Development of ChronoWake while Ryan pursues this doctoral degree will continue, albeit more passively than before. However, upon obtaining the degree, Ryan will have acquired unique knowledge and skills that will keep ChronoWake on the cutting edge, surpassing competitors by utilizing the most recent advancements in the biomedical engineering and neuroengineering fields.

Competition to join Wharton VIP has continued to be very intense, with 42 companies vying for 11 spots. We would like to sincerely congratulate the newly accepted ventures, listed below.

Cape Wines: The company is a U.S. importer of South African medium to high-range wine which would contribute a portion of its proceeds to a fund towards microfinancing local African farmers.
CollegeCups: CollegeCups will be a producer and distributor of plastic party cups containing printed logos and slogans of universities, fraternities, and sororities throughout the country.
Jimmy Helmets: Bike helmets that blend fashion with safety by adding a fashionable hat/cover that fits onto our specially designed base helmet.
LongTail Grants: LongTail Grants will provide social and financial benefits to the world through running an interactive website that connects donors with motivated individuals looking to make positive differences in their communities.
MobileBlick: Developing and selling a personal head-up-display with a lightweight and compact design that takes video inputs from smartphones and ipods.
Public Health Insurance Connector: The company will find and enroll the hundreds of thousands of people eligible for free public health insurance (e.g. Medicaid).
Safer Taxi: SaferTaxi increases the safety of taxi passengers by registering their taxi rides: By sending a simple text message to SaferTaxi, customers create a record of their taxi ride, get instant feedback about safety issues related to their driver and can opt for automatic notification of an emergency contact.
Simplegrid NOW: Provide enterprise level business continuity to the small and medium business.
Tatako.com: Tatako enables retailers to create mobile storefront applications for a variety of mobile platforms through our easy-to-use online application designer tool.
UniGlam: UniGlam is a private sales club which gives undergraduate students access to brands they care about at heavily discounted prices.
UTurn: UTurn is an automatic bidirectional page-turner for pianists that frees the user from the constraints of preloading pages.

Note: If any of the companies would like to edit their company name/description or add a link to their website in this post, please comment below or contact us.

View the list of all current VIP members. Once again, congratulations to the newly accepted companies; we look forward to working with you!

Penn Startup Internship Fair

ChronoWake has been invited to participate at the Penn Startup Internship Fair being held on November 20, 2009, in Jon M. Huntsman Hall. The event brief is pictured on the left (click for full resolution). This fair will give us an excellent opportunity to recruit some of the brightest Ivy League students, in disciplines ranging from business to engineering. View the logos of the participating companies.

Thanks to Eduardo Orozco of Campus Escapes, a fellow Wharton VIP company, for organizing this fair.

VIP Networking Event in the Science Center

Please join Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs and the University City Science Center in a Networking Event with students from the Wharton Venture Initiation Program on Monday, November 9 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at University City Science Center. Join us for refreshments and mix with Wharton/Penn's best and brightest student entrepreneurs along with some of the Philadelphia region's leading business professionals including numerous Wharton and Penn alums. This event is a rare opportunity for the area's VC, angel, legal, and financial services communities to meet and mingle with both rising and seasoned entrepreneurs.

The area's leading professionals were in attendance, and ChronoWake has made many valuable contacts, including investors and legal consultants.

We would like to thank the Wharton Venture Initiation Program and the University City Science Center for this great opportunity to help fulfill our business objectives.

• Startup Operations
  Alex Gellman, President & COO, Global Tower Partners
• Launching a Successful Business as a Penn Student
  Nathaniel Stevens, Founder, Yodle
• Fundraising for Startups
  Deepak Sindwani, Principal, Bain Capital Ventures
• Grant Funding for Early Stage Ventures
  Christopher Laing, PhD, Director of Science & Technology, University City Science Center
• Prototyping
  Jason Halpern, Founder, Power Flower Solar

The ChronoWake Team gained excellent information and assistance to further venture objectives. We would like to thank Wharton VIP for organizing this great event.

In addition to the reapplications for existing members, an unprecedented 14 new companies have been accepted into the program. The ChronoWake Team would like to congratulate the below ventures and welcome them to the Wharton Venture Initiation Program!

Bashpole Group: Product design and development group.
CouponKong: CouponKong is a revenue-enhancement tool for retailers and restaurants that lets customers design their own custom coupons.
Gamma Basics: Gamma Basics produces GrayCAD, a software package that visualizes radiation.
Innovation For All, Inc: IFA provides a self-management tool for patients with chronic disease based on SMS technology; this "low-tech" application, based on patient interactions, is a unique offering in the health care IT space.
Juncanoo: Juncanoo provides an application which allows tourist institutions such as museums, distribute audioguides onto mobile devices.
LineBreeze: Mobile-phone ordering for food and concessions at sports stadiums and theme parks.
MG Legal Solutions, LLC: Online SaaS (software as a service) legal/compliance tools, products, and services.
MVD Consulting: The consulting group provides state of the art text and data mining services to pharmaceutical and health care related companies.
myGreek.org, Inc.: The one-stop organizational and social utility for fraternity and sorority chapters.
PayDivvy: PayDivvy is a financial technology company providing collective payment and finance services for roommates.
Portfolio Art Management: Wealth management firm focused on advising clients on art portfolios.
StorageByMail LLC: StorageByMail.com is a unique alternative to traditional self-storage that offers downloadable prepaid shipping labels, centralized storage and online tracking.
Textaurant: Textaurant is a waiting list management application for businesses whose patrons experience waits of longer than 45 minutes, which allows those patrons to wait anywhere and be alerted via mobile phone or text message.
TutorChatLive: TutorChatLive is a nonprofit free, online, live tutoring service that aims to help struggling students around the world while fostering an online academic community.

