Overview of the Boston ecosystem, the role universities play in entrepreneurship and innovation, and what corporates are doing

1. gener8tor Dinner Chat:
Universities & Entrepreneurship
David Chang
@changds
Director, Babson Summer Venture Program
Entrepreneur in Residence, Harvard Business School

2. Boston
Ecosystem
University
Entrepreneurship
Corporate
Approaches

3. FIRST CHAPTER

4. $ 1 1 0 M $ 2 1 0 M $ 2 7 0 M $ 1 3 5 M
SECOND CHAPTER

5. THIRD CHAPTER

7. Talent
EcosystemCapital

8. Independent Corporate University
INVESTORS + +
ACCELERATORS
& INCUBATORS
+ +
CO-WORKING
SPACES
+
ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES

9. Tech Healthcare / Life Sciences
Seed
Stage
Growth
Stage
Early
Stage
Angel Groups
Corporate VC Corporate VC
Energy
bit.ly/boston-area-investors-firmsINVESTORS

10. Independent Corporate University
ACCELERATORS & INCUBATORS

11. Independent Corporate University
CO-WORKING SPACES

12. www.slideshare.net/bussgang/what-makes-bostons-startup-scene-special-fall-2017

14. University
Entrepreneurship

17. 12 schools
22,000 enrollment
360,000 alumni

18. President’s
Innovation
Challenge

19. 3,000 enrollment
40,000 alumni
#1 in Entrepreneurship

21. SUMMER VENTURE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
www.babson.edu/svp
Undergrad &
Grad Students
10-week
Hands-on Program
$200K
Benefits
200+
Alums

22. Consumer
Products
Web / Mobile Technology Services Fashion Ed Tech

23. Corporate
Approaches

24. Hard
to Find
Time
Consuming
Lack of
Brand / Trust

25. Personalized
Dealflow
Signals Screening Scorecards Intros Invest
Due
Diligence

26. Buy Build Partner
www.bit.ly/bostonmap
CORPORATE INNOVATION EFFORTS
Invest (VC)
Acquire (M&A)
Incubate internally (labs)
Spinout
External startup incubator
Partner programming
New Business
Creation

27. Feasible

28. Viable

29. Desirable

30. Feasible
ViableDesirable

31. gener8tor Dinner Chat:
Universities & Entrepreneurship
David Chang
@changds
Director, Babson Summer Venture Program
Entrepreneur in Residence, Harvard Business School