Click here for a Radio Entrepreneurs interview on EnerLeap's progression from BC's Fulton Hall classroom to the Winner's Circle at MassChallenge.

This is a Boston College press release on the students' accomplishments.

Finally, here's a report from the Boston Business Journal. 

Please join me in congratulating 2013 MassChallenge finalist EnerLeap, who won a 2nd prize from CASIS for Technology in Space. This start-up is run by Meghan Zipin and Emily Fannon, both 2013 full-time grads, whose team NanoNet, won the 2012 MBA Business Plan finals, and was a semi-finalist at Rice University.

Here's a write-up on their company, a recent Boston Globe article and another picture below.

Our annual Info Session is coming up in November. 

Don't sit on the sidelines if you have a new venture idea!  Last night we tried an experiment, which we hope to repeat next month, and we'd love for you to join us.

By the numbers...

a) We had 4 entrepreneur presentations, in front of over 25 graduate business and law students, business experts, attorneys, and BC faculty members.  We then further divided the audience into 4 groups, and each entrepreneur presented / discussed a second time in a more intimate setting, outlining the two or three specific areas they need help with. 

b) A few weeks later, each of these groups will be preparing a 2-3 page written Memo for each entrepreneur (which will be previously reviewed by business experts and licensed attorneys).  All participants are donating their time, including our students, who are not receiving academic credit. 

c) All work is completed free-of-charge, the entrepreneurs maintain all IP and commercialization rights, and all of the participants (the entrepreneurs, professionals and students) sign legal waivers outlining these conditions.

If you're interested, please contact me using this email address.

Photo below is courtesy of Jackie De La Rosa and has been used with permission.

Congratulations on some great press for Betsy Nelson, on an idea our BC MBA students are working on in the Business Plan course.

The article link from the Portland Press Herald is here.

Enjoy,

Greg

Congrats to the school here for a great international week. Over 140 students from France, Germany, Poland, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Colombia, Russia and China. Nice mention of BC in second to last paragraph, too (in bold type).

Greg


Du 7 au 11 octobre, l'UFR de droit, économie et gestion (DEG) ainsi que l'UFR d'ingénierie, du tourisme, du bâtiment et des services (ITBS) organisent pour la première fois conjointement une semaine internationale "France-Asie".

Près de 145 étudiants français, 10 étudiants polonais double diplôme, 5 étudiantes russes double diplôme, 8 Indiens et 11 Indonésiens formeront des groupes multiculturels, mélangeant les nationalités et les composantes de l'université, pour travailler sur le management interculturel, avec un focus particulier cette année sur l’Asie. Finance, marketing, ressources humaines, tourisme... chaque groupe choisira un thème à développer et soutiendra son travail à la fin de la semaine. "Travailler en groupe, même entre Français, peut parfois être difficile, note Catherine Crapsky, enseignante de gestion, responsable de la mention Management International. L’ITBS et DEG ont une approche complémentaire. Les étudiants vont s’enrichir mutuellement."

Plusieurs conférences prévues Ils devront également prendre en compte les différences culturelles au sein de leurs groupes de travail. "Les problèmes interculturels peuvent gêner le développement d'une entreprise" poursuit Catherine Crapsky. Ils ne sont pas seulement liés au simple fait de parler une autre langue. La manière de penser, d’agir et d’entretenir des relations peuvent également être source de méconnaissance. "Lors d’une négociation, les différences culturelles peuvent à elles seules compromettre la signature d’un accord" développe Gerold Beyer, enseignant d'allemand et responsable des relations internationales à l'ITBS. Plusieurs professionnels et enseignants gèreront les différents groupes de travail. Parallèlement, plusieurs conférences en anglais, ouvertes à tous sur le management interculturel, seront données par Gregory Stoller, professeur invité du Boston College et par Gerold Beyer. Les étudiants seront ainsi amenés à mieux appréhender le monde dans lequel ils évoluent et les interactions internationales. Les retours sont positifs. "Les années précédentes, les étudiants ont réellement apprécié le dispositif, assure Dominique Peyrat-Guillard, Vice-Doyen de l’UFR DEG, en charge des relations internationales.Ils ont vécu une expérience différente et ont appris à mieux se connaitre."

Une découverte mutuelle Durant la semaine, les étudiants indiens et indonésiens  vont découvrir la ville d'Angers et ses environs par le biais de plusieurs visites culturelles. Une course d'orientation pour l’ensemble des étudiants est également prévue lundi après-midiafin de renforcer leur esprit d’équipe. Enfin, pour clôturer cette troisième semaine internationale, les prix de la course d’orientation seront remis aux meilleures équipes et un repas de clôture, pour lequel chaque participant étranger et français préparera un plat typique de son pays, sera organisé.

Lawyer, Avocat, Anwalt, Abogado, 弁護士、律师，변호사...

Love 'em or hate 'em, eventually you're going to need a lawyer, especially in business, or in any language where commerce is done. 

Continuous business improvement for start-ups, and established ventures: The Language of Business.

Episode #7 on Legal Matters is now on-the-air and please click on the names below for their respective TV interviews!


Emily Taylor is a corporate associate in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins, and has a broad corporate practice with a focus on Emerging Companies, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets. Her LinkedIn profile is here. 

Gene T. Barton, Jr. is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the Boston office. His Super Lawyers entry is here. 

Christopher Robertson is Co-Chair of the National Whistleblower Team and a member of the Complex Litigation, Securities and Investment Management practice areas in the Boston Office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. His LinkedIn profile is here. 

Internationally recognized for financial services technology, marketing and e-commerce expertise, Julio Gomez is a trusted advisor to business leaders and was ranked in Time Magazine's "Fifty Most Important People Shaping Technology" and Institutional Investor's "Fifty Most Influential People on Wall Street". Here's his LinkedIn write-up. 

The full, 30-minute episode is on this link below, and thank you for supporting our show.

Episode #7 on the legal section of the Business Plan will debut in a few days. A 20-second promo is below.  Guests will include Emily Taylor, Christopher Robertson, Gene Barton, Jr. and Julio Gomez. We've changed the format of the Show in that we've gone to shorter segments, and are now including 4 guests, rather than 3.  Additionally, we're using different camera angles, too.  Thank you for supporting the Language of Business. 

Ryan Traeger, a full time MBA grad from 2012, got some great press today on his start-up Achvr in this Boston Herald article. My current MBAs are writing a Business Plan for him, as it's one of this semester's 18 ideas in my Business Plan course. Congrats to Ryan.

Greg

Greetings from France! With the BC administration's blessing, I'm here teaching a course for a few days. Currently, the big debate on TV and in the newspapers is whether stores can open on Sunday's. With the French economy looking to improve itself, the shopkeepers want the revenue, the employees additional wages (with a premium paid for Sunday work) and consumers more flexibility with their time on the weekend. The pushback is tradition, since Sunday's are reserved for family, potential religious observance and a multi-hour afternoon lunch.  Here are two links from The Economist and the Financial Times.