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Abby Speicher M’15 participated in 2015 Babson’s B.E.T.A. Challenge, where she became the winner of graduate division and won $20,000 to support her start-up business, DARTdrones. DARTdrones is a flight school for drone pilots with a focus on police departments, fire departments, and lifeguards. DARTdrones also teaches commercial drone users about regulations for drones, and…
The following post is from Yushan Lou ’18, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. On March 25, Apparao Karri M’12 shared his entrepreneurial experience for Founder Friday at the Blank Center. He graduated from Babson Graduate School in 2012 and started his company Cintell, an enterprise technology startup that helps businesses engage with their customers…
The following post is from Ziyan Liu ’19, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. Hanson Grant ’16 is currently a senior at Babson College. He founded Think Board in May 2014 when he was still a sophomore at Babson. In 2015, he applied to Babson’s B.E.T.A. Challenge and became the winner in the undergraduate division.…
The Blank Center’s Founder Friday series is continuing on Friday, March 25 at 11am with Apparao Karri M’12! Apparao is CEO and Co-Founder of Cintell, an enterprise technology company focused on helping businesses become customer-centric. Apparao is focused on bringing to market the next generation business systems that are smarter and intelligent. At Cintell, Apparao…
Rob Hunter M’14, founder of HigherMe, was the winner of the 2014 graduate B.E.T.A. Challenge. Rob founded HigherMe in March 2014 when he was still a graduate student at Babson. HigherMe is a recruiting platform that helps employers in the retail and service industries to find and hire better employees by screening data, video of…
Ryan Wright M’13 is the founder of WrightGrid, a company that won the 2015 Alumni B.E.T.A. Challenge. I had a chance to interview Ryan to hear some stories and updates about his company. Since the beginning, Ryan wanted to create a sustainable power product that could be applicable in both major metropolitans and other outlying…
The San Francisco Alumni Club’s monthly spotlight on alumni businesses continues. Check back and read about more Babson startups! The following post is from Christa Ferguson M’15 of Parrot Foods. Founder’s Names, ages and graduation years: Evan Lodge (29) M’14 Head of Product Rob Hunter (30) M’14 CEO Industry: HR Tech / Vertical marketplace What…
The day is finally here! Starting at 1pm in Olin 120, watch entrepreneurs as they compete for over $100,000 in cash and in-kind services! The B.E.T.A. Challenge recognizes major milestones Babson businesses have achieved by taking action. Winners of the graduate, undergraduate and alumni challenges each win $20,000 in cash plus “services in kind” donations…
Post from SoYoon Jun ’14, founder of How To Marry: Rob Dalton M’14 is in his final stretch for the evening MBA program at Babson. He is a co-founder of 88 Acres, a business that won the 2013 Graduate B.E.T.A. Challenge. I have got a chance to interview Rob and his co-founder, Nicole Ledoux, about their…
Dan Wilson M’13 founded AfterDark Technologies to accommodate athletes who like to continue their passion for team sports even after the sun sets. The company was founded in early 2013 and, like many other businesses, AfterDark Technologies started as concept. Having problems finding time to play during the day and finding lighted fields at night,…
