By Emily Denoble | June 22, 2018
Greg Gomer ’07, a serial entrepreneur, co-founder of BostInno and HqO, led a How 2 Tuesday on using free tools for your startup. Greg began the presentation with the statement that believing you need to raise capital before you really start your business is a “death sentence.” People who say this are already making excuses,…
By Antonette Ho | April 20, 2018
Our last #How2Tuesday of the year is on Tuesday, April 24 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room: How to Come to Terms with Angel & Venture Term Sheets with Morgan Lewis! Term sheets keeping you up at night? Join the Blank Center and Morgan Lewis for an in-depth discussion as we explore the…
By Antonette Ho | April 13, 2018
The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, April 17 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room: How 2 Use Free Tools for Your Startup with Greg Gomer ’07, co-founder of HqO. Starting a company isn’t always glamorous, especially when cash is low (or doesn’t exist). Sometimes as an entrepreneur, you have to be…
By Emily Denoble | June 2, 2017
Do you have a website? Have you wondered how to use Google AdWords to increase traffic to your site? At a recent How 2 Tuesday event, Nicholas Bourdon taught us how. Nicholas is a sophomore at Babson and serves as the Vice President of the newly-established undergraduate organization Babson CODE. He took an “Ultimate Google…
By Antonette Ho | April 11, 2017
The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, April 18 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room! How 2 Use Google AdWords with CODE! Nicholas Bourdon is Vice President of Babson CODE and is also certified in Google AdWords. During this How2Tuesday, Nick will be sharing his knowledge to help your startup take advantage…
By Emily Denoble | March 31, 2017
Interested in joining an exciting and supportive entrepreneurial cohort as you accelerate your business this summer? Consider applying to The Blank Center’s Summer Community! The Summer Community, which piloted last year, is built around the pillars of community and accountability – both of which are vital to the success of an entrepreneur. This opportunity provides…
By Babson Hatchery | March 30, 2017
The following post is from Matthew Vega-Sanz ’19, co-founder of Lula, a spring 2017 hatchery business. With being a founder, comes countless responsibilities. Every entrepreneur has to wear various hats, which can be absolutely exhausting. We have to be the marketers, overlook day-to-day operations, lead a team, seek customers, design our websites or apps, and…
By Antonette Ho | January 22, 2016
The following post is from Nancy McCarthy, a Blank Center team member. Hanson Grant ’16 is founder of Think Board, a fall 2015 hatchery business (and 2015 MassChallenge finalist!), as well as a newly launched venture called Olive the Good Stuff. On December 1, Hanson shared his extensive knowledge at a peer to peer session…
By Feyzi Bagirov | August 31, 2012
Typically, at a very minimum any startup would need a website, so acquiring/retaining a technical talent is important. Aside from technical skills, what is the next business skill that could be useful to a startup founder? Could be marketing. It is hard to outsource, and, along with sales, is everybody’s job in a startup, no…
By Josh Harwell | April 22, 2012
Lack of resources is nothing new to entrepreneurs. Luckily, the internet provides a tremendous amount of free resources to help any budding entrepreneur build, promote and grow a company! When I first started my company, CAMFormulas.com, which is an online retailer of high-quality vitamins, dietary supplements and nutritional products, I relied heavily on free tools offered on…