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MBAs for Hire, By the Hour

A startup raises nearly $5 million to match companies with the well-educated consultants they need.

When Harvard Business School students Pat Petitti and Rob Biederman needed to create a business for a classroom competition in early 2013, they took note of the students around them who had valuable skills and knowledge to offer, but no jobs. At the same time, they realized that small businesses, which often can't

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