Events Calendar
All Topics (December 28 through January 20)
Monday, January 4
- 2:30 PM Office Hours: Li Liang
Expertise: Strategy and operations, product strategy and development, finance, customer insights, hiring/team building, pitching, business model development, social impact
Tuesday, January 5
- All Day Registration Opens: IDEA Conference 2021
Registration opens for IDEA Conference 2021, being held on February 27.
Wednesday, January 6
- 3:00 PM Office Hours: Li Liang
Expertise: Strategy and operations, product strategy and development, finance, customer insights, hiring/team building, pitching, business model development, social impact
Thursday, January 7
- 10:00 AM Office Hours: Blake Sims St. Louis
Expertise: Social impact, design thinking, deeply understanding problem and people, content and program development
Friday, January 8
- 1:00 PM Innovation Pathway New Team Orientation
Have a new venture or project idea you want to turn into something real? Join our guided idea accelerator! Learn more at a New Team Orientation.
Monday, January 11
- 12:00 PM Ask Us Anything: BUild Lab
Drop by the virtual BUild Lab to ask question about innovation, entrepreneurship, new ideas, or the BUild Lab programs and resources.
- 2:30 PM Office Hours: Li Liang
Expertise: Strategy and operations, product strategy and development, finance, customer insights, hiring/team building, pitching, business model development, social impact
Tuesday, January 12
- 10:00 AM Office Hours: Ian Mashiter
Expertise: Market validation, revenue projections, business model, pitching, VC and angel investment
- 11:00 AM Office Hours: Abhishek Kumar
Expertise: Innovation Pathway venture teams, Product management, Customer experience & Marketing Technology
- 12:30 PM Innovation & Entrepreneurship 3-Day Bootcamp
During this 3-day crash course, take a deep dive into concepts, skills, and tools to help you move your idea and ventures forward and learn innovation and entrepreneurship skills that you can use in any career!
Wednesday, January 13
- 10:00 AM Office Hours: Ian Mashiter
Expertise: Market validation, revenue projections, business model, pitching, VC and angel investment
- 12:30 PM Innovation & Entrepreneurship 3-Day Bootcamp
During this 3-day crash course, take a deep dive into concepts, skills, and tools to help you move your idea and ventures forward and learn innovation and entrepreneurship skills that you can use in any career!
- 1:00 PM Winter Orientation: Fireside Chats with Innovative BU Terriers
First-year Terriers are invited to learn about Innovate@BU programs and resources and meet students in the First-Year Innovation Fellowship!
- 2:00 PM Office Hours: Blake Sims St. Louis
Expertise: Social impact, design thinking, deeply understanding problem and people, content and program development
- 3:00 PM Office Hours: Li Liang
Expertise: Strategy and operations, product strategy and development, finance, customer insights, hiring/team building, pitching, business model development, social impact
Thursday, January 14
- 10:00 AM Office Hours: Blake Sims St. Louis
Expertise: Social impact, design thinking, deeply understanding problem and people, content and program development
- 12:30 PM Innovation & Entrepreneurship 3-Day Bootcamp
During this 3-day crash course, take a deep dive into concepts, skills, and tools to help you move your idea and ventures forward and learn innovation and entrepreneurship skills that you can use in any career!
Friday, January 15
- 11:00 AM Office Hours: Abhishek Kumar
Expertise: Innovation Pathway venture teams, Product management, Customer experience & Marketing Technology
Monday, January 18
- 2:30 PM Office Hours: Li Liang
Expertise: Strategy and operations, product strategy and development, finance, customer insights, hiring/team building, pitching, business model development, social impact
Tuesday, January 19
- 10:00 AM Office Hours: Ian Mashiter
Expertise: Market validation, revenue projections, business model, pitching, VC and angel investment
- 11:00 AM Office Hours: Abhishek Kumar
Expertise: Innovation Pathway venture teams, Product management, Customer experience & Marketing Technology
- 12:30 PM How to Craft a Winning Pitch Presentation
At this special workshop with pitch expert Barbara Russell, find out how to craft a winning pitch presentation for competitions and investors!
- 9:00 PM Winter Orientation: Fireside Chats with Innovative BU Terriers
First-year Terriers are invited to learn about Innovate@BU programs and resources and meet students in the First-Year Innovation Fellowship!
Wednesday, January 20
- 10:00 AM Office Hours: Ian Mashiter
Expertise: Market validation, revenue projections, business model, pitching, VC and angel investment
- 1:00 PM How to Tackle Imposter Syndrome
Join us for this special workshop, especially crafted for aspiring and current womxn and non-binary entrepreneurs, to learn how to tackle the dreaded imposter syndrome!