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title: Palatine Grads Turned Smelly Gym Bags and a Class Project into a Business
description: "High school seniors disrupted college plans after taking INCubatoredu.  After 5 years, the 23-year-olds have turned their idea into a business: DeoBlock."
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# Palatine Grads Turned Smelly Gym Bags and a Class Project into a Business

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Daily Herald

*By: Burt Constable on September 27, 2021*

A business incubator class Drake Roberts and Anthony Tamras took their senior year at Palatine High School gave them an idea, disrupted their college plans and changed their lives. Now, after five years of research and development, the 23-year-olds have turned that idea into a growing company that sells a compact, recyclable, plant-based air deodorizer called DeoBlock...

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