Accepting First Credit Card Payment at Your New Business and Legal Structure
The following post is from Jake Cho ’17, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. On November 9, Max Miller ’16, president of Intelligent Payment Networks, shared his lesson learned from his...
View ArticlePrototyping and Product Development
The following post is from Fifi Shi ’18, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. “It does not mean that you cannot make a prototype if you do not have engineering background.” Bryanne Leeming M’16,...
View ArticleTakeaways from the Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs
The following post is from Fifi Shi ’18, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. As the kickoff event Babson’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, an induction ceremony was held November 12 for the Academy...
View ArticleVC & Angel Investing: The Next Big Opportunities
The Babson Entrepreneurship Forum has been a flagship event during Babson’s Global Entrepreneurship Week for a few years now. This year, the 2015 Babson Entrepreneurship Forum transformed the...
View ArticleDivision of Equity
The following post is from Jake Cho ’17, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. How would you divide equity amongst founders? As part of Babson’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, Professor Les Charm...
View ArticleImportance of Logo Design
One of the first thing entrepreneurs do once forming a company is to put together a company logo. A company logo is part of the brand identity and often sets the tone on how your customers, competitors...
View ArticleTips from Web Summit Attendees
The following post is from Fifi Shi ’18, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. Dylan Husted ’17 and Linh Le M’16, students from Babson, went to Web Summit in Ireland earlier this month. As part of...
View ArticleFaseTwo’s Web Summit Experience
The following post is from Linh Le M’16, co-founder of FaseTwo. It was with great honor that our team FaseTwo received funding from the Blank Center at Babson College to attend the Web Summit 2015 in...
View ArticleTechstars Hosts Babson Entrepreneur at its Startup Boot Camp in Detroit
Patriot Boot Camp Deniz Emre M’16 and Founder of Qopy was recently selected to represent Babson at Patriot Boot Camp in Detroit, a three day intensive program presented by leading startup accelerator...
View ArticleProduct Customization & Personalization
The following post is from Jake Cho ’17, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. On November 11th, Sam Sternweiler ’17 of JEWELv, shared his lesson learned from his experience in product...
View ArticlePilotHouse: Dealing with Uncertainty
The following post is from Jake Cho ’17, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. On November 30th, Finn Merrill ’16 of PilotHouse, shared his lessons learned from his experience in the hospitality...
View ArticleEntrepreneur’s Pyramid of Success
The following post is from Jake Cho ’17, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. On December 2, Brian Kelley ’18 of Kanga Trash & Energy Systems shared his lessons learned from reading Coach...
View ArticleCrowdfunding
The following post is from Fifi Shi ’18, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. The founders of Load & Road LLC, Kazu Kawanobe M’16 and Mayuresh Soni M’16, joined the Butler Venture Accelerator...
View ArticleLaunching an E-commerce Business, and 10 Tips and Tricks to Make Your Life...
The following post is from Nancy McCarthy, a Blank Center team member. Hanson Grant ’16 is founder of Think Board, a fall 2015 hatchery business (and 2015 MassChallenge finalist!), as well as a newly...
View ArticleIntroducing #How2Tuesdays!
Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship As the hub on entrepreneurship on campus, the Blank Center hosts many workshops and events throughout the year. One of the common themes we have heard...
View ArticleFirst Founder Friday at the Blank Center
We meet founders all the time at the Blank Center. Students, alumni, friends of Babson. All of them have a story. Some are funny, some are sad, some should probably never be repeated. Today we are...
View ArticleGreg Gomer’s Story
The following post is from Ziyan Liu ’19, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. Greg Gomer ’07 We were honored to have Greg Gomer as our first speaker for Founder Fridays. Greg graduated from...
View ArticlePast B.E.T.A. Challenge Finalists: Where Are They Now? (2016 Series: Part 1)
The following post is from Ziyan Liu ’19, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. 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...
View ArticlePast B.E.T.A. Challenge Finalists: Where Are They Now? (2016 Series: Part 2)
The following post is from Ziyan Liu ’19, a Butler Venture Accelerator team member. Rob Hunter M’14 presenting at the 2014 B.E.T.A. Challenge Rob Hunter M’14, founder of HigherMe, was the winner of the...
View ArticleFounder Friday with Peter Biro
The Blank Center’s Founder Friday series is continuing this week with Peter Biro! Founder Friday with Peter Biro Peter co-founded the Northeast’s largest franchise group for Five Guys Burgers and...
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