Future of the Business World Podcast

About Future of the Business World Podcast

Future of the Business World is a monthly podcast from the Wharton Global Youth Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Future of the Business World features 20-minute conversations with teen entrepreneurs from around the world who are launching startups and products, and embracing the entrepreneurial mindset. Each month, Wharton Global Youth introduces you to a new teen innovator, discussing innovations, inspirations and their hopes for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Wharton Global Youth Program

Category

business · education · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jan 2011

Latest episode

31 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

22 of 121 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   31 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   A Neurodivergent Teen Launches a Line of Fidget Jewelry

   Roxanne Goldman discusses launching Stim Stacked, a fidget jewelry line, to help herself and other women with ADHD focus, showcasing neurodivergent entrepreneurship in this interview.

2. 

   30 Dec 2025

   Competitive Tennis Powers a Business Mindset

   Yijia "Annie" Chen discusses how her tennis background cultivated her entrepreneurial spirit, intellectual curiosity, and personal branding, demonstrating how sports builds a foundation for innovation in business; this is an interview.

3. 

   25 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Business and Creativity: Turning Memories into Coloring Books

   Evan Perez discusses with Wharton Global Youth how Color Your Life uses AI to transform family memories into personalized coloring books in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

A Neurodivergent Teen Launches a Line of Fidget Jewelry

Published 31 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] As a neurodivergent teen, you often found yourself fidgeting with whatever was close at hand. Tell us more. Okay, so I have ADHD and I've always found that it was helpful to fidget with something to help me focus in class. But as I got older and when I started high school, I realized that there was kind of a gap in a product for me. When I would click a penning class, it was loud and distracting people around me or a neon stress ball. It's a toy that everybody wanted to play with. So I started thinking about how I could solve that problem. So I've always liked to play with my jewelry and I thought about how I could employ that to make it even better and make a great tool. […]

Who has been a guest on Future of the Business World Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Roxanne Goldman
• Yijia "Annie" Chen
• Evan Perez
• Shaili Chudasama
• high school student

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

269,164

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

37

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.