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My first business partner, Raj Choudhury

Jeff Hilimire

I met Raj in college at UNC-Charlotte in 1996. I can ensure you that he had more fun in his one semester at UNC-Charlotte than I did during my entire time. Since both Raj and I had started it, and we had the great fortune to add another amazing partner early on, Danny , we essentially had three founders that could all do the job.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

One of the main reasons why my partners and I started TopFire Media is to fill a void within the franchise arena. Thanks to Kyle Reyes, The Silent Partner Marketing ! Since 2013, we’ve opened 6 permanent campuses across 4 southern. So my team and I built it. It’s really as simple as that – no long, dramatic story.