WELLESLEY, Mass., July 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Meet 13
Babson College student startup teams at
the Summer Venture Showcase July 25,
2019, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Summer Venture Program is a 10-week intensive experience that
builds entrepreneurial skills and accelerates the development of
student ventures. Teams, ranging from consumer products to services
and tech, were chosen from among the most promising graduate and
undergraduate entrepreneurs to take their businesses through the
program.
Student Startup Teams
Arist
Ryan Laverty '20, Michael Ioffe '21, Joe
Passanante, Maxine Anderson
'22
Arist works with organizations and individuals to create and
deploy text message courses, making learning dramatically more
accessible, effective, and affordable.
CollegeSpot
Alisson Amaral '21
CollegeSpot is a platform that helps high school students to
prepare themselves to build their college applications.
Daybreak
Caleb Wursten '19, Ultan O'Callaghan
Daybreak integrates on-demand mindful breaks into work schedules
to alleviate stress and increase productivity.
Dottie
Meagan Priest MS'19, Oscar Flores MS'19
Dottie is a device that helps people with memory loss remember
their important items when they leave their home to maintain their
independence.
Growth Cave
Lucas Lee-Tyson '20
Growth Cave helps businesses sell more of their products and
services online with Facebook Ads.
Hoamsy
Richard O'Brien MBA'20, Ivan
Melnikov
Hoamsy is developing a better connected apartment rental
ecosystem beginning with leveraging crowd-sourced profiles and
existing connections to build trust while finding roommates.
Integrate
Wendi Kan '22
Integrate helps Chinese students gain confidence and
communication skills to better interact with Americans.
Maja
Trevor Grode '19, Ryan MacDonell '20, Jack
Rokous '20, Roberto Salinas
'19
Maja makes "super-shots" using blends of super-foods and
functional ingredients such as CBD.
Porte Bags
Elia Innamorati '20
Porte Bags designs the most travel friendly makeup carriers with
customizable dividers, leak proof protection, and a beautiful
design and materials.
rostock
Alex Kennedy MBA'20, Chris St.
Jean '20, Zach Cutler MBA'20
rostock is a digital media services and software platform that
helps brands leverage user-generated content (UGC) to make their
marketing more authentic and meaningful.
TopForm
Mike Carlson MS'19, Peter-Paul Grootens MS'19, Isaac Lewis
MS'19
TopForm helps youth basketball players improve their shot
through wearable technology and instantaneous feedback
Yad
Deborah Cohen '19
Yad empowers people with disabilities by showcasing their
artwork on unique products such as cushions, mugs, and towels.
Zapp Financial Technology Company
Joshua Hong '21
Zapp Financial Technology Company eliminates the hassle of
dealing with coins through the use of QR codes during the point of
purchase.
Sponsors
The Molson Family Foundation, WeWork, Citizens Financial Group,
Inc., Goodwin, Chicken & Rice Guys.
The Arthur M. Blank Center For Entrepreneurship
The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship accelerates the
practice of entrepreneurship by providing Babson's emerging
entrepreneurs with access to events, workshops, mentoring and
competitions that enable them to test and refine their founder
skills. The Butler Launch Pad is the hub of this entrepreneurial
ecosystem, connecting our students and alumni with the broader
business and entrepreneurial community through a series of programs
and learning experiences that support our entrepreneurs along their
journey. Included in these programs are two of Babson's Signature
Events: Rocket Pitch and B.E.T.A. Challenge, as well as the highly
regarded Summer Venture Program that accelerates the top 15 student
ventures at Babson each year.
About Babson College
Babson College is the educator,
convener, and thought leader of Entrepreneurship of All
Kinds(r). The top-ranked college for entrepreneurship
education, Babson is a dynamic living and learning laboratory where
students, faculty, and staff work together to address the
real-world problems of business and society. We prepare the
entrepreneurial leaders our world needs most: those with strong
functional knowledge and the skills and vision to navigate change,
accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, and motivate teams in a
common purpose to make a difference in the world, and have an
impact on organizations of all sizes and types. As we have for
nearly a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial
Thought & Action(r) as the most positive force on
the planet for generating sustainable economic and social
value.
Media Contacts: Michael
Chmura
Public Relations Director
mchmura@babson.edu
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