Innovate@BU

All Topics (July 19 through July 31)

3:30 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Li Liang, BUild Lab Managing Director
Expertise: Strategy and operations, product strategy and development, finance, customer insights, hiring/team building, pitching, business model development, social impact

9:00 AM (Virtual) Office Hours: Gerry Fine, Executive Director, Innovate@BU
Expertise: Tech development, marketing, finance and accounting, hiring/team building, and building a Board.
2:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Rachel Spekman, Director of Business Ventures
Expertise: Lean Canvas, product and project management, team building, pitching, strategy and operations
3:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Blake Sims, Director of Social Innovation
Expertise: Social impact, design thinking, deeply understanding problem and people, content and program development

12:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Blake Sims, Director of Social Innovation
Expertise: Social impact, design thinking, deeply understanding problem and people, content and program development
3:00 PM BU Orientation: Fireside Chats with Terriers Launching Ideas & Projects
8:00 PM BU Orientation: Insider Insights
New Terriers, connect with resources and interests across BU including BU Sustainability, Innovate@BU, Wellbeing Project, and BU Libraries.

3:00 PM Innovation & Entrepreneurship Minor Q&A
All BU undergraduates, including first-year students, are invited to learn about the Innovation & Entrepreneurship minor, meet students in the minor, and ask question. Registration link coming soon.

10:00 AM (Virtual) Office Hours: Cynthia Cohen
Expert in: Business Strategy, Marketing Positioning, Operational Planning, Retail, Consumer Product
(Virtual) Office Hours: Cynthia Cohen
Expert in: Business Strategy, Marketing Positioning, Operational Planning, Retail, Consumer Product
11:00 AM (Virtual) Office Hours: Rachel Spekman, Director of Business Ventures
Expertise: Lean Canvas, product and project management, team building, pitching, strategy and operations
3:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Li Liang, BUild Lab Managing Director
Expertise: Strategy and operations, product strategy and development, finance, customer insights, hiring/team building, pitching, business model development, social impact

12:00 PM New2BU Virtual Campus Quest
Looking for ways to discover more of BU? Join Innovate@BU, BU Libraries,BU Sustainability, the Well-Being Project, and the Howard Thurman Center on a weekend scavenger hunt. You’ll get a chance to explore different departments in a unique way, and all that’s needed to participate is your creativity!

3:30 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Li Liang, BUild Lab Managing Director
Expertise: Strategy and operations, product strategy and development, finance, customer insights, hiring/team building, pitching, business model development, social impact

9:00 AM (Virtual) Office Hours: Gerry Fine, Executive Director, Innovate@BU
Expertise: Tech development, marketing, finance and accounting, hiring/team building, and building a Board.
10:00 AM (Virtual) Office Hours: Eric Liu
Expert In: Product development, pitch decks, leadership, and growth strategies
1:00 PM Kick-off & Ideathon: The New Normal Challenge
Terriers, do you have ideas that could help the BU community as we transition to a new normal this fall? Participate in The New Normal Challenge to brush off those creativity skills while working on ideas for life on- and off-campus!
2:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Rachel Spekman, Director of Business Ventures
Expertise: Lean Canvas, product and project management, team building, pitching, strategy and operations
Insider Insights for New Terriers
First-year Terriers, meet your campus resources including Innovate@BU, BU Sustainability, Wellbeing Project, and BU Libraries!
3:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Blake Sims, Director of Social Innovation
Expertise: Social impact, design thinking, deeply understanding problem and people, content and program development

10:00 AM (Virtual) Office Hours: Eric Liu
Expert In: Product development, pitch decks, leadership, and growth strategies
12:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Blake Sims, Director of Social Innovation
Expertise: Social impact, design thinking, deeply understanding problem and people, content and program development
Insider Insights for New Terriers
First-year Terriers, meet your campus resources including Innovate@BU, BU Sustainability, Wellbeing Project, and BU Libraries!
9:00 PM Fireside Chats with BU Terriers Launching New Ideas
First-year Terriers, meet Innovate@BU student innovators and learn about your campus innovation resources!

11:00 AM (Virtual) Office Hours: Rachel Spekman, Director of Business Ventures
Expertise: Lean Canvas, product and project management, team building, pitching, strategy and operations