Victoria Grasso December 17, 2014Mrs. Wood Business Communications
After Starting 4 Businesses, College Entrepreneur Decides on Degree
John Grossman
December 10, 2014
This article is about Daniel Fine, a 21 year old student at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. Fine’s primary business are foldable plastic sunglasses, called Glass-U, that bear the licensed brand of Universities, fraternities, musical festivals, and this years 2014 FIFA World Cup. Fine’s other businesses include NexTutors, which he started right out of highschool and funded the start of his other businesses, Dosed, an app to help diabetics track their insulin, and Fine Prints, a printing company. Besides these businesses, however, Daniel Fine also has a non-for-profit business which he started when he was 11 years old, called “Team Brotherly Love”, which at this point has raised about $1.9 million dollars. Although he was selected for the second round of the Thiel Scholarship, a $100,000 scholarship for students who take off from college to pursue their businesses, Fine decided that a degree was important, so he is staying at UPenn to finish his degree. This is happening in the United States at University of Pennsylvania.
I found this article so interesting because I am at the point in my life where I choosing a major and a college, and it was inspired to see that there was someone not that much older than me do so much. About business, I learned that how you present yourself goes a long way. Daniel Fine is only 21 years old, yet he was able to convince the CEO of a company, whom he had never met, over the phone, to give him licensing rights to print the FIFA World Cup 2014 on his merchandise. When we had guest speakers, they told us that how you command an interview and answer questions says more about you than a resume ever could. Also, the fact that Fine was able to use the few resources he had to create four successful businesses shows that all you need to start a business is strong entrepreneurial senses.
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