Launch Pad

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Launch Pad episodes

  • Streamline The Production Process With Stringr
    Karl speaks with Lindsay Stewart, CEO and Founder of Stringr, a video platform that allows customers to source, edit, publish and monetize video. Stringr has more than 100,000 videographers who respond to custom video requests in near real time.

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    28 min
  • Actualizing Atomic
    Startup studio, Atomic led by Jack Abraham Founder, Managing Partner & CEO helps to actualize people's creative ideas by building dynamic teams.

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    54 min
  • The Fundamentals of Flexe
    Karl Siebrecht Co-Founder and CEO of Flexe takes Rob for a deep dive inside his company Flexe.

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    54 min
  • The Unique Ubiquity of Udacity
    In an ever changing world and job market, global online learning platform, Udacity provides tools for people to develop skills to advance their careers. Karl speaks with CEO Gabe Dalporto of Udacity, a project based learning platform.

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    30 min
  • Connecting The Dots With Codecademy
    Zach Sims, Co-Founder and CEO of Codecademy talks with Karl about how they teach more than 45 million people around the world the skills they need to upgrade their careers.

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    28 min
  • Getting up to speed with Boom Supersonic Transport
    Listen to Karl and Rob talk with Blake Sholl about how his company, Boom Supersonic is building the world’s fastest airliner for a dramatically more accessible world. Boom Supersonic is a startup company in Centennial, Colorado.

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    54 min
  • Building Box
    Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO of Enterprise company Box talks with Rob about how the company originated in his college dorm room and landed in peoples now, home offices just in time for the surge of working from home.

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    33 min
  • Covid-19's Impact on Entrepreneurship
    Rob and Karl discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting entrepreneurship globally and domestically, the importance of wearing a mask, and 3 ways to increase creativity levels.

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    31 min
  • From Sod to The Sill (replay)
    Eliza Blank, Founder and CEO of The Sill speaks with Karl about her company, which brings the joys of backyard gardening to the inside window sill of a city dwellers apartment.

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    23 min
  • 2020 Startup Challenge Special Part 7: Pawsitive

    We’re proud to announce this year’s Semifinalists for the 2019-2020 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge. Teams consist of students from The Wharton School, The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Startup Challenge and Showcase attracts the best and brightest entrepreneurial minds from across the Penn community as they compete for a chance to win $135,000 in cash and prizes.


    • BIO: Pawsitive is a pet wellness community in an app.
    • TEAM MEMBERS: SAMAYA SINHA (IPD’20); ECHO WAN (IPD’21)
    • ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE



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    11 min

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Meet entrepreneurs and learn the secrets to their startup success on Launch Pad, brought to you by Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship and hosted by Karl Ulrich, Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship &…