West Virginia University

Former Mountaineer proves there is life after graduation

Mark Garrett was featured in the Daily Athenaeum for his new business.

 

 

The article states that Mark Garrett started out making couch candles in law school which have been sold in fifty states and 10 countries already.  After graduating in 2005, he joined WVU’s Business Incubator to create an online customized apparel store that sells professional attire geared toward alumni.  The Business Incubator is a WVU-funded program located in the Chestnut Ridge Research Building that provides small businesses with legal, financial, technological and marketing guidance to promote growth.
 

 

Story in the Sunday, May 14, 2006 edition of the Daily Athenaeum.