Newswise — The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College will host two days of activities and events April 15-16 to honor its legacy of developing students who embody Entrepreneurial Thought and Action. Creative thinking contests, a start-up career fair, and panel discussion, Defining Next Generation Entrepreneurship in Today's Environment, will culminate in the #1 Business School for Entrepreneurship's annual business plan competitions. Babson founded the very first competition in 1984. Today awards are almost $100,000 in cash and services in kind. For more information and to register visit: http://www3.babson.edu/Events/studentventuring/
Wednesday, April 15
Creative Thinking Contest, 4"5:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 16
Panel Discussion - Defining Next Generation Entrepreneurship in Today's Environment, 8:30"10 a.m.
Babson President Leonard A. SchlesingerBob Davis M'85, Managing General Partner, Highland Capital PartnersMatt Lauzon '07, CEO, Paragon LakeAndy Miller, CEO, Quattro WirelessModerator " James Burnett, Editor, Boston Magazine
The Douglass Foundation Graduate Business Plan Competition, 10:15"11:30 a.m.
Finalists
Lazybones is a thriving business that delivers laundry, dry cleaning, and storageservices to college students, currently generating more than $1.2 million a year inrevenues and 20 percent net profit margins. Lazybones plans to achieve explosivegrowth by franchising the business, increasing its revenues tenfold during the nextfive years.
K. Guillard " Custom Apparel for Every Unique Woman is a lifestyleclothing company that provides women with the ability to purchase high-quality, custom-fitting, and fashionable apparel in a convenient shopping experience.
GroupGuess delivers a forecasting tool for businesses to plan ahead of time byaggregating knowledge, simply by asking their community (employees, suppliers, or customers) with a small incentive. GroupGuess provides a tool to tap the"Wisdom of Crowds" with a carrot.
The John H. Muller Jr. Undergraduate Business Plan Competition, 10:15"11:30 a.m.
Finalists
EasyDues provides Web-based dues collection software for fraternities, sororities, and social organizations.
Alight Learning is a software tool that stimulates personalized studentlearning in middle schools by integrating the most effective communication, collaboration, and holistic assessment tools. Alight hopes to be an engagingacademic experience that encourages student discovery and enables thepersonalization of learning for all members of the learning community includingstudents, teachers, and parents.
Applico's NYC Transit mobile application gives users public transportationschedule information for the New York metropolitan area within just a few clicks, and no Internet connection is required.
Student Business of the Year Award Presentations, 11:45 a.m."1 p.m.
Finalists
Before the Stores, LLC is a hybrid company that combines a market research firm and an ecommerce firm into one. The company does research on new "As Seen on TV" products, leveraging new technologies to get better information, faster & more effectively than traditional market research firms. In return for the research, companies don't pay a lump sum, but instead give Before The Stores exclusive rights to sell their successful products on websites such as eBay and Amazon. http://www.beforethestores.com/
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Linden Leads, LLC is a real estate lead generating program designed to capitalize on the emerging online real estate inquiry market. Launched in January 2009, Linden Leads has taken a unique approach to real estate lead generation by targeting specific, niche markets across the United States. With this unique approach, the company is able to guarantee its clients a steady influx of revenue generating leads even with the current state of the real estate market.
Lunch and Student Business Fair, 1"1:45 p.m.
Awards Celebration, 1:45"3 p.m.
Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.
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