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GrubHub founders Matt Maloney (left) and Mike Evans were MBA students at the University of Chicago when they won the New Venture Challenge for the online ordering and meal delivery site. They've since raised more than $50 million in venture capital. This year, the company merged with New York-based Seamless and announced online ordering and delivery from 25,000 restaurants around the U.S. and London.

Braintree. GrubHub. Bump Technologies.

You’ve seen these names in headlines in recent months, likely with two or three-digit sale or acquisition prices next to them. But they have something else in common too.

The founders of these tens-of-million-dollar companies all dreampt up their businesses as MBA students at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. And more specifically, they participated in the college’s New Venture Challenge before they launched.

Image: Upstart Business Journal

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