AN IDEA BECOMES REALITY
THIS IS IT IS OFTEN SAID that the best
Elghanayan Center for Innovation and
“One student had the idea of decals
innovations are born out of frustration.
Collaboration during a Business Club
on the back of our phones to replace our
Here at Blair Academy, students are
meeting. Brainstorming ideas for a
Blair IDs, but we realized that students
encouraged to create and develop
project, other students mentioned
do not have their phones with them 100
their own solutions to the problems
their frustration with their Blair ID card,
percent of the time,” Thomas recalled.
they face around them.
including how often they’re misplaced
“That’s how our business was born.”
In 2018, Thomas Engel ’20 and Rob Rucki ’20 sat in the Chiang-
or the inconvenience of pulling them out during the winter.
Later, John Boellhoff ’21, Matthew Brooks ’21 and Liam Junkermann ’19 BLA IR BULLE T IN 49
