Paul launched his business, hedgehog leatherworks. from his dorm room at saint Louis university (SLU), while simultaneously declaring his major in entrepreneurship. He conneced with the faculty and with the university's network of entrepreneurs to absorb as much business knowledge as possible. By finding great mentors, Paul built and implemented a plan for growing his business, refining it along the way through various Business plan competitions. Eventually, Paul won second place in the global student entrepreneur-ship Awards, a worldwide competition for full-time college students who run full-time business .