By Shreyas Gupta | May 1, 2013
As many know, President Len Schlesinger’s decided to take a ‘time-out’ from his current position at Babson College and spend quality time with family. The student governments organized a “Last Lecture” for Len on April 25, giving him the opportunity to speak from his heart to the Babson community for the last time and to…
By Shreyas Gupta | April 25, 2013
ACTION TANK- FOOD ENTREPRENEURS On April 23, Babson’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL) and the Lewis Institute for Social Innovation hosted a unique event that emphasized Babson’s Entrepreneurial Thought and Action®. They called the event ‘Action Tank’. The unique concept of this event was that four food entrepreneurs presented a unique business problem that…
By Shreyas Gupta | March 20, 2013
So what is social media? Social media is media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. It is categorized based on content- rich content, real-time content, social applications and social networking platforms. So how can social media be used strategically? The first step in using social media effectively for businesses is to…
By Shreyas Gupta | March 12, 2013
Social media has become an indispensable part of our personal lives. Counting all of its members, Facebook is the third largest country in the world next to China and India. Every second two new members join LinkedIn which in total is equal to the entire enrollment of the Ivy League Universities. Social media not only…
By Shreyas Gupta | February 22, 2013
The Butler Venture Accelerator Program in collaboration with Pepper Hamilton LLP (http://www.pepperlaw.com) hosted a boot camp to help Babson entrepreneurs better understand the basics of business entity formation. Matthew Gilman and Steven London, representatives from Pepper Hamilton, spoke about the different forms of business organization, criteria in selecting appropriate form, formation of a corporation and…
By Shreyas Gupta | January 29, 2013
Ratan Tata, one of the biggest Indian business magnates and chairman of the $100 billion Tata group, is a big inspiration for me. He is a great business leader who has not only inspired me to become an enterpreneur but thousands of others as well. In this blog I will share…
By Shreyas Gupta | December 22, 2012
When co-founding a business, a major question that the co-founders face is how to divide equity. It can be difficult to discuss this especially when co-founders are friends, which is very common. Having the discussion with co-founders is very important. These discussions are normally about past contributions of the business partners, the involvement of the…
By Shreyas Gupta | December 6, 2012
Last week the Babson Entrepreneurship Club and the Butler Venture Accelerator Program hosted the end of semester dinner for Accelerator members. Three businesses were recognized for recent accomplishments: Game Day, Thirty-One Gifts and Zingfin Technologies. The founders of each of the businesses talked about their business and their entrepreneurial experience. Game Day is run by…
By Shreyas Gupta | November 26, 2012
Earlier in the semester, Professor Angelo Santinelli held a workshop around the concept of business models. A common problem entrepreneurs face is not knowing how to successfully create a good business model. Professor Santinelli shared insight on what a business model actually is, the different elements of the business model and how the business model…
By Shreyas Gupta | November 15, 2012
On Friday, the 9th of November 2012, Babson College hosted its flagship event the Babson Entrepreneurship Forum. Celebrating entrepreneurs of all kinds, the event was kicked off with a performance by songwriter Amber Rubarth, and was followed by a keynote from Frans Johansson, CEO of The Medici Group. Various panels and workshops took place throughout…