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While innovators like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have mythologized the ‘college dropout’ route to success, business school today are putting rigid academia on the backburner, in order to help students build a bridge from the blackboard to the boardroom. Here is a great article profiling seven of these student entrepreneurs who hatched their concepts with the guidance and support of their business schools. See a snippet below:
During her schooling, Megan Shea helped her family care for her aging grandparents, including relocating them to an independent living facility. The process was all-consuming, and so when it came time for Shea to pitch a business to develop in class, she dove into making the care-finding process easier for aging adults and their caregiver children. Turns out, Shea hit on an exploding market (annual elder-care market sits at about $192 billion). RetireLife.net was one of fifteen of forty-two businesses selected for development from her business school by her peers. Through the support of her school, friends, and family, Shea is now in business, helping families through tough times.
See all seven profiles at Entrepreneur.