“With the help from Tuck students, undergraduates are getting the hands-on experience of running a real business, and we’re planning for this project to be ongoing after we leave,” Winn tells the newspaper. “Although we want to make money and to give our investors a return on their money, our ultimate goal is to make Dartmouth a better place.”
Steven Kahl, an associated professor of business administration at Tuck, worked with Winn and Parshley on the project. “They’ve had the experience of raising money and financing as well as the experience of owning a machine (the truck) and keeping it operating,” he tells the Valley News. “They’re also learning about food and where it comes from, and they’re doing something that everybody loves—producing great food.”
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