# Cynthia Franklin, director of Entrepreneurship at the W. R. Berkley Innovation Labs and Allie Esslinger (MBA '18), a finalist in the 2017 New Venture Competition, are quoted in a trend story about support for entrepreneurship in business schools

1 School News December 28, 2017 ![TopMBA logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_046082.jpg?itok=w_cjMn96)>

Excerpt from [TopMBA](https://www.topmba.com/jobs/why-business-schools-are-investing-students-start-ups) -- "'The entrepreneurship process has been demystified. Never before has there been such broad and easy access to the critical resources needed to start a venture—whether technology, capital—both cash and human, support networks, know-how, etc.,' says Franklin. . ... 'the founding team \[of LGBTQueue, co-founded by Allie Esslinger (MBA '18)\] is excited to have the benefit of having come together under a different umbrella, use those metrics to guide our first decisions about product and branding, and work together more collaboratively to build something from the ground up.'"

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