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This is Inc.'s 2013 roster of the 12 most promising dorm-room incubated ventures, and the tech-savvy, app-happy, socially-conscious undergrads who back them. Vote for your favorite now.
FamilyLeaf
Family-based social network
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Ajay Mehta, Henry Liu, Wesley Zhao
New York University, University of Rochester, The Wharton School
Firefly
Instant screensharing
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Dan Shipper, Patrick Leahy, and Justin Meltzer
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
FlightCar
Airbnb of car rentals at airports
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Shri Ganeshram, Kevin Petrovic, Rujul Zaparde
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University
VIRES
Engineering innovators
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Harshil Goel, Jordan Greene, Jason Forslin, Jeremy Fiance, Zachary Hargreaves...
The University of California, Berkeley
FlashFood
Food coordination for the hungry
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Eric Lehnhardt, Katelyn Keberle, Mary Hannah Smith, Ramya Baratam, Jake Irvin, Steven Hernandez, Loni Lehnhardt
Arizona State University
PayTango
Fingerprint-based payments system
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Brian Groudan, Kelly Lau-Kee, Umang Patel, Christian Reyes
Carnegie Mellon University
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In the 1980s, Michael Dell launched the computer company from his University of Texas dorm room. Click on the hottest 2013 college start-ups to read more about each.
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2012
Our 2012 class of college start-ups were founded on the mission to give back to the world’s communities, be on the cutting-edge of innovation, and have fun while doing it.
2011
Our third-annual report on the most innovative college start-ups in the country features a Northern Iowa hacker-turned-bookworm and a St. Louis sociology student with a website for tween girls—valued at $15 million.
2010
Our second-annual report on college start-ups, featuring students from Chapel Hill to Harvard Square, who are inventing the future (or at least a steady source of income for themselves) by launching companies in their spare time.
2009
In the years since Dell launched the world's best-known college start-up, more students have followed his lead. In our first report on college start-ups, these 16 enterprising kids will reveal that Michael Dell is no longer the exception to the rule.
