I dropped out of Wharton to start my own business. Within the first year, we made over $1 million in revenue.

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• Abigail McCulloch started playing padel, a racket sport popular in South America, during business school.
• She’d been searching for a career option she was passionate about, and found it on the court.
• She dropped out of Wharton after a year to found her Chicago club.

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