Babson College Business 'Hatchery' Incubates Seven Student Businesses

       By: Babson College
Posted: 2007-11-24 02:28:01
The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College has accepted seven student businesses into the Babson College Business Hatchery for the fall 2007 term. The Babson Hatchery provides rent-free space and resources to current students in order to support their efforts to launch successful businesses.

MBA Businesses

Incentive Targeting (Joshua Herzig-Marx) transforms retail marketing and fulfills the promise of retail loyalty programs. Its proprietary technologies allow brand managers and marketing executives -- for the first time -- to perform true behavioral marketing at low cost and with minimal overhead.

RentingYourHome.com (Jeff Takle) provides individual landlords with web-based property management tools to attract and screen tenants, collect rents online by credit card or e-check, and manage maintenance operations. This fully integrated and comprehensive product supports the entire rental life cycle and delivers premium capabilities at two affordable price points. http://www.rentingyourhome.com

TDA, Technology Developers Associated (Martin Lewit, Kurt Mangold, Monica Trivedi, Felipe Pla and Pakpoom Sirhongthong) is a group of Chilean Hi-Tech Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SME's) working together to establish a US based technology trader that will bring Latin America's "High Quality/Low Cost" (HQ/LC) Software Project Development to US companies significantly improving the off-shore software development experience and creating multi-sourcing opportunities.

WESP Technology (Robert Roulea, George Ge Guo and Ming Chen) provides enhanced wireless service products to healthcare providers that enable individuals to remain independent while being secure that medical and personal assistance is close at hand. http://wesptech.com /

Undergraduate Businesses

MyGiftLists (Ben Edick) seeks to improve the way internet shoppers store, share, and shop for products online. Our goal is to allow users to easily store product information on to a gift list from any site while retaining complete control in how and where they would like to display their lists (i.e. On mediums such as Facebook, MySpace, a Blog or MyGiftLists.com). http://www.mygiftlists.com

PrimeTime Lacrosse (Jason Wellemeyer and Tyler Low) is an online community that will allow lacrosse players worldwide to connect with one another. With lacrosse specific features such as a stick lab and recruiting section, users will have the unique opportunity to gain community status earning points through a ranking system that will allow them to gain access to merchandise and special areas of the community. http://www.primetimelacrosse.com

Sail(Proud) Apparel, LLC (Phil Tepfer and Charlie Bogoian) sells comfortable, lifestyle apparel with a twist of performance for the everyday sailor. Designs are meant to be lightweight, soft, and focused on a passion for sailing -- perfect for lounging around the house or sailboat, although they prefer the latter. Partnered with the Heart Of Sailing Foundation, Sail(Proud) helps children with developmental disabilities learn to sail through profit sharing, helping everyone get a chance to experience the wonders of sailing. http://www.sailproud.com /

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 http://www.babson.edu.

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