By Antonette Ho | October 2, 2017
On Wednesday, October 11 in the Schlesinger Innovation Center, join the Blank Center, together with ASICS and HYPE Foundation, a global leader in promoting sports innovation, to design tech solutions for the fitness and sports world. Register now >> During the hackathon, teams will develop innovative ideas for the sports and fitness arena, solving key…
By Emily Denoble | May 26, 2017
Wondering how to sell your early-stage tech business? The Blank Center welcomed Janet Comenos, CEO of Spotted Media, to a How 2 Tuesday event to share how to acquire your first group of customers. Janet founded Spotted Media to provide a way for brands to advertise using photos of celebrities in their day-to-day lives using…
By Babson Hatchery | April 24, 2017
The following post is from Sean O’Neill MBA’18, founder of Hangout, a spring 2017 hatchery business. Hangout is making hangovers history, one shot at a time Like many young entrepreneurs, when I started my first company I was basically flying by the seat of my pants. Not only had I never started a business before,…
By Antonette Ho | April 5, 2017
The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, April 11 at 5pm in Luksic 101 (new location!) How 2 Sell Early Stage Tech with Janet Comenos, CEO of Spotted Media! Janet will talk about selling in an early-stage tech environment: selling investors, employees, partners and clients. There will be a particular focus on both B2B…
By Antonette Ho | March 22, 2017
The following post is from Debi Kleiman, Executive Director of The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship. Talk about learning from the best! Today in Babson’s MIS3615 Tech Entrepreneurship Bootcamp we were fortunate to have three top Boston-based venture capitalists come to class and share their insights on tech entrepreneurship. I honestly wish we had…
By Antonette Ho | February 13, 2017
The following post is from Ali Pincus Jacobs, a Blank Center team member. We are excited to share that we have rescheduled the Blank in Boston Fintech Panel for Thursday, February 16. Fintech from a Founder’s Perspective Thursday, February 16, 2017 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. Babson Boston 100 High Street, 1st Floor (entrance on Federal…
By Antonette Ho | January 27, 2017
The following post is from Ali Pincus Jacobs, a Blank Center team member. Are you interested in the intersection of finance and technology? You have likely been hearing a lot of buzz around Fintech. It is a sector that is set to attract global investment of over $150 Billion within the next 3-5 years and…
By Antonette Ho | December 13, 2016
This past fall, the Blank Center hosted General Assembly for an all day workshop at the Blank Center: Programming for Non-Programmers at Babson: Basics + Front-End Development. As a non-programmer, the workshop was an eye opening experience into how tech works and the ways entrepreneurs can apply it to their ventures. Here are some takeaways…
By Antonette Ho | October 21, 2016
We’re thrilled to be hosting General Assembly next Friday, October 28 for an all day workshop at the Blank Center: Programming for Non-Programmers at Babson: Basics + Front-End Development! Interested in startups or tech? The Blank Center has teamed up with General Assembly to offer Programming for Non-Programmers: Basics + Front-End Development. This program is…
By Babson Hatchery | May 23, 2016
The following post is from Diego Pacheco M’16, co-founder of Cociel, a spring 2016 hatchery business. I would like to tell you the story on how surfing changed my life and how because of it, I’m graduating from my MBA at Babson. When I was 12 years old my uncle Rafael (One of the first…