By Barbara Blair | July 6, 2011
Name of Business: RFvenue; www.rfvenue.com; Blog: http://blog.rfvenue.com/ Entrepreneur/contact: Chris Regan, chris@RFvenue.com, 617-500-9096; MBA student Mission: Eliminate static interference and signal dropouts from wireless microphone systems Start date: Began in 2009 Where: Ashland, MA, and MassChallenge 2011 Finalist Space downtown Boston Employees: 3 Founder’s Previous Business: Crowley and Tripp Microphones (acquired by Shure Microphones 2009) How…
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By Michael Chmura | June 20, 2011
Professor Daniel Isenberg and President Len Schlesinger write in The Economist Blog: “Like its Middle East counterpart, the Entrepreneurial Spring is a grass roots movement, and, although fertilised by innovations originating in the United States, it is fundamentally global and only loosely connected to America. China’s RenRen, Estonia’s Skype, Japan’s Rakuten, and Bangladesh’s GrameenPhone represent…
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By Michael Chmura | June 16, 2011
Name Of Business:RooferQuotes www.rooferquotes.com Mission: To provide concierge-level service to help homeowners find the right roofer. Name & Contact and Babson connection: Johan de Borst Babson MBA ’12 (2 Year Full Time) Kevin Kauzlaric MBA ’12 (2 Year Full Time) Matt Pecci MBA ’12 (Fasttrack) Where: Wellesley Founder’s Past Life/Business: Johan de Borst: 9 years…
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By Michael Chmura | June 5, 2011
Mary Gentile talks about how to deal with ethical challenges in the workplace involving senior and junior employees. This Carnegie Council event took place on April 26, 2011. For complete video, audio, and transcript, go to: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/resources/video/data/000395
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By Michael Chmura | June 5, 2011
Mary Gentile discusses a new approach to teaching business ethics that instead of asking “What is right?” asks “Once you know what you think is right, how do you get it done?” This Carnegie Council event took place on April 26, 2011. For complete video, audio, and transcript, go to: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/resources/video/data/000395
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By Michael Chmura | June 5, 2011
Through experiential exercises that act as rehearsals, we can learn to how to act on our values in real-life situations, says Mary Gentile. This Carnegie Council event took place on April 26, 2011. For complete video, audio, and transcript, go to: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/resources/video/data/000395
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By Michael Chmura | May 31, 2011
Len Schlesinger, President of Babson College, welcomes admitted students and their families to Basically Babson Day 2011.
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By Michael Chmura | May 30, 2011
Together with local businesses, the City of Boston, youth organizations and engaged philanthropists, Babson College launched Lemonade Day Boston on May 1, 2011. Listen to a song written by one of the young Lemonade Day entrepreneurs as you watch a video of the day’s highlights. Boston was one of 14 cities nationwide participating in this…
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By Michael Chmura | May 30, 2011
This event is sponsored by the “internet growth alliance” – www.alliance.ie. The Internet Growth Acceleration Programme (iGAP) is an intensive management development programme aimed exclusively at high potential start-up internet companies. This programme is run jointly by Enterprise Ireland and a group of foundation sponsors including Realex Payments, Arthur Cox, Worky, Qualcomm and Paddy Power.…
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By Michael Chmura | May 25, 2011
Name Of Business: Special Fork Mission: Special Fork is a free mobile recipe web site designed to solve the daily dinnertime dilemma: What to cook now! Name & Contact and Babson connection: David Hu, Full-time MBA 2007, email: david.hu@specialfork.com, ph: 415.290.9568 Where: San Francisco, CA Founder’s Past Life/Business: My background has been almost entirely focused on…
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