Törnqvist

"Once the courses began, both Swedish guest students were surprised to note that the interaction between students and teachers was much less formal than in Sweden, where teaching was characterized by German academic tradition. An example was that students were allowed to interrupt the lecturers with questions without hesitation. Törnqvist and Ruben found the system very positive, provided that the questions presented were intelligent and of general interest."

"Rubens and Törnqvist’s thesis impressed the head of the Taylor Society, Professor Person, so much that he offered Ruben to continue as a PhD student with him. He would get 18 months of fully paid studies at the institute. Ruben took the offer and quickly decided to go home, sort out his business, and resign from SLT."

"Erik Torudd actually didn’t want to start working with Ruben at all. He planned to start Sweden’s first supermarket chain himself, after realizing how much money could be made from it. But when Törnqvist reminded him that there was an establishment ban on new grocery stores, he realized that the plan was not easy to implement. Instead, he let himself be persuaded to invest in Ruben’s packaging company – at least for the time being."