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The Hottest MBA Startups you’ve never heard of

or many entrepreneurial-minded MBAs, launching a startup embodies the frontier ideal of taking charge of their own destiny. Their role models are bootstrappers who turned industries inside out with a mix of pluck and endurance. This phenomena has only been amplified by Millennials, who revel in challenging convention and testing limits. For this current crop of MBAs, startups have moved beyond large exits, IPOs, and loads of cash and have also become a means to pursue social good, platforms to connect resources, and opportunities to

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