It’s a summer Friday on the Wharton School’s Philadelphia campus and the hallways around Wharton’s new Academic Research Building are popping with activity. More than 50 high school students on 13 teams have come together to present at the Product Design Academy Design Fair (formerly Essentials of Entrepreneurship), which is a few frenetic hours of product showcasing and pitching that signify the culmination of three weeks of ideating, creating and refining during Wharton Global Youth’s summer entrepreneurship program.
‘Live More, Worry Less’
Program leader Taylor Caputo welcomes visitors to the fair and gives a quick introduction above the din of student voices. “They’ve been working in teams over the past three weeks to solve a problem they’ve identified,” says Caputo, a product designer, artist, and academic with a background in fine arts. “They’ve been…
