer support for leading growth-oriented companies. Goodbay Technologies is more than just a call center company – they partner with clients to drive customer retention and increase their profitability. Goodbay is part call center, part management consulting. In Sapan's role, Sapan focuses on creating strategic alignment between Goodbay Technology's team and the clients that they serve
Andrew and George’s careers in the intersection of health-tech, life sciences and entrepreneurship showcases the complex and often contradictory incentives of players in the healthcare industry. Learn more about the hardships and complexities within health-tech entrepreneurship by listening to Andy and George’s stories about Proteus and their other health-tech ventures and what they learned from the experience.
Howard recently joined Ultragenyx, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for serious rare and ultrarare genetic diseases, and is responsible for leading the company’s global finance, accounting, corporate strategy and investor relations functions. Howard received his B.A. in Economics from Princeton University and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.