Part of our mission at IDEA is to educate and cultivate the entrepreneurial community at Northeastern. This is accomplished through coaching, connecting, and funding. An important yet sometimes underestimated part of startup success is being informed and learning from others who have had similar entrepreneurial experiences. We decided to feature three non-IDEA, successful ventures to [...]
What It Takes To Reach Startup Success
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Northeastern Announces New Program Dedicated to Entrepreneurship
Northeastern University today announced the launch of the new Center for Entrepreneurship Education, a university program intended to teach entrepreneurship and business skills, while bringing students and alumni together to develop new ventures. IDEA, the student-run venture accelerator at Northeastern, played a role in developing the center and will lead the experiential component of the center. “The [...]
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Management Team Update
IDEA is proud to welcome 6 new officers to the management team. As we say goodbye to those graduating and wish them luck in their future endeavors, we are happy to announce the new additions to IDEA’s Management Team! Kevin Walther, Libby Kober, and Ashley Roth: Communications Officers Kevin, a political science and communications major, [...]
Moniker Guitars Launches Site To Make Your Rock Star Dreams Come True (Promo Code Too!)
Say goodbye to your air guitar. Moniker Guitars, an Austin based company that builds and sells customer-designed electric guitars, launched their website on April 9. Now, instead of picking a guitar off the shelves, customers are able to customize their own guitar. Boston natives, Kevin Tully and Dave Barry, co-founded Moniker in 2012, with the [...]
LeanWagon Provides a New Social Weight Loss Experience
When Greg Rublev, Dean Hantzis and Dustin Haines co-founded LeanWagon in September of 2011, they aimed to show how a few simple changes can dramatically affect one’s health. For Rublev, it was avoiding bread, pasta, and sugar six days a week that jumpstarted his own personal weight loss journey. Rublev shared his success with friends and family, and [...]
IDEA Coach and Influential Northeastern Graduate Greg Skloot Becomes New COO for Influencers@
We are thrilled to share the exciting news that one of our coaches and soon-to-be Northeastern graduate, Greg Skloot, will join Influencers@ LLC as their Chief Operating Officer (COO). Aside from his exceptional work as an IDEA coach for the past two years, Greg passionately led a team of 24 as President of the Northeastern University [...]
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IDEA Welcomes Husky Startup Challenge Participants
Last night, the Northeastern University Entrepreneurs Club hosted the fourth Husky Startup Challenge. The semester long program works with students to develop their ideas into viable ventures, culminating with Demo Day. IDEA is a proud sponsor of HSC and looks forward to working with the newly developed ventures as they further their entrepreneurial goals as IDEA [...]
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Top 10 Mistakes First-Time Entrepreneurs Make
Here at IDEA, we work with first-time entrepreneurs on a regular basis. Our job is to provide a network of resources as we guide these budding entrepreneurs through all the steps necessary to propel their ideas into real, successful businesses. We decided to compile a list of the top ten entrepreneurial mistakes we see students [...]
The Inside Look into the Investment World
Over 95 entrepreneurs, both students and recent graduates, gathered at Northeastern last night to gain perspective on the world of venture capital and angel investment. The panelists at the biannual Investor Insights included such heavy hitters in the industry as Bob Davis of Highland Capital Partners, Jon Karlen of Flybridge Capital Partners, Chris Cuddy of [...]
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A Day in the Life of a Student Entrepreneur
Student entrepreneurs often wear many hats as they strive to achieve balance among their heavy workloads, multiple passions, and sky-high goals. We decided to continue our miniseries “A Day in the Life of a Student Entrepreneur,” by this time following around Zack Smith, full-time student, musician, and founder of Collegiate Contact. 8:00 a.m. Zack wakes up and replies [...]
First Prototype Fund Winners Announced
IDEA, the Entrepreneurs Club, and the Center for Research Innovation are proud to announce the first grant recipients of the Prototype Fund. Two students and one alumnus were awarded grants, which help cover the costs of bringing their ideas to life through the creation of prototypes. IDEA congratulates Tom Olsen, Preston Turk and Robert Hertig. [...]
So you’ve got product/market fit…now what?
Product/market fit refers to being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market. On Tuesday, March 6, The Vilna Shul hosted a panel discussion that addressed the question, “what happens after product/market fit?” The panel featured locally known innovators, including: Brian Halligan, CEO and Co-founder, Hubspot Doron Reuveni, CEO and Co-founder, [...]
