News & Announcements
ImportGenius is a great tool for identifying buyers and suppliers, tracking shipments of goods across the globe, tracking product supply chains, viewing supply networks, and more. The information is based on shipping manifests and customs data from the US, various Latin American countries, and India, with global coverage of shipping ports of origin. Find ImportGenius [...]
Creating Social Value
By Richard Scioli, Babson Board Fellows member and Founder of Elemental Innovation Through my involvement with The Lewis Institute’s Board Fellows program I’ve had the opportunity to spend the past year on the Board of The Special Olympics of Massachusetts. Spending time with their staff and the people they serve has given me incredible access [...]
Living Entrepreneurship
One of challenges that many startups faces is not actually launching, but is selling product/service to customers. The Summer Venture Program Adviser, Jeff Schiebe recently gave insightful tips for selling your business. When entrepreneurs sell their products and/or service, they should be able to answer the following three questions: what are you selling, who are [...]
News & Announcements
Name of Business: Greek International Food Market 617.553.8038 Mission/ Description: The Greek International Food Market isn’t your typical grocery store; we are your home away from home. We are a family business that strives to offer the highest quality, best tasting international food products. Not only do we prepare many authentic Greek appetizers, meals and [...]
Undergraduate
Today I’m excited to be announced as one of 20 finalists in Microsoft’s Challenge for Change competition. This contest challenged students ages 18-25 to present ideas for change in communities around the world. I have a simple request for your help over the next week. Please vote once a day for my entry and help support the [...]
Creating Social Value
By Bradley Googins & Philip Mirvis A monthly installment from two of The Lewis Institute’s Social Innovation Fellows: Bradley Googins and Philip Mirvis. A recent survey of nearly 800 sustainability professionals in business, government, NGOs, academe, and the media in over seventy countries concluded that “experts overwhelmingly believe companies should collaborate with multiple actors, including [...]
Undergraduate
It takes about two to three hours to commute from my home to where I intern everyday. Knowing that I’m a horrible driver, I decided to use the train to commute to work. You would think that the distance between L.A. and Orange County isn’t that far, but you always have to expect the worst [...]
Undergraduate
I have been pinning for a couple of weeks now. I have been falling in love with Pinterest, because of it’s formatting and simplicity. But, of course, with every job, there are a few challenges. My challenge for this week is the inability to come up with new board ideas, or new ways to make [...]
Undergraduate
I joined Babson in the Spring of 2011 and as I had expected, I have been constantly surrounded by entrepreneurs. As an entrepreneur myself, I’m still yet to remember a complete 24 hours on campus that has fully passed without my friends and I brainstorming ideas, improving business models and what has seemed to be [...]
Undergraduate
OK, so I fully acknowledge that I have fallen off the blogging wagon since my last post. This did not go unnoticed by certain members of my staff and the greater Babson community. I could make excuses about being busy, I don’t know, assembling a class, or mention that we have a whole team of talented [...]
