Benjamin Hernandez (JD-MBA 2013) shares the founding of NuMat Technologies, its evolution as a company, and what he learned along the way about leadership.

Entrepreneurship: A Deeply Human Endeavor

Early in NuMat Technologies’ founding, Benjamin Hernandez (JD-MBA 2013) and his co-founders entered a business plan competition in Chicago. “We ended up winning the competition, at which point we decided to enter every other business plan competition in the U.S. where prizes exceeded $100,000. We won every single one.”