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In 2013, Hans Homberger M’14 participated in the Summer Venture Program with his venture, FourthWheel Coffee. Leveraging his family’s coffee plantations in El Salvador, Homberger found a way to bring fresh coffee beans to consumers in the U.S.A. within five days of being roasted. When he entered SVP, all Homberger had was his family’s unroasted…
ATX Seed Ventures and Central Texas Angel Network lead seed round that will be used to accelerate marketing, sales and customer support. FantasySalesTeam, which helps companies of all sizes run more engaging and higher performing sales contests, has closed on $640,000 in seed financing, funded by ATX Seed Ventures, the Central Texas Angel Network, Marvel…
This is a copy of a message President Kerry Healey emailed to the on-campus community on March 27, 2014. Dear Babson Community Members: I’m pleased to announce the outstanding Honorary Degree Candidates and speakers who will join us on campus to celebrate our 2014 undergraduate and graduate Commencement exercises: Tory Burch, CEO and designer of…
Candice Cabe M’10 found frustration and opportunity in her former role as a software salesperson. As a frequent traveler, she constantly needed to pack multiple pairs of shoes for her work trips which was burdensome and inconvenient. However, as a true entrepreneur, she took action on her frustration by creating Day2Night Convertible Heels . Day2Night shoes have interchangeable…
Undergraduate alumnus Andrew Kitzenberg talks with the Boston Heard about his business, Memory on Hand, which produces a flash drive that you can wear.
Memory on Hand (www.memoryonhand.com) the manufacturer of the MoH Band™, a USB flash drive wristband, graciously accepts their admission as one of this year’s 125 high impact start-ups accepted into MassChallenge’s accelerator program. MassChallenge is the world’s largest accelerator and startup competition. This year 1,237 startups applied from 35 states and 36 countries. The accelerator…
Because starting a business created a vision for the rest of his future, Daymond John, founder of FUBU and Co-host of ABC-TV’s Shark Tank, believes that this empowerment can be instilled in people of all ages–including kids. Lemonade Day is a free, fun, experiential learning program that teaches youth how to start, own and operate…
Interview with Jason Jacobs M’05, co-founder and CEO of RunKeeper
Memory on Hand, the small two man start-up out of Cambridge, MA, is turning to Kickstarter.com to fund their business. Kickstarter is a new crowd sourcing website that gives entrepreneurs and innovators the ability to fund their projects by asking the general public for their support. Memory on Hand will be hosting a Kickstarter Kickoff…
Babson MBA students, Alex Zielke M’12 and Alex Rabe M’12, talk about their new business which is a Brewing Company. Watch video to see their interesting and creative approach to this fascinating industry!
