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I last spoke to Thomas when he was a sophomore at Davidson and was pursuing an entrepreneurial venture called Portfolio Kings.

Thomas stayed entrepreneurial in the second half of his college years and co-founded MESA, a startup to provide independent musicians an administrative infrastructure and also ensure that all rights holders on music NFT get paid.

In this episode, Thomas shares his undergraduate & entrepreneurial journey at Davidson, co- founding MESA, Winning the Hub Pitch Competition, Building MESA, The Hub’s Role and What’s Next for MESA.

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In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

• The Davidson College Experience
• Entrepreneurial Pursuits
• Co-founding Mesa
• Role of the Hurt Hub

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Thomas Athey, Davidson College []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• The Davidson Experience []
• Portfolio Kings []
• Exploring Tech-based Ideas[]
• Co-founding Mesa []
• Winning The Hub Pitch Competition []
• Building Mesa []
• Raising Funds []
• Beta Testing []
• Campus Activities []
• What’s Next? []
• Memories []

Our Guest: Thomas Athey graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE), and History at Davidson College. 

Memorable Quote: “...it's hard to figure out what you want, and it's also hard to not cave to sort of societal pressures of what you think you should do. And so I think you just got to stay strong in that process and trust yourself, and put the work in, right?” Thomas Athey.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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