{"id":11923,"date":"2016-08-24T08:35:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=11923"},"modified":"2025-07-10T06:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:41:29","slug":"college-entrepreneurs-online-businesses-paid-for-their-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/college-entrepreneurs-online-businesses-paid-for-their-education\/","title":{"rendered":"5 College Entrepreneurs Whose Online Businesses Paid For Their Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.button {<br \/>\n    display: block;<br \/>\n    margin: 0 auto;<br \/>\n    width: 370px;<br \/>\n    height: 55px;<br \/>\n    font: 700 24px\/50px \"Trebuchet MS\", Arial;<br \/>\n    text-align: center;<br \/>\n    color: #1f1f1f;<br \/>\n    background: url(https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/button.png);<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>.button:hover {<br \/>\n    background-position: 0 -55px;<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/College-Entrepreneurs.png\" alt=\"College Entrepreneurs\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/College-Entrepreneurs.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/College-Entrepreneurs-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/College-Entrepreneurs-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/College-Entrepreneurs-1024x535.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have become household names in recent years, as they\u2019ve enabled the launch of such products as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crowdfundinsider.com\/2013\/09\/22637-ranked-the-50-biggest-kickstarters-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">the Pebble Watch and the Veronica Mars movie<\/span><\/a>. According to Business Insider, now university students are cashing in on the trend, with 'the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/college-students-are-turning-to-internet-donors-to-pay-their-tuition-2014-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">number of GoFundMe campaigns<\/span><\/a> specifically mentioning '\u02dctuition\u2019 having risen 4,547% from 2011 to 2014.'\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With the increasing cost of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarkariresults.ai\/\">university tuition<\/a>, it should come as no surprise that students are unearthing whatever revenue streams they can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While some students turn to crowdfunding to help with tuition costs, others question why they should have to wait until graduation to start their own business. Five of these enterprising students shared with HostGator how their online businesses grew from ideas to cash cows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/managed-wordpress-hosting\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/WordPress-Hosting-2.gif\" alt=\"Recommended WordPress Hosting\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">1. Pandy Apparel<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><b>Founded by Kate Delossantos, University of Maryland at College Park<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11948 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.43.55-PM.png\" alt=\"Pandy Apparel\" width=\"995\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.43.55-PM.png 995w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.43.55-PM-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.43.55-PM-768x324.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Kate hopped on the crowdfunding trend to test the viability of her business idea. 'Back in the summer of 2015, I held a successful Kickstarter to print my very own line of clothing. After I sent out the clothing to my backers, I was really happy and excited that people liked the clothes I made. That&#8217;s when I decided to start my own online clothing store, which I named <a href=\"http:\/\/pandyapparel.storenvy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">pandy apparel<\/span><\/a>.'\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to designing the clothing, Kate creates all the graphics and photography for the site and codes the layout. She credits this experience for helping her decide her college major. 'After putting so much work into it, I realized that this was the kind of thing I was really passionate about, and I changed from a computer science major to an art major.'\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">2. Board Blazers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><b>Founded by Greg Rudolph, Arizona State University<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.34.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Board Blazers\" width=\"1160\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.34.58-PM.png 1160w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.34.58-PM-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.34.58-PM-768x485.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.34.58-PM-1024x646.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">They say all it takes is one good idea, and in Greg\u2019s case, that idea was based on something as simple as duct tape. Greg is now a graduate student pursuing his MBA, and he still marvels at how one innocuous observation grew into a worldwide business: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">'After I spotted a student who had duct-taped Christmas lights to his skateboard riding around the Arizona State University campus one night in 2011, I was inspired with the idea for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardblazers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Board Blazers<\/span><\/a> LED Underglow Skateboard Lights. I risked most of my personal savings and started the company while an undergrad at ASU at age 20 in March 2012. Since then, the company has grown surprisingly to sales in all 50 states and 35 countries around the world. Our lights have been featured at SXSW, by celebrity Casey Niestat, and by pro skater Tech Na$ty.'\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">3. MOVE<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><b>Founded by Ashley Olafsen, University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-10.26.51-AM.png\" alt=\"MOVE Official\" width=\"2086\" height=\"996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-10.26.51-AM.png 2086w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-10.26.51-AM-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-10.26.51-AM-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-23-at-10.26.51-AM-1024x489.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2086px) 100vw, 2086px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When they were just teenagers, Ashley and her best friend Lexie Phipps founded MOVE, which stands for Motivate. Overcome. Value. Empower. The duo is 'dedicated to working with middle and high school aged girls on body image, media, self esteem, mental health, and more.'