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David A. Eisenberg ’07 is living proof that being an undergraduate entrepreneur can give you an advantage after graduation. Eisenberg was on the executive founding team of DormAid, the student-run business that provides professional cleaning services to students living on campus...
Everywhere you go, it lurks. It stinks up your dorm, and your roommate never takes it out. It is slowly taking over the world. But for some Harvard students, the refuse of a dorm room is more than just a call for DormAid. Around campus, various groups are using trash to create “green art” in the form of sculpture, cartoons, and clothing. These trash crafts represent a way to bring awareness to the wasteful ways of Harvard students, even as some use green products in their quest to create great...
...peers can get to the airport is a service like any other in our economy, and it’s unclear why UC representatives should be expected to provide it on a volunteer basis. The recent rise of for-profit student businesses at Harvard—most notably Facebook, DormAid, and Unofficial Tours—demonstrates the ability of student entrepreneurs to meet service demands on campus. So, instead of asking the Council to try again, why not let some enterprising students take over this business, and receive financial rewards for doing...
...potential roadblock to a for-profit shuttle service (or several such services, in competition with each other) is the University’s sometimes adversarial approach to student businesses, most notably Unofficial Tours. To succeed, shuttle businesses might need certain privileges that a group like DormAid does not, such as permission to load and unload buses on campus. Because airport shuttles are a highly useful and cost-saving service for students, the University should do what it can to foster entrepreneurial success in this area, even if this means waiving its usual guidelines on student businesses. This would be especially...
...demeanor, Lacoste-and-black-blazer combo, or slicked-back hair fool you. Michael E. Kopko ’07 is a people person. Kopko heads an organization with 30 employees, hundreds of customers, and a million dollars in revenue. He’ll talk to you about DormAid if you ask, but he’d much rather tell you about the company executives he works and lives with. “You can use the word ‘cult’ for those who don’t understand us,” Kopko says jokingly...