Semester in San Francisco Fall 2017 Information Session

Semester in San Francisco Fall 2017 Information Session November 8 th, 2016

Semester in San Francisco 2012 STUDENT COMMUNITY FOCUSED CAREER SUPPORT Net Promoter Score higher than Apple i. Phone at it’s peak • Q 2 NPS = 74% CULTURAL IMMERSION COMPANY EXPOSURE • 2010 Apple i. Phone NPS = 73% Students said… “I couldn’t look at my pictures from San Francisco when I came back to SSF Cohort 2012 Philly. ” CUSTOMIZED CURRICULUM “It was my best experience at Wharton. ” 2 Semester in San Francisco

SSF Fall 2016 Class Profile KEY STATS • 65 students enrolled • 46% female, 54% male • 16 countries represented • Top industry preferences: Technology and VC Semester in San Francisco

The tight-knit, like-minded community drives high net promoter scores for the program “The Semester in SF program was a true highlight of my Wharton experience. I especially enjoyed the opportunity to meet a select group a students, and we became a tight knit group of friends. ” How likely are you to recommend SSF to a friend? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 “This experience has been life-changing. We are part of a very structured MBA program, but this program is really entrepreneurial. ” “The courses we got in SF were great. The level of engagement was high and I could pick up on patterns and perspectives across classes. ” 0 5 10 15 Fall 2015 Cohort NPS = 76 20 25 “We have a lot of alumni out here that are willing and ready to help and are engaged in our events. ” Semester in San Francisco

Academics

Faculty 2016 David Bell Karl Ulrich Peter Cappelli Keith Weigelt Morris Cohen David Wessels David Musto David Erickson Cade Massey Matt Rossiter Semester in San Francisco

Curriculum Fall 2016 Course Number Course Name Instructor CU OIDD 695. 001 Regional Seminar (required) Karl Ulrich 0. 5 OIDD 693. 401 Influence Cade Massey 0. 5 OIDD 680. 001 Operations Strategy Practicum Morris Cohen 1 MGMT 691. 414 Negotiations* Peter Cappelli 1 MGMT 731. 001 Technology Strategy* Karl Ulrich 0. 5 FNCE 750. 003 Venture Capital & the Finance of Innovation* David Wessels 1 FNCE 883. 003 Strategic Issues in Equity Finance David Erickson & David Musto 0. 5 MKTG 727. 050 Digital Marketing & Electronic Commerce David Bell 0. 5 LGST 813. 002 Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship* Matt Rossiter 0. 5 *Counts towards the Entrepreneurial Management Major NOTE: pass/fail designation deadlines are the same as add/drop deadlines Semester in San Francisco

Proposed Business Analytics Courses Fall 2017 • Two ½ semester courses – Stat 705. Programming in R • Recently added to Wharton curriculum • Popular open source software for data analysis – Stat 7 xx. Analysis of Text and Unstructured Data • New course, not yet offered in Philadelphia • Requires familiarity with R (Stat 705) • Extracting sentiment from text, summarization • Latent semantic analysis and topic models • Predictive methods leveraging language models • Analysis of image data Semester in San Francisco

OIDD 695 - Regional Seminar Speakers, Fall 2016 • Ania Smith WG'02, Airbnb, Head of Business Operations, North America • Iris Choi WG'04, Floodgate, Partner • Alexander Schuth WG'05, Denali Therapeutics, Co-Founder and COO • Ravi Gupta, Instacart, COO and CFO • Philip De. Simone, Carbon 3 D, Inc. , VP of Business Development • Christine Moseley WG'11, Full Harvest, Founder and CEO • Garrett van Ryzin, Uber, Head of Marketplace Optimization • Peter Farago WG'03, Marketing in Silicon Valley • Sam Allen WG'06, Salesforce. com, VP Mergers & Acquisitions • Dr. Jun Wu, Amino Capital, Partner 9 Semester in San Francisco

OIDD 680 - Operations Strategy Practicum Site Visits US Navy (San Diego) Taylor Guitar Company (San Diego) Maquiladora factories (Tijuana) Boeing Everett Plant (Seattle) Costco (Seattle) Amazon Headquarters (Seattle) Amazon Distribution Center (Bay Area) Costco 10 Semester in San Francisco

Academic Advising • Majors and credit units • Course registration and ISP • Course Match support • Offered on-site (2 x/semester) and virtually anytime Registration for SSF courses • No Course Match Course load • Between 3 and 6 credit units • 1 cu can be taken pass/fail - Regional Seminar does not count toward limit Semester in San Francisco

Field Application Projects (FAP) – 2016 Examples Samsung Ventures America • Corporate venture capital fund, focused on American investments • Project: Market trend & investment thesis in AI Sonoma County Winegrowers • Organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Sonoma County • Project: Building a think tank Ampush Media • Ad-tech company using mobile-first platforms (i. e. Facebook, Twitter) • Project: Talent branding strategy Calliope Water • Smart home device to manage water usage • Project: Business model exploration Z Board • Electric skateboard company • Project: Go to market strategy for college students 12 Semester in San Francisco

Student Programs

Student Life WGA West Coast VPs Social Event Survey • Vote for major trips Ø Napa, Hawaii • Small group events Yosemite National Park Paintball Halloween Party Semester in San Francisco

Co-Curricular activities @Vanity Fair Summit @Tech. Crunch Disrupt @Y Combinator Startup School Event 15 Semester in San Francisco

