{"id":10417,"date":"2025-04-18T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestudententrepreneur.org\/?p=10417"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:25:05","slug":"jacob-marsh-from-student-to-tech-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestudententrepreneur.org\/?p=10417","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Marsh: From Student to Tech Entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10417\" class=\"elementor elementor-10417\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87764cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87764cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fae11e9\" data-id=\"fae11e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d9b75d\" data-id=\"9d9b75d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c1742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9c1742\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">Jacob Marsh&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">was<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">not&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">your&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">average<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;engineering student. While his&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">peers<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">were<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">cracking&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">equations, he was&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">creating<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">an<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">actual<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;tech brand&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">in<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;his dorm room.&nbsp;<\/span>Jacob&nbsp;<span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">attended<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">the University of Southampton<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">&nbsp;to study Civil Engineering<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">, but in 2012, something&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">changed<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">. The Raspberry Pi, a&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">learning-to-program&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">mini computer<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">, had just&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">been released<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">. He&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">saw<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;one&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">major<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">problem<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u2014it&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">had<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">no case. Just a&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">naked<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;circuit board.&nbsp;<\/span>So<span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;Jacob leaped. He created a simple 3D-printed case and&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">sold<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;it&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">as&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/jacobmarsh\" target=\"_blank\">ModMyPi<\/a>. The&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">prototype<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;was&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">a<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">hobby<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">project<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">. But when he&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">listed<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;it online, he got over 300&nbsp; pre-orders&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">within<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">two&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thestudententrepreneur.org\/?p=10391\" target=\"_blank\">days<\/a>. That<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">&#8216;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">s when&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">the<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">light<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">bulb went off in his head<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">\u2014he was sitting on a goldmine.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Jacob Marsh Turned a Prototype Into \u00a31.3 Million<\/h3>\n<p>At first, Jacob&nbsp;<span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">had<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">no<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">business<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">experience<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">. But with&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">the&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">help&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">of<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;a university business hub called SETsquared, he moved from 3D-printing cases to mass-producing them&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">via<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;injection molding.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">It<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;started in his uni&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">bedroom<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">and<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">turned into&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">a full-<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">fledged<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;company.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">ModMyPi<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">achieved<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;a&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">\u00a3867<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">,<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">000<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">turnover<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">in<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">one<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">year<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">. The next year, it was already climbing&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">towards<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;\u00a31.3 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Soon<span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">&nbsp;enough<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">, the brand&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">was<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">not<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">only&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">selling cases&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">but<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">was&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">a&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">destination<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">website<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;for Raspberry Pi&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">hardware<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;and accessories. Jacob even&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">had<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;a full-time team and started&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">shipping<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">international<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;orders. All this, while still&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">working<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">on completing&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">his degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His hustle proved that student entrepreneurs&nbsp;<span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">do<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">not<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">have&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">to wait&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">until<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;graduation to build a real business.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Lessons Every Beginner Should Know<\/h3>\n<p>Jacob Marsh&nbsp;<span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">wasn&#8217;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">t&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">a business&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">school type of man<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">, but he had three&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">main<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;things:<br>\u2013 He spotted&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">an<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">opportunity<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">&nbsp;in the market.<br>\u2013 He started small and built&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">up<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">.<br>\u2013 He&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">looked<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;for&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">support<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">sped<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">up<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SETsquared gave him&nbsp;<span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">resources<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">mentoring<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;that made a&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">big<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;difference. But the&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">fuel<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">was<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">lit<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">when&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">Jacob<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">took<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">a<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">leap<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">of<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">faith<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">and started with&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">zero business experience<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">&nbsp;whatsoever<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">. That<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">&#8216;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">s the real power move.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-482cfa2\" data-id=\"482cfa2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob Marsh&nbsp;was&nbsp;not&nbsp;your&nbsp;average&nbsp;engineering student. While his&nbsp;peers&nbsp;were&nbsp;cracking&nbsp;equations, he was&nbsp;creating&nbsp;an&nbsp;actual&nbsp;tech brand&nbsp;in&nbsp;his dorm room.&nbsp;Jacob&nbsp;attended&nbsp;the University of Southampton&nbsp;to study Civil&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[144,64,66],"class_list":["post-10417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-zone","tag-student-entrepreneurs","tag-tech","tag-ai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[9],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jacob Marsh: From Student to Tech Entrepreneur -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jacob Marsh built ModMyPi from a uni dorm. 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