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Founder Friday: Babson Entrepreneur in Residence Blair Heavey M’89, P’14

The Blank Center’s Founder Friday series is continuing on Friday, April 15 at 11am with Babson’s Entrepreneur in Residence, Blair Heavey M’89, P’14!

Blair Heavey M'89, P'14

Blair Heavey M’89, P’14

As a graduate of the MBA program, Blair  is not new to Babson, but he joined the community in a different role as an entrepreneur in residence in 2014, where he is an advisor for the Butler Venture Accelerator and available to meet with participants by appointment. He also is a guest speaker in entrepreneurship classes. Blair has 20 years of experience in building and leading innovative high-growth technology companies, two of which went from raw startup to public companies and many others that were acquired. Blair has worked with social, mobile, e-commerce, and online marketing ventures, creating significant investor value. Presently, he assists growing startups with their go-to-market plans. He also sits on the board of a venture-backed startup, Marlin Mobile. He has been CEO of multiple startups, and has extensive experience in helping to raise venture capital, growing from nothing to a scalable product, and reinventing strategy. He hopes to support aspiring entrepreneurs in their strategic vision and creative ideas. Blair earned his undergraduate degree from Boston College, and his MBA from Babson College in 1989.

See you Friday, April 15 at 11am at the Blank Center!

What are Founder Fridays?
Founder Fridays, hosted by the Blank Center, is where you will get to meet some of the most interesting founders, who will share their ups and downs, their mistakes and celebrations – all with #nofilter. Open and brutally honest, these founders will tell their real deal life experience of creating a startup.