Leadership Program – Overview What: Wharton Leadership Program will deliver workshops and/or intensives in San Francisco When: All programming will be delivered over one weekend in the Fall Who: Programming will be open to SSF students and Wharton San Francisco Executive MBA students How: Registration will be announced via email in August to SSF class, participants will be selected by lottery Fall 2016 Examples: Gathering Intelligence through Conversation and Leadership from within Mindfulness Retreat For questions, contact Janese Jackson, Program Coordinator Semester in San Francisco

Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship Wharton Entrepreneurs Workshop • Monthly; typically before class • Practical advice and insights on launching business • Networking opportunities VIP-SF includes • Workshop series, advisors, and community of entrepreneurs • Scheduled on Fridays and Saturdays Scale School • Workshop series offers solutions to critical challenges faced by rapidly growing companies • Targeted at companies moving beyond product market fit Semester in San Francisco

MBA Career Management Get Your Input • Career goals and interests survey Offer SSF Specific Services • SSF Resume Book • SSF Fall internships • Company visits • Alumni mixers and lunches • On-site career advising Access to PHL Recruiting • Virtual career advising • MBACM website • Career. Path access: job board and OCR • Weekly industry emails • On-campus events: Info Sessions, Expo, etc. Semester in San Francisco

51% of fall 2016 SSF students are doing parttime internships COMPANIES INCLUDE Fall 2016 Internships n = 33 6% • • 3% 3% 24% 64% Startup VC/Incubator Non profit Private Equity Big Tech • • • 1955 Capital Airbnb Apollo Box Apple Inc Atomic Labs Beepi Business for Social Responsibility Cricket Health Curology Doximity Endeavor Catalyst Fellow Robots First Round Capital Fundbox Google X Lattice Data • • • • Memebox Minted Move. With Nevro Corporation Nextbit Ommo Owl Ventures Pax Personal Capital Presidio Partners Production Board Rezilir Health Ripple Sidewalk Labs Unity Technologies Visbit (VR startup) 19 Semester in San Francisco

SSF 2015 - Career Reporting Results SSF 2015 # Class of Students 65 Seeking FT Employment 35 % Full-Time Accepted Offers by Industry SSF 2015, n = 35 54% Technology 3% 3% Seeking students reporting FT job offers 6% 35 Consulting 6% Seeking students reporting FT job offer acceptances 35 100% Diversified Financial Services 6% Investment Banking 44% Students not seeking employment 19 28% Company sponsored / returning to company 4 Venture Capital Starting own biz 9 CPG Continuing education 1 Postponed search 5 Students not responding to survey 11 Private Equity 6% 26% Retail 17% 20 Semester in San Francisco

Application Process

Applications to SSF have risen over time SSF Applications 130* 140 119 120 93 100 80 77 65 60 40 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 *Changed to multi-round admissions process in fall 2016 22 Semester in San Francisco

Application Process Round 1: • • • Applications open: November 28, 2016 Applications due: January 13, 2017 Decisions released: February 10, 2017 Accept/decline by: March 17, 2017 No waitlist: if not accepted in Round 1, you can apply again in Round 2! Round 2 (condensed timeline): • • Applications open: April 24, 2017 Applications due: May 15, 2017 Decisions released: June 5, 2017 Accept/decline by: June 23, 2017 How do I apply? • Qualtrics survey – will open November 28, 2016 Semester in San Francisco

Application Process What do we look for? • Strong academic performance – GPA matters! • Thoughtful, well written essays Ø Focus on community, career, and academics • No academic probation or ethics violations at any point in time 24 Semester in San Francisco

Logistics Cost • Program fee of $5, 000 per student • Merit-based fellowships available (i. e. , academic performance) Housing • Participants responsible for transportation & housing • Opportunities to sublet Philadelphia apartments • MBAPO International Exchange Semester in San Francisco

SSF FAQs What is the GPA cutoff for me to be selected for the program? How many will you admit in Round 1 vs. Round 2? Can I be in Lauder and do SSF? Can I be any other kind of dual-degree student and do SSF? Can I be a Leadership Fellow and do SSF? Can I be a Venture Fellow and do SSF? Can I be a Student Life Fellow and do SSF? When will I know which courses are being offered? How are the merit-based fellowships determined and how much are they? 26 Semester in San Francisco

Student Panel

Key Contact Information Maria Halpern Director of SSF Program/MBACM mariahal@wharton. upenn. edu Stephan Dieckmann Deputy Vice Dean, Academic Affairs sdieckma@wharton. upenn. edu Christine Sweeney SSF Coordinator/MBAPO sweeneyc@wharton. upenn. edu Irina Yuen Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship SF iyuen@wharton. upenn. edu Erica Marks MBA Career Management markser@wharton. upenn. edu Stacy Franks Field Application Projects franks@wharton. upenn. edu Eric Morin Student Life emorin@Wharton. upenn. edu Lakeisha Bishop Financial Aid knightla@wharton. upenn. edu Semester in San Francisco

Appendix

Where did they intern? SSF Fall 2016: Internship Breakdown by Industry N = 58 2% 2% 2% Tech Healthcare 3% Consulting 5% Investment Banking Private Equity 5% Venture Capital 48% 5% Social Impact Aerospace Consumer Products Diversified Financial Services 10% Investment Management Law 12% Retail 30 Semester in San Francisco