\u009d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Not only do they host workshops and summer programs, but Ashley has already achieved one of her life goals, <a href=\"http:\/\/thetab.com\/us\/umass-amherst\/2015\/10\/17\/ashley-olafsen-freshman-ceo-571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">giving a TED Talk<\/span><\/a>. You can shop MOVE\u2019s products or sign up for a workshop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moveofficial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">at their website<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BhFP2yQths0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">4. Ace Work Gear<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><b>Founded by Max Robinson, Imperial College London<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.34.42-PM.png\" alt=\"Ace Work Gear\" width=\"1133\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.34.42-PM.png 1133w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.34.42-PM-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.34.42-PM-768x447.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.34.42-PM-1024x596.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1133px) 100vw, 1133px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Max had made a hobby out of building websites for fun, but it wasn\u2019t until a friend introduced him to e-commerce that he considered doing something similar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Based in Fife, Scotland, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aceworkgear.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Ace Work Gear<\/span><\/a> sells and ships hardware tools and workwear to construction businesses worldwide. 'It took me quite a while to build the site properly and I had to find a company that was willing to rent the website from me, but I&#8217;m very happy with how it turned out and continue to make updates and adjustments on a weekly basis. I&#8217;ve even been able to use the website as part of my college portfolio!'\u009d<b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">5. Game Learners<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><b>Founded by Ravel Charles, Northeastern University<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.50.45-PM.png\" alt=\"Game Learners\" width=\"1184\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.50.45-PM.png 1184w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.50.45-PM-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.50.45-PM-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-15-at-12.50.45-PM-1024x558.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1184px) 100vw, 1184px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamelearners.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game Learners<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> serves as an online resource to help gamers and parents tap into the educational power and health benefits of video games. Not only did Ravel start Game Learners as a student, but he was also inspired by one of his classes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">'I realized how similar one of my favorite video games was to the concepts I learned that day in my Project Management class. That day I learned about the project management life cycle and managing a project. As I was learning about it I realized that the concepts came easier to me because it was very similar to how I play Franchise Mode (Called MyGM Mode) in NBA 2K16 and manage my own sports team. In the video game, the owner of the team will give directions and I will have to make sure to complete them in a timely fashion, with goals that needed to be achieved along the way. This is similar to managing a project in real life. From there, I thought, how can other children benefit from this type of learning?'\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ravel keeps the website open-source and free for members, making money off of advertising.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Bonus Entrepreneur: HostGator<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-13-at-2.25.30-PM.png\" alt=\"HostGator\" width=\"1211\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-13-at-2.25.30-PM.png 1211w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-13-at-2.25.30-PM-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-13-at-2.25.30-PM-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-13-at-2.25.30-PM-1024x517.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1211px) 100vw, 1211px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">HostGator was originally founded in a dorm room in Florida Atlantic University. We&#8217;ve since grown to be a global provider of web hosting and related services with over 500 employees working out of offices all over the world!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Are you inspired by these student entrepreneurs? Start your online business today with your very own website from HostGator.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/shared\">Get Started With HostGator!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have become household names in recent years, as they\u2019ve enabled the launch of such&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-startup-small-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.2 (Yoast SEO v23.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 College Entrepreneurs Whose Online Businesses Paid For Their Education - HostGator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While some students turn to crowdfunding sites to help with tuition costs, other college entrepreneurs start their own successful online businesses.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/college-entrepreneurs-online-businesses-paid-for-their-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 College Entrepreneurs Whose Online Businesses Paid For Their Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While some students turn to crowdfunding sites to help with tuition costs, other college entrepreneurs start their own successful online businesses.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/college-entrepreneurs-online-businesses-paid-for-their-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HostGator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostGator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-24T13:35:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T11:41:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/College-Entrepreneurs.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amelia Willson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/amelioratethis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HostGator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amelia Willson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/college-entrepreneurs-online-businesses-paid-for-their-education\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/college-entrepreneurs-online-businesses-paid-for-their-education\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amelia Willson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/298f3a29838ac98eb9658dd28b00c63e\"},\"headline\":\"5 College Entrepreneurs Whose Online Businesses Paid For Their Education\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-24T13:35:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T11:41:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/college-entrepreneurs-online-businesses-paid-for-their-education\/\"},\"wordCount\":901,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/college-entrepreneurs-online-businesses-paid-for-their-education\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/College-Entrepreneurs.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Startup &amp; 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