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Name of Business: Go Pro Workouts Mission: To make athletes better Description: We believe the way most amateur athletes train for sports is wrong. Most athletes, at almost every age, simply don’t have access to the best training resources. Their workout and training routines are mediocre at best and in most cases so is their…
Name of Business: Hiveaway, LLC Mission/ Description: Our mission is to help employers eliminate barriers to communication and to provide pricing transparency between employees and local health care providers. Alumni Name and Contact Information: Carl Hall, M’03 chall@hiveaway.com Located: North End, Boston, Massachusetts. Beta testing in the Back Bay. Inspiration/Business: The late Professor John Shank:…
EnergySage will make a $250 donation to Babson or send a gift card of choice to the purchaser for every Babson person who switches to solar using EnergySage’s Marketplace. To receive this offer, please write “Babson” in your profile notes. Name of Business: EnergySage Mission/ Description: To simplify the often complex process of switching…
Name of Business: Design by Educators, Inc. Mission/ Description: Design by Educators, Inc. was founded to harness the power of formative assessment – and technology – to empowers teachers with a tool to gather, aggregate, and use real time data to significantly improve student performance. Most K-12 software makes work for teachers; Design by Educators…
Name Of Business: 3 Scoops Cafe Mission/Description:3 Scoops has more than 200 flavors of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet and non dairy frozen treats that change weekly. Our products are made from freshest ingredients from local farmers. Tagline: Dessert for All Name and Contact Information: Rayna Verbeck, Evening MBA student; 617-987-0999 (store); rayna@kitchntable.com Located: 403…
By: Jonas Matone Name of Business: Meevsu Mission/ Description: Do you believe if we could significantly improve individual critical thinking by having open and healthy discussions about our differences that we could change to a more knowledgeable, open, and less judgmental society? We at Meevsu are proud to provide you with an innovative online video…
By: How Lau Mendez, Fast Track Student The demand for ZBoards is increasing. Last week ZBoard assembled and shipped 200 ZBoards. The company also appeared on Discovery Velocity’s Tech Toys 360. The continued visibility of the product is contributing to an increasing global fan base. At the very last ZBoard client meeting we presented our final findings.…
By: How Lau Mendez, Fast Track Student Last week we conducted a survey to understand ZBoard’s demographics and to evaluate electric skateboard features. According to the survey, the age range that is most interested in having an electric skateboard is 35-44 years old. Therefore, Generation X should represent a large market segment for this industry. Also,…
By: How Lau Mendez, Fast Track Student This week we presented our mid-project status to ZBoard. We provided them with more information on their competitive analysis, market segment and promotional guidelines. This research helped the client gain a better understanding of their market and these promotional guidelines proposed the use of certain promotional tools. During the…
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…
