Connecting the Dots
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Huge thanks to NU Alum and founder of Greenhorn Connect Jason Evanish for speaking to us tonight!
Jason taught us 10 things they don’t teach us about entrepreneurship in college – check out his awesome slide deck here! From learning how to send a proper email to maintaining a network, Jason passed on some very tangible advice. Jason’s stressed the importance to learn how to handle failure, as failure is engrained in the entrepreneurial lifestyle.
Member Spotlight
Annika Morgan
What entrepreneurship means to Annika: Independence, innovation and the ability to stray from what is conventional and start something new.
Your Passion: Seeing the good in everyone and everything.
Your Interests: Photography, traveling, running, meeting new people, backpacking, cooking, eating, and innovation.
Your Future plans: Not a clue. I would love to do something involving photography, social entrepreneurship, and travel, but we’ll see.
Something interesting about Annika: I can’t sit while I watch TV or movies, so I knit, but I have never actually completed anything.
Local Launcher
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Special thanks to Director of Terrible Labs and Co-Founder of Dart Boston Cort Johnson for coming out to speak to us tonight! Cort walked us through all the steps of his first attempt at a startup, and explained all of what went wrong. One of his main failures was that he built in so much unnecessary functionality, that it ultimately diluted the value to the user. Cort left us by saying that the importance of reaching out and engaging in the entrepreneurial community.
Member Spotlight
Eileen Han
What entrepreneurship means to Eileen: Not only preparing for getting the chance to be successful but actually getting the opportunity to fully shine my light and that of others.
Your Passion: Facing challenges and being adventurous that make me feel fearful for the first time but that bring me a great joy of accomplishment. This is the biggest reason I came to the States.
Your Interests: Meeting people, cooking and baking, playing the piano, taking pictures, traveling, and learning different cultures and languages.
Your Future plans: I want to be a great mentor so that I can give advice and support someone to live up to his/her potential.
Something interesting about Eileen: I picked my name, Eileen, from Google (My actual Korean name is Hakyung Han).
Startup Superhero
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Huge thanks to Mike Dreese CEO and Founder of Newbury Comics for coming out to speak to us today! Mike humored us with his stories of his involvement with Newbury Comics and how it became a multimillion dollar business. Beneath the humor, he stressed the point of taking risks and not fearing mistakes. In fact, one associate at Newbury accidentally put in an extra order for Pokemon cards, which gave Newbury Comics 25% of all Pokemon Cards in the United States at one point! Mike concluded by stating that in order for startups to succeed, there must be team players willing to take risks and learn from their mistakes.
Boston Burrito Boss
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Thanks to CEO and Founder of Boloco John Pepper for speaking to us today! John was very real with us, and his passion for burritos shined through when he spoke. John seems to have a firm grasp on the importance of always doing right by the customer, as they are a businesses’ most important asset. John left us on the note that “you should never stop saying what’s important to your employees” – because, as a business owner, you have the vision and it’s your mission to help your employees understand what that vision is.
Member Spotlight
Brandon Bogan
What entrepreneurship means to Brandon: Entrepreneurship is the art of utilizing business to make some component of society better.
Passion: I like learning/trying new things that make me an interesting and well rounded person.
Interests: Entrepreneurship, of course. Also I like the culinary arts, and like sports, especially hockey (Go Bruins!)
Future plans: I plan to be the founder of several startups, become rich, and spend the rest of my life with my family, traveling, helping others, and having fun.
Something interesting about Brandon: I’m semi vegan.
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