Mophie Hits the Big Time

8/1/2006

Burlington Free Press

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Barely beyond his first year of college, Ben Kaufman has already raised his first million. On Monday, the 19- year-old entrepreneur inked a $1 million deal with a group of investors, including a Vermont venture capital firm, that promises to launch Kaufman's line of Apple iPod accessories onto the international stage.

The Champlain College student has come a long way from his days in high school when he came up with the idea for a lanyard with ear buds for the iPod while day dreaming in math class.

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