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B-Schools Give Startups a Start

By Sommer Saadi

For years, business schools have been working as a silent partner in hundreds, if not thousands, of new business ventures dreamt up by students. Without the assistance of professors, administrators, alumni, and fellow students, most of the concepts would never have made it past the idea phase. What follows are profiles of some of those businesses, the individuals behind them, and what the schools did to help.

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