Spotlight Emory: Meet the founder of BroTips

March 27, 2012 By Stephen Beehler

The Spotlight Emory video series introduces some of the most dynamic members of the campus community.

In this episode, freshman host Brooke Healey sits down with Dominique Barfield, the man behind the college phenomenon BroTips. From campus Tweets to Tumblrs and starting his own web empire, we learn about the evolution of one of today's most talked-about trends -- all of which started in his college dorm here at Emory.

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