By Antonette Ho | April 18, 2017
Our last #How2Tuesday of the academic year is on Tuesday, April 25 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room! How 2 Understand Angel & Venture Term Sheets with Morgan Lewis! Term sheets got you tearing your hair out? Come to Understanding Angel & Venture Term Sheets: A Play In 3 Acts where you will…
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 Antonette Ho | April 5, 2017
The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, April 11 at 5pm in Luksic 101 (new location!) How 2 Sell Early Stage Tech with Janet Comenos, CEO of Spotted Media! Janet will talk about selling in an early-stage tech environment: selling investors, employees, partners and clients. There will be a particular focus on both B2B…
By Emily Denoble | March 30, 2017
Sarah Hodges, MBA’10, is the driving force behind extremely successful consumer and enterprise startups and, last year, entered the venture capital world as a partner at Pillar VC. Sarah recently stopped by the Blank Center to speak about the importance of having a personal board of advisors. For those who are unfamiliar, a personal board…
By Antonette Ho | March 28, 2017
The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, April 4 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room! How 2 Engage with the Media with Babson’s Public Relations team! Meet the Babson Public Relations team and participate in a discussion around best practices in planning for promotion, working with the college’s built-in PR machine, and…
By Emily Denoble | March 20, 2017
Startups commonly make the same legal mistakes. Jack Steele, a lawyer at Pierce Atwood LLP, who works with new businesses, recently visited Babson and shared how to avoid these familiar problems. Presenting with him was Joanna Geisinger, MBA ’17 and founder of TORq Interface. TORq Interface is a platform that allows hospitals and medical device…
By Antonette Ho | March 13, 2017
The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues after spring break on Tuesday, March 28 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room! How 2 Raise a Seed Round with Babson venture, Gravyty! Raising a seed round is not an easy task. Hear how Babson venture, Gravyty, raised their round and what happened after as they transitioned…
By Emily Denoble | March 8, 2017
Beloved by the Babson community and an invaluable resource for countless companies, Blank Center entrepreneur in residence Leonard (Len) Green has impacted thousands of lives as a professor of entrepreneurial strategy. On a sunny Friday morning last week, he hosted a three-hour business case competition at Babson. Before the session, ten standout students were selected…
By Antonette Ho | March 1, 2017
The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, March 7 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room! How 2 Build a Personal Board of Advisors with Sarah Hodges MBA’10 of Pillar VC! Leading a company can be a lonely gig. The key to success is surrounding yourself with a community of supporters to provide…
By Antonette Ho | February 28, 2017
The following post is from Ali Pincus Jacobs, a Blank Center team member. Early stage VC firms appear to be popping up faster than tech startups here in Boston, however, it’s still very difficult to raise capital as a first time entrepreneur. First time entrepreneurs have everything going against them – small network, no track record,…