Accompanying four students to Toronto for the Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC) last weekend, advisor and finance professor Ryan Davies earned an honor of his own! 
On the first night of the competition Ryan attended a “social” open outcry trading session in which faculty members and sponsors of the competition have the opportunity to compete [...]

       
Name of Business:  Canditto.com. 
Mission: Let party hosts see their event from their guests' perspectives (with a kiosk that copies their digital photos taken that day.)
Year Began: (Provisional Patent Submitted to USPTO in 2007)
Initial Investment: $920
Break Even: Expected - April 2008
Where: Cambridge, MA
Founder: Rush Hambleton; Rush@Canditto.com; 860 961 8100;Babson MBA student; serial entrepreneur.
Employees: 3 [...]

                  
Babson Ugrad alum Richard Bottner, President and CEO of Intern Bridge Inc., a college relations consulting, research, and outsourced staffing organization, is running an Internship Management Workshop on Feb. 28th at Framingham State College.   The workshop is designed for business executives, human resource professionals, and internship coordinators who want to learn a managed approach [...]

                 
 
Name of business:  Incured  www.incured.cl  
Mission:  To be the most efficient way of providing risk capital to entrepreneurs.
Year Began: 2007
Revenues:  US $ 400,000
Initial Investment: US $ 2,500
Where: Chile
Founder: Antonio Turner, aturner@uc.clBabson Grad Student
Employees: 5
Founder's Past Life/Business:    Entrepreneur
How The Idea Began: We wanted to become the perfect node between good entrepreneurs and smart money.
Initial Preparation to Germinate Idea: We worked [...]

Name of business: Rock Coast Media Inc.
Mission: To deliver best of breed customized search engine marketing and optimization solutions.
Year Began: 2003
Revenues: 5mm
Initial Investment: $2,000
Broke Even: 2005
Where: Newburyport, MA; San Francisco, CA
Partner: Greg Reilly; greg@rockcoastmedia.com; 617-875-7472; Babson MBA student
Employees: 12
Founder's Past Life/Business: Ask Jeeves, Sapient, IDG Communications
How the Idea Began: “We identified opportunity in the [...]

Babson first year students presented their FME businesses to the community on Feb. 5.
Babson SleepwearBabson Sleepwear provides customized Babson thermals as well as flannel pants to help keep you warm and comfy.  Wear your Babson products to show your Babson pride.

Beaver Stress Relievers Beaver Stress Relievers sells a squeezable beaver shaped stress ball that provides [...]

             
Name of business:  RentingYourHome.com
Mission:  Provide a web-based alternative to property management for landlords to advertise and screen tenants, collect rents, and manage maintenance at a 60%-80% savings.
Began:  2005
Revenues:   <$1 million 
Initial Investment:   $100,000
Broke Even:   Not yet!
Where:   Run out of Boston, MA and Washington DC. We currently help hundreds of clients manage properties in 41 states across the country.
Founder:  Jeff [...]