Matt Furstenburg recognized a problem when he played football at Maryland, so he co-founded a company that aims to fix it. Sound familiar?
It's not a new thing for Maryland football players to identify equipment problems and start companies to address them.
Maryland special teams captain Kevin Plank, in 1995, observed that his teammates' cotton shirts were too frequently logged with sweat. So he started making a new fabric, and the Terrapins tested it. Now Under Armour can gross $4 billion in a single year.
Former Maryland tight end Matt Furstenburg's new venture is not on nearly that scale, and few companies ever will be.