Living Entrepreneurship Blog / Tag: Bootstrapping

Relationships Matter: How 2 Grow Your Services Business

New services ventures face an uphill battle as they work towards building their credibility and winning early clients. In a competitive services landscape, what can founders do to ensure that their businesses have the best chance for growth? As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Babson Global Entrepreneur in Residence (GEIR) Akhil Suresh Nair MBA’18 led…

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Summer Catalyst Kickoff in San Francisco

This week, we are excited to kick off Babson’s Summer Catalyst Program in San Francisco with 6 teams of entrepreneurs. The Summer Catalyst Program is a 10 week pre-accelerator experience that offers co-working space, mentors, and guidance to help early-stage/seed-level entrepreneurs develop their startups. Throughout the summer, they will be working among like-minded entrepreneurs in the most…

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#How2Tuesday: How 2 Run Your Company When You’re Forced to Bootstrap It

The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, April 3 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room: How 2 Run Your Company When You’re Forced to Bootstrap It with Pierce Atwood and Open Water Power! Raising money is oftentimes a goal for entrepreneurs who are in need of capital. But what if you were…

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Week 4: SF Summer Venture Program

Lot’s of happenings @ Babson San Francisco! We had a very eventful week including 3 all star speakers Elliott Adams (Customer Development), Armando Biondi (Growth Strategies), and Dwight Gertz (Decisions), our 5th *Hot Seat*, a Gari focus group, office hours with mentors, and we celebrated IdaRose’s birthday! Elliott, one of our SVP advisors, gave an overview of the business…

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Announcing Summer Venture Program in San Francisco!

This summer, we’re excited to launch Babson’s signature accelerator here at our San Francisco campus located in SoMa, the center of the start-up scene in SF. Within blocks of the campus are headquarters of some of the biggest names in tech, as well as a host of co-working spaces, accelerators, and VC firms, making San…

Act, Now!

Do you have a big business idea? A way to improve a process or system at work? Maybe you really want to talk to that one person who keeps stealing your gaze away? Why not make a million dollars, get the promotion at work or begin a new relationship? Does fear, over-thinking, or over-planning tend to stop you?…

5 Free Tools I’ve Been Using To Launch My Business

Over the past year, I’ve been trying to run my business lean by hand picking the best free technology tools out there. I’ve gathered all my favorite ones, for your use and pleasure. Let me know if you need any help with them, or if you are looking for other tools. I would be happy…

Website Design for Entrepreneurs

Website design is the bane of many entrepreneurs’ existence, particularly if you are starting a business that does not involve e-commerce. Who wants to spend cash on an expensive website designer in the early stages? There’s a few websites now that provide professional looking templates that are easy to customize and update. They provide a…

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Email Marketing for Online Start-Ups

One of the most valuable marketing tools in an online start-up company’s toolbox is email marketing. Granted, there is a thin line between “email marketing” and “spam”. It is essential to understand the difference between the two in order to conduct a successful email marketing campaign. Value One should always provide something of value in…

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Interns and Interviewing

Hire Slow, Fire Fast. Every Good Employer This season of summer brings great weather, fresh summer produce, and an abundance of college students looking to intern. This is for the most part a very American phenomenon. People who are paying $50,000 for their education every year, are willing to give up their time to work…