Note: If any of the companies would like to edit their company name/description or add a link to their website in this post, please comment below or contact us.

View the list of all current VIP members. Once again, congratulations to the newly accepted ventures; we look forward to working with you!

A Sacramento, CA native, Joshua is a second-year undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania. He has experience in both business and the life sciences as a member of the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management. He will conduct sleep research and serve as a liaison between the science-oriented and business-educated members of the team.

Joshua's work at ChronoWake will be subsidized entirely by the University of Pennsylvania's Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management, as a part of the LSM Summer Internship portion of his curriculum.

We appreciate the support of the Vagelos Program in paying for Joshua's employment, and we look forward to working with him over the summer and beyond.

The ChronoWake Team would like to congratulate and welcome the newly accepted ventures:

American Resource Conservation, LLC: ARC funds land and resource conservation by monetizing ecosystem services, leasing renewable energy sites, and developing limited real estate products.
Code Blue: Through developing the Code Blue reusable water bottle with modular filter, our mission is to address the global water crisis by increasing consumer awareness and providing safe drinking water to the ever more mobile and urban world.
Dropcard: Dropcard empowers salespeople to capture every interaction, be remembered, and share contact information anywhere.
Initiative to Develop Entrepreneurial Ability (IDEA): IDEA will be a non-profit venture that aims to train college students in developed countries and link them to young entrepreneurs in developing countries as a means of providing entrepreneurial knowledge and expertise.
NIR Diagnostics: NIR Diagnostics specializes in near-infrared diagnostic technologies, and its device (InfraVue) provides a rapid and non-invasive method to quantitatively assess the healing process of complex wounds.
ONE VISION: Transformational designer, marketer, and retailer of fashionable eyewear sold online at 1/5 the price of traditional glasses.
Philadelphia's Old Original Walking Tours: Philadelphia’s Old Original Walking Tours offers insightful, engaging walking tours in the city of Philadelphia to give tourists memories that will last for years.
Serenity Maternity & Baby Organic Skin Care: Organic maternity and baby skin care line formulated with 100% safe, natural, and organic ingredients for a mum to be, a nursing mum, a sexy mum, and a happy baby.
Seven Rivers: Seven Rivers will provide purified and enhanced water products to on-the-go college students who desire the purity of filtered water but want to go green by reducing plastic bottle waste.

View the list of all current VIP members.

Dear Ryan,

I am delighted to inform you that the faculty of the School of Engineering and Applied Science have selected you for the Weiss Tech House Innovation Fund Award in recognition of your academic achievements and leadership.

On behalf of the faculty, I salute you for the passion and dedication that you have demonstrated. I am sure these qualities will serve you well throughout your life and career.

You will be honored at this year’s Penn Engineering Awards Recognition Dinner, to be held on Friday, May 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM at the Inn at Penn.

Ryan's receipt of this award followed shortly after the Albert P. Godsho Engineering Prize was given to Josh Magarick, Chief Technology Officer.

ChronoWake is fortunate to have such commendable individuals on its management team. Our company and its employees continue receiving awards, global exposure, and support from both academia and industry. We look forward to continuing on our successful path!

The Albert P. Godsho Engineering Prize is awarded to the graduating senior in the School of Engineering and Applied Science who has been selected by the faculty as having displayed the best grasp of the mathematical principles underlying the profession of engineering.

On the journey to achieve and maintain excellence in our industry, some of the most formidable challenges will be in the engineering and mathematical realms. Receipt of this award is especially relevant, demonstrating that our company has, as its Chief Technology Officer, someone with the proven intelligence and abilities to take on these challenges.

ChronoWake will be presenting from 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM. A reception, with food and refreshments, will be held from 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM. The Awards Ceremony will take place from 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM.

Please attend and help support ChronoWake! The team with the best ratings wins the $500 Audience Choice Award, and each audience member who submits a rating is entered in a raffle to win a Nintendo Wii! We hope to see you there.

Please join Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs and the University City Science Center in a Networking Event with students from the Wharton Venture Initiation Program on Wednesday, March 25 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the University City Science Center. Join us for refreshments and mix with Wharton/Penn's best and brightest student entrepreneurs along with some of the Philadelphia region's leading business professionals including numerous alums.

We were given the honor of being invited to exhibit our company along with five other startup ventures. Consequently, Ryan Goldstein, President/CEO, presented an overview of ChronoWake to the 100+ attendees of this event, including renowned venture capital, angel, legal, and financial service professionals. We have gathered significant additional interest in our venture, plus several offers of resources and support.

We greatly appreciate the effort and resources of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs and the Science Center to put together this excellent event.

Congratulations! You have made the final round for PennVention. Our judges felt that your idea was one of the best submitted. Looking forward, the next round will consist of your team giving a 'pitch' of your idea to judges and a live audience on Friday, April 10th.

We would like to thank the Weiss Tech House and the PennVention Committee and Judges for the distinction of being selected a PennVention finalist. In addition to the prizes, selection as a finalist certainly enhances our reputation and eminence among not only Philadelphia's entrepreneurial community, but also on a national and global scale.

ChronoWake is honored to have been selected as a finalist for this prestigious award. We would like to greatly thank Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs and the Wharton Venture Award Selection Committee for such an exceptional distinction.

ChronoWake is proud to join the ranks of several prominent, successful Innovation Fund projects. We would like to thank the Innovation Fund Committee and the Weiss Tech House for providing this great opportunity to advance our venture!