As part of the Babson Venture Accelerator, the undergraduate and graduate Hatcheries provide a vibrant atmosphere conducive to sharing ideas and information among student teams, faculty, executives-in-residence and visiting entrepreneurs.
The Hatcheries function like incubators where student entrepreneurs have access to professional and semiprivate workspace to grow their businesses. Student businesses go through an application process before they are selected. Teams are awarded space in the Hatcheries one term at a time.
Starting in spring 2011, Boston-based office space became available to graduate students (supported by the Babson Graduate School), in addition to space on campus. The Boston-based office space is only available during the academic year.
There is no cost to participate in the Hatcheries but all student businesses are invited to contribute a percentage of their equity position to Babson through our Founder’s Fund. This Fund was created by alumni as a "venture capital fund" used to support Babson's mission of providing entrepreneurial education.
Fall 2011 Hatchery Businesses
Graduate Students (Boston Location)
AdaptiveAlgo (Srikath Krishnamurthy M'11) - AdaptiveAlgo offers dynamic pricing engines for e-markets and e-trading.
AltruHelp (Mathew Paisner M'12) - AltruHelp is an altruistic social media platform & software toolbox that amplifies the philanthropic impact of companies, nonprofits and individuals to create measurable value for all stakeholders http://www.altruhelp.com/ LearnFunGo (Gaurav M'11) - Learning meets fun. Technology training for $10 per class. http://learnfungo.com/ Leaseitforward.com (Erik Ferjentsik M'12) - Leaseitforward.com offers tenants a platform to search for and write rental property reviews, pay rent online, and submit work orders to request apartment repairs. http://leaseitforward.com/ StartUp Scrambles (Stephen Douglass M'12) - StartUp Scrambles™ are 48-hour intensives that scramble the lines between real world experience and classroom education. http://startupscramble.com/ StringPay (Michael Yang M'13) - StringPay is a mobile application that enables peer to peer payment transfers. Easily split and settle bills between friends, roommates, or teammates at decision point without the hassle of tracking down IOU's.
Graduate Students (on Campus)
Undergraduate Students
Jacox-Hilton Producer Consulting (James Hilton '12 & Cam Jacox '13) - Jacox-Hilton Producer Consulting is a rapidly growing consulting firm that holds an impressive track record. Today, Jacox-Hilton provides a variety of specialized consulting services for life insurance brokers and agencies including thorough client book analysis and book valuation. http://jacoxhilton.com/ Prescott Ventures (Alex Shearer '14 & John Rioux '14) - Prescott Ventures is a Tennessee based for-profit company that invests into a variety of entrepreneurial opportunities. Currently, the company is launching two websites: www.vitabid.net and www.supplementbid.com. Sponsored Apparel (Leo Martinez '12) - Sponsored Apparel connects companies with their primary target market to interact through sponsored apparel. http://sponsoredapparel.com/ ThinkLite (Dinesh Wadhwani '12) - ThinkLite LLC is a Massachusetts based efficiency firm that provides energy efficient lighting solutions to businesses and households at no upfront cost. http://www.rethinkrelite.com/ Turn the Campus (Nitesh Chaudhary '13, Anjali Merchant '12 & Dinesh Wadhwani '12) – Turn the Campus in an online marketplace for college students to trade/buy/sell goods and services within their college community. http://www.turnthecampus.com/ trint.me (Ali Gull '12) - Trint.me is an application for those *hard to express* true intentions for your friends. https://www.trint.me/
Babson College
Babson College is the educator, convener, and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds(r). The College is a dynamic living and learning laboratory, where students, faculty, and staff work together to address the real-world problems of business and society -- while at the same time evolving our methods and advancing our programs. We shape the 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 create economic and social value. As we have for nearly a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial Thought and Action(r) as the most positive force on the planet for generating sustainable economic and social value. For information, visit www.babson.edu.
By Nancy Sullivan, 781-239-4623,
sullivann@babson.edu |
12/16/2011 1:30 PM