We are beyond thrilled to announce 248 Builders’ first investment: TicketRev! What is TicketRev? TicketRev makes it easier to buy and resell live event tickets. Through their reverse marketplace model, fans create bids on events by choosing their preferred seating location and naming their offer price. This enables ticket resellers to accept a…

Babson, Olin, and Wellesley (BOW) Colleges’ only student-run venture capital group is rebranding as 248 Builders. The new name encompasses the inherent nature of the group to move BOW startups forward. The numbers 248 are about creating momentum: they form an exponentially increasing sequence. As a VC group, we want…

Networking. This word carries so much weight and is often seen as something that can dramatically affect our professional career. When building a venture, you will often need all the help you can get. Between building a new team and finding mentors and advocates, networking will allow you to interact…

A software demo is integral to legitimizing your product idea. — Right now, your idea is intangible: free floating and open to interpretation. You might have tried explaining your idea to someone, but they just don’t get it. You explain in circles and you still might not be on the same page. …

“Excuse me please, but I’ve got to sort this puzzle out,” begins the late business professor Clayton Christensen as he recounted how he and his colleagues approached morning commuters, milkshake in hand, as they exited fast-food restaurants. …

You don’t go to Harvard You have no money, let alone can barely afford ramen You don’t know Peter Thiel. The only Peter you sort of know is Peter Griffin As the story goes, back in the early 2000s when Facebook started to expand into other colleges, founders Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin and “President” Sean Parker were eager to begin turning this small, website startup financed with credit cards into…

“About two-thirds of businesses with employees survive at least 2 years and about half survive at least 5 years.” That statistic is from the U.S. Small Business Administration. As an MBA student, that isn’t too crazy to fathom. If there’s anything I’ve learned from attending Babson College, a leading school…

One of the most stressful elements in venture building is choosing an entrepreneurial strategy. It’s a step that is often overlooked or we delay until later on in our venture to consider and incorporate. However, choosing an entrepreneurial strategy early can help you frame your business plan and more quickly…

Babson, Olin, and Wellesley (BOW), is a collection of like minded schools, acting as a hub for innovation and student entrepreneurship. For over 20 years, Babson has been ranked #1 in entrepreneurship, churning out notable startups and Fortune 500 companies. Olin has one of the top-ranked undergraduate engineering programs, while…