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title: Want to start a business? It’s 'pawsible'
description: Tufftoy, a profitable business that sells customizable, durable, dog toys not only broke through the saturated dog toy market but won first prize at the 2022 INCubatoredu National Pitch Competition.
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# Want to start a business? It’s 'pawsible'

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Best of SNO | Harker School

*By: Desiree Luo and Ananya Sriram on September 23, 2022*

How do high school students start their own businesses? This question echoes inside the minds of many budding teenage entrepreneurs with ambitious dreams and diligent spirits. Age, limited resources and other restrictions pose challenges to high schoolers. Despite these obstacles, seniors Rohan Gorti, Arin Jain and Zubin Khera did just that in their junior year. 

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