Hunter Baehl ’20 LABB Intern – Week five of LABB we continued to focus on our consulting project for the college and business plans for apps. Each group gave their second business plan mini pitch to Roland Morin and Jacob Pactor. We gave the same pitch as the week before, but with slight tweaks and adjustments in the presentation, idea, or slideshow.

Friday, we took a trip to Indianapolis to visit alumni at Platform 24 and Triton Brewery. Tony Unfried was the first alumni that we met at Platform 24. He is a founder at Archon Tech Strategies. Mr. Unfried taught us about his app developing company and gave the LABB interns and me advise for our business plans. His experience opened my eyes to the hidden expenses we would run across and other ideas to implement into our app.

Tony Unfried later opened the floor up for questions leading to his story from Wabash and post-graduation all the way up to today. He talked about his career path especially the risk that he took to get to where he is today. Mr. Unfried gave us great advice that he learned through his life that I will not soon forget.

Our last stop was at Triton Brewery to meet another Wabash alumni, David Waldman. In 2011, David Waldman created his own brewing company making his dream come true. He gave us a tour of Triton and a description of how everything runs. Mr. Waldman showed us his passion of water and the important role it plays when brewing beer. Since many of us were not 21 we had the chance to try Triton’s unique home-brewed root beer. It was exciting to see their passion for everything they brewed. David Waldman taught me how important it is having a passion for what you do and to never lose sight of that passion.

LABB has been incredible program and helped  me grasp concepts in business and marketing that I never would have learned otherwise. With only a few weeks left, I can’t wait to see what the rest of the program has in store for us. I would like to thank the Lilly Endowment, Wabash College, and Roland Morin for allowing my peers and me to experience the LABB program. It truly is a life changing experience.