5 Ways You Can Use Your School to Launch a Startup

When Joseph Quan arrived at the Wharton School of Business as an MBA, he knew he was set on starting a company.

Two years later, his HR software startup Twine, which uses a proprietary algorithm to help companies put their employees in best-fit roles, has won well over $50,000 in no-strings-tied grants and received funding from two on-campus venture capital funds in the same year.

Much of Twine’s early success has to do with the proactivity with which Joseph and his team sought out resources at his university.

Here are a few things student entrepreneurs need to learn from Twine to gain the extra edge for their startups.

Jason Choi

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