Tech & Innovation @ Boston College - Undergrad Admissions Talk, Spring 2014
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Student Innovation @
Technology Study, Eagle Entrepreneurs,
& TechTrek Field Programs fromSilicon Valley to sub-Saharan Africa
!Undergrad Admissions Talk: Feb. 2014
!Prof. John Gallaugher
http://www.gallaugher.com@gallaugher
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Entrepreneurs
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© 2003 Park Loop LLC
Modern Leader Development ProgramSix
$1 million+
raises in
the
last year
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Venture Competition• Contact: http://bcvc.org •Juried competitions
–Elevator Pitch –Venture Competition
•Mentors –alums & ‘friends’ –entrepreneurs, execs, finance community
•Topical Lectures –Lean Startup, Growth Hacking, Social Entrep.
•Round-Robin Feedback –Legal, Acct., Pitch Critique
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On to Grad School & Greatness
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Faculty
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Information Systems Dept.success = team effort from a deep bench
Rob Fichman
Jerry Kane Sam RansbothamJohn Gallaugher
Mary CroninJim Gips
Burcu Bulgurcu George Wyner
All faculty
teach
undergrads, many
teach freshman
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The Alumni Advantage
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What Others Say...Real-world lessons, helpful career-services staff, and active alumni network give BC the edge “Alumni & Professors love helping students find jobs, making BC’s campus networking an invaluable resource
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San Francisco - Palo Alto
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• 3 Credit Course open to all BC undergrads – Competitively selected & rigorously graded. – Class meets: Tuesdays 4:30-6:50pm first half
of Spring semester. – Field study: March 1-8, 2014 (Spring Break).
• Focus: – How firms go from start-up to “blue chip”, from
the perspective of firms & the organizations that provide funding.
– “How can you compete when others can copy your technology & the competition is just a click away?”
Undergrad TechTrek West 2014
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• thredUp - CEO, co-founders • True Ventures - Partner, Principal • Twitter - founder Crashlytics team • One Kings Lane - CEO • Zynga - Sr. Software Engineer • Leap Motion - Chief Operating Officer • Square - Corporate Communications Mgr.,
Univ. Programs Manager • Google - Head of Google News + Social,
Alumni Panel • Facebook - Partnerships (games), Global
Head of Channel Marketing - SMB • WePay - Founders (Pres & CEO, Team) • TCV - Partner
• Highland Capital - Partner • Kiwi & Quark - VP User Growth, Dir. of
Strategy • Cisco - SVP Sales (& others?), EBC Tour • Equinix - Exec. Chair & fmr CEO, VP Tax +
Treasury • VMware - Sr. Vice President Sales,
Additional Execs (always CEO or COO) • RelateIQ - founder / CEO • EA - Sr. Strategist. PR Mgr. • Tallwood Venture Capital - Founding Partner • Apple - SVP WW Mktg • Intel - VP Alliances & Biz Dev at WindRiver • Sequoia - Partner
BC Technology Council Event + Panel – How firms go from start-up to “blue chip”, from the perspective of firms & the
organizations that provide funding. – “How can you compete when others can copy your technology & the competition is
just a click away?”
TechTrek 2014 Lineup...
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San Francisco & Silicon Valley
All are alums,
many are
former st
udents
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TechCouncil / Alumni Networking
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Before We LeaveVC Partner / Founder Panel
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• It was the most valuable and consistently astonishing educational experience I've had at Boston College
• By far the best academic experience I've had • The preparation for the trip was rigorous, but when you get out to the Valley and
are able to sit down to dinner and challenge Venture Capitalists on their investment strategies, or ask CEOs how they plan to expand into the future, you realize how valuable the experience was.
• This was by far the most rigorous, challenging, and rewarding experience I have had during my time at school.… everything we learn has a clear connection to the dynamic world that we live in…
• Tech Trek changed my life • TechTrek is about real life experiences all the time • A unique way to learn, and something none of us will ever forget. • I have never learned so much in such a short time. • …after each visit, I came out feeling inspired
Student Comments
This was by far the most rigorous, challenging, and rewarding experience I have had during my time at school.
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Host Comments• We were all so impressed with your students!! For undergrads, they blow you
away. • There was one young lady to my right, who asked some particularly intelligent
questions. Is she a finance major per chance? If so, could you ask her to send me her resume and I'll get it to the recruiters.
• I was really impressed by the groups. Lots of very high quality questions and real insights within the group.
• We would be flattered to have any of your students apply. • [My colleague] and I talked about how good it is that they come with background
info so we can elevate the discussion. • I hope I get invited to speak to your group next year... Your students are extremely
bright and inquisitive. A great combo and quite a challenge for me to keep up with them.
• We enjoyed the dynamic energy of the students and were impressed by their knowledge and savvy around venture and business.
• I was quite impressed at the level of their questions for undergrads! I mentioned to one student who was interested in my perspective on the i-banking track to feel free to call me. Please feel free to pass along my contact info.
We would be flattered to have any of your students apply.” – SVP, Cisco They’re better than the Wharton MBAs we interviewed last week” – Partner, Sequoia Capital We’ve not targeted recruiting at Boston College, but this group has asked better questions and been better prepared than any we’ve had to campus” – Manager, Facebook How can we hire more of your students?” – Sr. Manager, Microsoft Xbox Group I have to tell you, this year’s group asked phenomenal questions that hit to the heart of what we are working on as a company” – Sr. Director Strategy, Electronic Arts
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Geographic Advantage
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Boston Local Visits o
n
Fridays
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New York City Holy
Thursday
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Campus Speaker Series:
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Innovation Worldwide
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Tech & Economic Development
Bono @ MEST
Course w/w
eek-
long field study
to Accra, Ghana
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Take a Look!
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