Name of business: 1.800.Flights
Mission:Providing toll-free flight status, gate, and terminal information by phone for airlines and airports nationwide.
Began: 2007
Where: Houston, Texas
Founder: Seth Stolbun, Babson Ugrad; seth@1800flights.net, 1-866-447-9937
Employees: Four-member startup team
How the idea began:  1.800.Flights was the result of my two-week senior internship with my dad, Sam Stolbun.  My dad has owned the 1-800-Flights number since 1987 [...]

                 Dave Chen—Babson alum (MBA '05) and CEO/Founder, NextWorth Solutions, Inc.—announces a partnership with Circuit City stores in the greater Boston area.
In Dave's own words:
“We are pleased to announce the official launch of an 11-store test at Circuit City stores in the greater Boston Area.  This important milestone builds on our past successes with Tweeter and [...]

           
Babson's Center for Women's Leadership featured Beth Goldstein, author of The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Toolkit at last evening's CWL Author Series. Goldstein is founder of Marketing Edge Consulting Group and works one-on-one with clients across the globe. She has more than 20 years' experience in sales and marketing.
The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Toolkit provides [...]

                      
Babson Professor Michael Gordon, author of Entrepreneurship 101:  How to turn your idea into a money machine,used his experience in bringing this book to market , to demonstrate the power that entrepreneurial passion brings to the negotiating table.
The event was the Babson College/Wellesley Bank Business Series at the Wellesley Chamber's Networking Before 9 breakfast [...]

John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and former president of PepsiCo, says “Get the right people on the bus and get them in the right seats.  Collective skills are required for entrepreneurial success.”
Sculley opened the 6th annual Babson Forum on Entrepreneurship and Innovation opened with a keynote address to a full house of mostly MBAs.
He [...]

                   
Susan Foley, Executive Director, Research Centers at Babson Executive Education; and author, Entrepreneurs Inside:  Accelerating Business Growth with Corporate Entrepreneurs, shared some sound advice this morning about how to find and cultivate entrepreneurial talent within businesses.
The event was the Babson College/Wellesley Bank Business Series at the Wellesley Chamber's Networking Before 9 breakfast held [...]

Name of business: HeatSpring Energy

The Team: from left, Duncan Miller, Brian Hayden, Michelle Park MBA 2007, Becca Caspe 
Mission: HeatSpring Energy delivers the resources needed to be successful inthe rapidly growing geothermal industry.  Through trainings, project design and consulting services we promote consumer awareness and responsible industry growth. 
Began in: 2007
Where: At Babson College (of [...]

Name of business:  Dahlicious, LLC
Mission:  “Our mission is to create honest, tasty, authentic foods that are 100% natural, convenient and full of meaningful health benefits.”
Year Began: Feb 2007
Revenues: $150-$250K (EST.)
Initial Investment: $40K
Broke Even: Not Yet
Where: Boston
Employees: 3 Full-Time
      Founder: JD Sethi; jd@dahlicious.com; 617-281-1311; Babson Grad Student
Founder's Past Life/Business:  “IT Consultant with specialization in internet marketing.  [...]