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DISRUPTIVE MBA STARTUPS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF

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HOW DO YOU REJUVENATE AN INDUSTRY?

GIVE AN ENTREPRENEURIAL-MINDED MBA A CRACK AT IT.

THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY.

Over the past decade, bookings have risen as do-it-yourself digital platforms made travel more accessible. Standing out in an already crowded marketplace is the stuff of Entrepreneurship 101: You target an underserved niche like extreme sports enthusiasts. That’s the sweet spot for Mapo Tapo.

The firm’s founders include a trio of 2020 INSEAD MBA graduates: Alessia Fontanari, Daniele Packard, and Anuj Karkare. Mapo Tapo started out like most ventures: a group of climbers fused their passion for extreme sports with something larger, sparking economic growth in underdeveloped communities in an environmentally-responsible way. In response, they created a sports tourism platform, where

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