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From Oxford to UM, old pals nurture Missoula’s startup scene

When Paul Gladen and David Firth lived half a world away, the two students at Oxford University became fast friends. They hung out on campus, shared a house through college, and landed jobs at large accounting firms.

But then, as life often has it, they went their separate ways – Firth to Dallas and San Francisco, Gladen to New York City. Given their diverging paths and the demands of the business world, the chances of a reunion, much less a collaboration, just wasn’t in the cards.

Or was it?

The two business leaders who trace their friendship back to England in the 1980s have become prominent figures on the University of Montana campus, where they spend their hours positioning entrepreneurs and students for success.

BY MARTIN KIDSTON

From Oxford to UM, old pals nurture Missoula’s startup scene

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