Innovation Guest Speaker — Lucas André, Founder & CEO of Fast Tennis

  • Starts: 6:00 pm on Wednesday, April 22, 2026
  • Ends: 7:30 pm on Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Join us for a special guest session with Lucas André, founder and CEO of Fast Tennis, one of Brazil’s fastest-growing sports franchises and a national reference in innovation, management, and customer experience. Lucas will share the story of how a local tennis project scaled into a network of over 150 franchisees and is working to build the world’s largest tennis academy. He combines academic training (master’s degree, PhD candidate at Fundação Dom Cabral) with hands-on experience launching, franchising, and scaling a customer-focused sports business.

  • Hear a real-world case of rapid, customer-centered innovation and scaling that connects directly with the course themes: ideation, problem discovery, prototyping, business models, pivoting, and scaling.
  • Learn concrete management and growth practices for franchising, operations, and consistent customer experience—useful for both startup projects and intrapreneurial efforts in established firms.
  • Gain insight into balancing discipline, purpose, and user experience to create sustainable, scalable ventures — topics emphasized throughout our MS in Innovation & Entrepreneurship curriculum (strategy, sustainability, technology).

    About Lucas André
    Lucas André is the founder and CEO of Fast Tennis, a Brazilian tennis academy franchise network with 150+ franchisees. He holds a master’s degree and is pursuing a PhD at Fundação Dom Cabral. Lucas focuses on sustainable, scalable growth and is known for his discipline, customer-obsessed leadership, and innovative management practices that transformed a local initiative into a national movement promoting health, enjoyment, and professional management in tennis.

    Who Should Attend:
    MSIE students across concentrations (Strategy, Sustainability, Technology), faculty, and anyone interested in startup growth, franchising, customer experience, or sports-sector innovation.

    • Location:
    Zoom
    Registration
    https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tbvtamNJT1uWlvV7Clwz9Q

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