U-M students in Ann Arbor launch soap line in shape of states
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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Fifty State Suds maize and blue Michigan soap. (Fifty State Suds)
ANN ARBOR – When Zach Layle started an entrepreneurship course at the University of Michigan, he didn’t expect to end the semester with a fully-fledged business.
At the beginning of the course, U-M alum Dr. Eric Fretz tasks his students to break out into groups, ideally with diverse backgrounds, to create an “epic” business pitch.
Once his group was established, Layle said one group member joked about doing something with soap. After presenting Dr. Fretz with a long list of ideas, he left soap as a “weak maybe.”