"Summer sessions get down to business; Babson program aids student start-ups" by Dave Copeland, Globe Correspondent | August 3, 2009
.... Some students used the program to position themselves to seek funding, and a handful have already received their first round of investment money.
Yeah, guess who?
In addition to the update sessions, lunch seminars, and demo day, students had access to mentors, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists who have successfully navigated the start-up process and could offer students guidance....
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That's why the kid is costing more to go to school and why your pension keeps losing money, 'murka. Enjoy!
Rahul Sahni said his company, Fit in Clouds, had reached agreements with boutiques in Boston, New York, Chicago, Miami, and Washington, D.C., to sell shoes that are small and lightweight enough to fit in a purse. The idea is to allow women to ditch uncomfortable high heels at the end of a long day of work or a long night of clubbing.
Hey, it's a business. I don't like this, but it's the society in which we live.
Oh, yeah, NO MORE MORAL LECTURING in the AGENDA-PUSHING PAGES, 'eh?
Promoting a LONG night out clubbing!
Chris Jacobs, who founded an energy consulting business called Emergent Energy Group Inc. as part of the program, reported that his start-up had recorded its first sale that morning. The company will be consulting on using solar, biomass, and turbine energy sources at a waste-water treatment facility.
Pfffft!
Yeah, someone handing you a WAD of CASH usually does it.
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So WHERE is YOUR MILLION, America?
Why are you being foreclosed upon?
