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Student Entrepreneur Profile: Fanta Kaba (GM’21)

Fanta Kaba (MBA’21) is the founder and CEO of Golden Roots Essentials, an all-natural holistic lifestyle brand focused on infusing skincare, self-care, and African culture to provide access to healthy skincare products. Based in The Bronx, NY, Golden Roots Essentials

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Alumni Entrepreneur Spotlight: Zach Moskow (BSBA’20)

While a student at WashU Zach Moskow (BSBA ’20) founded and sold Premier STL, a large-scale nightlife event production business. Zach also served as a teaching assistant and student chief of staff for Olin’s Director of Entrepreneurship Doug Villhard. In

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The way innovation is actually done: Jim McKelvey Shares the Importance of Originality in Entrepreneurship and Art

On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, as part of the Skandalaris Startup Webinar Series and the Skandalaris Internship Program serial entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist, artist, author, and WashU alumnus Jim McKelvey (EN’87) joined Skandalaris Center Managing Director II Luscri to discuss his

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Bridging Social Work and Entrepreneurship: Meet Ashton Megli

Hello, my name is Ashton Megli and I am writing to introduce myself as the summer practicum student at the Skandalaris Center.  I am entering the second year of my Masters in Social Work at the Brown School at Washington

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Interning and Innovating Virtually: 2020 Skandalaris Internship Program

The Skandalaris Internship Program is an opportunity for WashU students to intern at St. Louis-based startups. The program serves as an immersive experience in the St. Louis startup community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s 10-week paid program is

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