Entrepreneur of the Month

Featured Alumni Entrepreneur: Jordan Fox ’13

Jordan Fox ’13, the president and founder of Make Me Proud Digital Corporation (MMP Digital), is a lifelong learner and future-minded thinker. Fox began his career at SocialCode, then the largest social media buying agency in the world, before joining VaynerMedia, the…

Featured Alumni Entrepreneur: Brandon Reiter ’16

Upon his graduation from Whitman, Brandon Reiter ’16 knew he wanted to have a career in finance but wasn’t exactly sure where his passion truly lied. After bouncing around many different jobs in the industry, including being a retail banker…

Featured Alumni Entrepreneur: Jamie (Kelling) Hall ’09

Jamie (Kelling) Hall graduated with honors from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management in 2009 with her bachelor’s in marketing management. After graduation, Hall spent five years working for Altria Group, a Fortune 200 company, as a territory sales…

Featured Alumni Entreprenuer: Ryan Novak ’11

Chocolate Pizza has been in Ryan Novak’s blood since he was a toddler. His mother used to take him in a stroller across the street from his home to the Chocolate Pizza Company store where the future owner was skilled…

Featured Alumni Entrepreneur: James Shomar ’12 M.S. ’14

James Shomar ’12 M.S. ’14 is the CEO of Solstice Power, a developer of proprietary technology for the concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) and high power microelectronics industries. CPV is an innovative solar power technology that uses high magnification lenses to focus incoming sunlight…

Featured Alumni Entrepreneur: Zach Schleien ’12

Zach Schleien ’12 and his mom, Debbie Schleien, launched LIFT Protein Muffins last year. LIFT Protein Muffins is a gluten-free, paleo muffin that serves as a meal replacement. Schleien saw an opportunity in the gluten-free, paleo market. There were few healthy…

Featured Alumni Entrepreneur: Max Doblin ’15

If you hide a $100 bill somewhere around campus, people will go out and try to find it. That was the simple hypothesis from which Hypeist was born. Max Doblin ’15 and his co-founder, Blake Danzig, also a graduate of…

Whitman Launches “Alumni Entrepreneur of the Month”

Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises is a flagship department at the Whitman School. It is consistently ranked among the best in the country both for undergraduate and graduate studies. Accomplished faculty teach rigorous curriculum enhanced by invaluable practical learning opportunities. Through…

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