Students in the course “Circular Entrepreneurship”, MGMT 520, taught by Clyde Eiríkur Hull, professor in the department of management, developed start-up businesses using circular economy principles, during the spring 2026 semester. Circular economy is non-wasteful: nothing goes into a landfill because everything left over is either reused by the business or sold to someone else. As Professor Hull puts it, “Everything that leaves your business is making you money. Circular economy is high-tech, socially responsible, good for the environment—and profitable.”
Stefan Rogowski ’27 (Sustainable Integrations within a Built Environment) designed a way to reduce hospital waste and turn it into a revenue stream.
Glauk Haxhiaj ’27 (economics) and Rylan Ganeko ’27 (marketing) developed a startup non-profit in Kosovo to make the local economy more circular to create new jobs and make the place more attractive for local youth to stay.
Ayuba Benyin ’29 (Ph.D. sustainability studies), Jesse Louis ’26 (management information systems), Pablo Little-Siebold ’29 (global business management), Brody Kountouris ’29 (finance), and Sadhvi Kumar ’29 (finance), designed Siebold and Suns, a business to install solar electricity in Ghana.
Left to right: Stefan Rogowski, Pablo Little-Siebold, Ayuba Benyin, Professor Hull, Jesse Louis, Rylan Ganeko, Glauk Haxhiaj, Brody Kountouris, and Sadhvi Kumar
