From girls in stem to chicken wings: UNC students keep pace with booming business startups

Posted Mar 2, 2022
As business applications nationally have soared over the past year, student entrepreneurs at the University of North Carolina have been keeping pace. UNC had 538 active startups founded by students, faculty or recent alumni as of July 2021. UNC-affiliated ventures earn more than $14 billion annually and employ nearly 13,000 people in North Carolina. (Daily Tar Heel)

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