Events Calendar
Monday, March 16
- 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
Tuesday, March 17
- 1:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Amber Davis, Immigration Attorney
Topics she can help you with: -Can students “work” for their own startup/project, and if so, how much? -What should you be doing to plan for getting a green card in the future? -What to do when there are processing delays and problems with government agencies?
- 3:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Rachel Spekman, Director of Business Ventures
Expertise: Lean Canvas, product and project management, team building, pitching, strategy and operations
Wednesday, March 18
- 8:00 AM (Virtual) Office Hours: Ian Mashiter, Director of Curriculum
Expertise: Market validation, revenue projections, business model, pitching, VC and angel investment
- 9:00 AM (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: David Stolow
Expert in: nonprofit revenue and funding and foundation grants
- (Virtual) Office Hours: Micaelah Morrill, Director of External Relations
Expertise: Physical product development, hardware, partnerships, landscape mapping, ecosystem development, sustainability/clean energy
- UROP Research Office Hours
Experts in: research funding and mentorship
- 2:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Gerry Fine, Executive Director, Innovate@BU
Tech development, marketing, finance and accounting, hiring/team building, and building a Board.
- 2:30 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
- 5:30 PM Tech Office Hours: Chris Ackerman
Expert in: learning to code, tech project management, business plan development
Thursday, March 19
- 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
Friday, March 20
- 12:00 PM (Virtual) Industry BYO Lunches: Sustainability
Once a month, Innovation Pathway teams in similar industries are invited to a brown-bag lunch to share insight, challenges, and collaboration opportunities with fellow teams. Please RSVP on Eventbrite to access the Zoom Video Call information.
- 4:40 PM (Virtual) Terriers Tell: Finding Out Who Your Competition Is
These 50-minute introductory sessions are perfect for BU students from all disciplines. Each week, attendees will be given short content to review ahead of time so our 50 minutes can be used for a topic overview and fireside chat with a student entrepreneur.
Monday, March 23
- 2:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Blake Sims, Director of Social Innovation
Expertise: Social impact, design thinking, deeply understanding problem and people, content and program development
Tuesday, March 24
- 10:00 AM (Virtual) Office Hours: Jessica Muise
Expert in: art entrepreneurship, design thinking, public administration
- 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
- 5:00 PM (Virtual) Unlocking the Black Box of Business: BU Doctoral Student & PostDoc Workshop Series
This week's topic: The tools available to aid your idea and pursuit
Wednesday, March 25
- 8:00 AM (Virtual) Office Hours: Ian Mashiter, Director of Curriculum
Expertise: Market validation, revenue projections, business model, pitching, VC and angel investment
- 9:00 AM (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: Elke Trilla
Expert in: law, investment, business development, venture capital, private equity
- (Virtual) Office Hours: Micaelah Morrill, Director of External Relations
Expertise: Physical product development, hardware, partnerships, landscape mapping, ecosystem development, sustainability/clean energy
- (Virtual) UROP Research Office Hours
Experts in: research funding and mentorship
- 2:00 PM (Virtual) Office Hours: Gerry Fine, Executive Director, Innovate@BU
Tech development, marketing, finance and accounting, hiring/team building, and building a Board.
- 2:30 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