“Getting rejected led to starting my own business”: One Man’s Journey to Year-Round Summer Camp

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Blake Boles is one of the lucky ones: at a young age he knew exactly what made him happy. With that clarity of vision, he created Unschool Adventures, a company that designs and runs multi-week experiences for teens and young adults—and created his own dream job in the process.

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When I was 11 I went away to summer camp for the first time: two weeks of total bliss in the High Sierras of California. The...