Three Babson College Entrepreneurship Professors Serve as Guest Advisors

We are pleased to introduce three outstanding professors of entrepreneurship from Babson College – one of the preeminent schools for entrepreneurship in the United States. Andrew Zacharakis, Dr. Candida Brush and Jennifer Walske are serving as ideablob.com Featured Guest Advisors for the week of September 29, 2008. 

Professor Zacharakis is The John H. Muller, Jr. Chair in Entrepreneurship at Babson College, Director of the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference and past president of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management. He is also a past chair of Babson’s Entrepreneurship Department and a past Director of their Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship. Zacharakis’ writings and research focus on two major areas of entrepreneurship: the venture capital decision-making process and entrepreneurial growth strategies. Zacharakis is also the author of five books, and his research has been published in numerous academic journals.

Ideablob Winners Allison, Fleishman to Speak at PSU “Invention to Venture”

The Pennsylvania State University will host a one-day workshop on Saturday, October 11, on the basics of technology commercialization & entrepreneurship.

Organized by ideablob Guest Advisor Khanjan Mehta, the workshop will focus on technology entrepreneurship, opportunity assessment, venture capital, marketing, intellectual property, business plans and related topics.

Speakers include Nolan Bushnell (Founder of Atari Inc. and Serial Entrepreneur; Named one of “50 men that changed America” by Newsweek), Todd Bacastow (Venture Capitalist with FirstMark Capital), Brad Bogolea (Co-Founder, I-Conserve), ideablob’s April Winner Matt Allison (Co-Founder, BrioBody) and February Winner Aaron Fleishman (Co-Founder, Mashavu: Networked Health Solutions for the Developing World).

"Invention to Venture" is being held in cooperation with the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and Ben Franklin Technology Partners.

Alice Krause, Founder of NewsonWomen.com, Serves as Guest Advisor

We are pleased to introduce Alice Krause as ideablob.com’s guest advisor for the week of September 22, 2008.

Alice runs NewsonWomen.com, the daily news site she founded in 2005 that focuses on women's achievements and gathers information to help women get ahead. Alice started her career in banking, spending many years working in finance. As a mother of three, Alice worked full-time, part-time, and flextime during the course of a 17-year career at the bank in corporate lending and in retail banking as a credit executive.

Oliver Turner Serves as This Week's Guest Advisor

We are pleased to introduce Oliver Turner as ideablob.com’s guest advisor for the week of September 15, 2008.

Oliver Turner, the director of marketing for The Virginia Chutney Co., helped to turn his mother's chutney-making hobby into a successful specialty food business.  The Virginia Chutney Co. produces all-natural, slow-cooked chutneys and sells them to specialty food distributors and retailers such as Whole Foods Market and Cowgirl Creamery.  Their market niche of "Southern Style Chutneys Best Served with Cheese" has allowed them to benefit from the growing popularity of gourmet cheeses and local food, and has helped them reach the foodie customers that appreciate and are willing to pay for high-end chutney. www.virginiachutney.com

Before the chutney business, Oliver was a journalist in the Telecom industry, wrote two screenplays, ran a small landscaping business, and invented a specialty pillow called the "snuggle-eez."

Past Finalist Celebrating Launch of 'Vintage Blue'

Ideablob Adds "My Blob" to Site Features

The great American Artist Jasper Johns once said, “Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.”

With that in mind, we continue to do something to ideablob. And today we proudly introduce “My Blob,” designed to serve as your own little nook on ideablob. “My Blob” is where you can track your activity, generate a watch list of your favorite ideas, and effortlessly follow any advice, comments and votes buzzing around them. We’ve made it easier than ever to support a great idea and for others to support yours. We think you’ll like it. Any suggestions or comments? Please contact us at hello@ideablob.com.