College Entrepreneurs Create Software to Help Businesses Thrive
How three UPenn students created Airtime, a program that creates banners that turn e-mail signatures into branded messages.
To Dan Shipper, those few lines at the bottom of a digital message offer significant untapped potential. "Companies that aren't taking advantage of e-mail signatures to promote their products and services are missing out on opportunities to connect with their customers," he says.
The 21-year-old junior at the began writing code when, Shipper was ready for a new project. In 2011 he partnered with Patrick Leahy and Justin Meltzer, both seniors majoring in entrepreneurship at the Wharton School at UPenn, to develop Airtime, a program that creates banners that turn e-mail signatures into branded messages.
