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Summarized by Janus Wilkinson
BYU Grad Wins Praise for Clear Backpacks
HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Dale Jeffery, A 33-year-old MBA working at a
Houston import-export firm recently went into business when he read
an ad that a Georgia school had placed in a magazine. The school was
looking for clear backpacks, a trend that has become popular with
numerous schools. Jeffery, who holds an undergraduate degree in Asian
studies from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Thunderbird,
an Arizona-based graduate school specializing in international
business, decided to take on the challenge he saw there.
Jeffrey seized the opportunity and contacted friends in China, who
agreed to make prototypes of clear backpacks for him. Now, business
is booming an Jeffrey services about 4,000 schools who presently
require the clear backpacks. The schools value the backpacks because
they make security easier, since administrators can see what is in
them.
Source:
See-Through Backpacks Praised for Style, Safety
Salt Lake Tribune (AP) 3Sep00 B2
Associated Press
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