When it comes to MBA student startups, you can’t blame customers and investors for being skeptical. It would be an understatement to say Rooney is committed to his customers. A 2023 graduate of the University of Virginia’s Darden School, Lee discovered a “glaring gap in the market” during his Google internship two summers ago.
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