News
2022
SEPTEMBER
- Boston VC Bijan Sabet is Biden鈥檚 pick for Czech Republic ambassador. The well-known tech investor has also been a big donor to Democrats.
JANUARY
- Jebbit co-founder Tom Coburn 鈥�13 is on a roll. In 2021, he drove the world鈥檚 leading zero-party data platform to record growth. This year, they scored $70 million in strategic growth capital.
2021
DECEMBER
- What鈥檚 in an award-winning elevator pitch? Big ideas and polished presentations. See who took top prizes in the 2021 Start@Shea Elevator Pitch Competition. Carroll School News
- 鈥淩esilient and destined to change the world.鈥� That鈥檚 how Forbes described the four Carroll School alums named to their 鈥�30 Under 30鈥� list last December. Carroll School News
MAY
- How does a startup land $3.65 million in seed funding? Learn how a breakthrough idea and perfect timing took Branick Weix 鈥�19 and his co-founders to early-stage success for real estate content platform Aryeo.
APRIL
- Natalie White 鈥�20 put her best foot forward to ensure women鈥檚 basketball gets the support it deserves. She created Moolah Kicks, a performance basketball shoe brand for women.
- The energy reached game show level as 11 teams pitched their startups via YouTube livestream for our annual Start@Shea Accelerator Demo Day. Carroll School News catches all the action.
MARCH
- Boston College students discuss the impact that the Shea Center for Entrepreneurship has had on their college experience.听
FEBRUARY听听
- Double the class size, double the course length, and zero geographic boundaries. Discover the undeniable upside to TechTrek going virtual. Carroll School News
2020
NOVEMBER
- The first freshman to take top prize, two seniors disrupting global streetwear and more from the 2020 Shea Center Elevator Pitch Competition. Carroll School News has the story.
OCTOBER
- Forbes names Apple CMO and Schiller Institute namesake Phil Schiller 鈥�82 鈥淭he World鈥檚 Most Influential CMO鈥澨齩f 2020. Learn why. Carroll School News
SEPTEMBER
- Where does innovation fit in a management curriculum? Dean Andy Boynton takes on this question and more in The Resonance Test, a podcast from Boston-based innovation design firm EPAM Continuum.听Carroll School听News听has the story.听
APRIL听
- 51茶馆 Shea Center Startup Demo Day, live across eight time zones. 51茶馆 News has the story.
- Give a virtual high-five to Allison听and Amy Ferreira, twin sisters, Carroll School of Management 2020 graduates, and newly minted Poets & Quants 2020 Best & Brightest Business Majors.
- The Shea Center鈥檚 virtual 鈥淟unch with an Entrepreneur鈥� series brings new meaning鈥揳nd an exciting line-up of sought-after speakers鈥搕o a desktop near you. Carroll School News
- Watch 51茶馆 Shea Center Startup Demo Day on .
2019
NOVEMBER
- The first Student-Administrator Forum of the year explored the future of STEM at 51茶馆 and the vision for the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society.
- Student-founded startups from all over Boston competed in MIT鈥檚 Beantown Throwdown 2019. 51茶馆鈥檚 OurPet team took home a prize for its ingenious family pet-care app.
- Better bug spray. Nicer social media. Antidotes to payday loans. Check out the pitches and meet the winners of the fifth annual Shea Center Elevator Pitch Competition. Carroll School News
JUNE
- Sowing the seeds of tomorrow鈥檚 defiant problem-solvers, an alumnus is investing in the directorship of the Shea Center. With a generous gift from Joe 鈥�89 and Chris Popolo, 51茶馆 parents, Jere Doyle听鈥�87 is now the Popolo Family Executive Director at the听Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship. Doyle, who has led the Center for five years, began his term as the newly-named director of the Shea Center on June 1.
MAY
- used vision, timing and the detached perspective of a fashion outsider to reinvent the clothing industry.听听has the story on the co-founder and CEO of ThredUP.
- His sheer list of accomplishments, for starters.听听asks the new alum about the classes, professors and experiences that drove him.
FEBRUARY
- knows what it takes to start and grow a business. Now he鈥檚 sharing his hard-earned knowledge as a 51茶馆 entrepreneur-in-residence.听听has the story.
2018
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
MARCH
- Turning fishing nets into fashion, dolls into symbols of diversity, dinner into the ultimate campus perk. An update on Accelerate@Shea听Demo Day.听Carroll School听News
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FEBRUARY
2017
NOVEMBER
SEPTEMBER
- Three 2017 alums have launched Darkroom.Tech, an online marketplace where photographers can sell prints on demand and donate proceeds to local charities.听
AUGUST
- Seven entrepreneurs. Five companies. Four years. How did these 51茶馆 students do it? Two words: digital technology.听51茶馆 News听has the story.
JANUARY
- The听Heights听听that Exowear鈥檚 wearables will track and motivate people undergoing physical therapy.
2016听
DECEMBER
- 51茶馆 group aims to stem shortage of women in high tech. 51茶馆鈥檚听听(WIN) is working to encourage more women to seek careers at the intersection of technology and business,听.听
NOVEMBER
- VC traces career success to 51茶馆. Peter Bell 鈥�86 a partner at Highland Capital Partners,听听at a Shea Center Lunch with an Entrepreneur, 鈥淓verything I鈥檝e done professionally has tied back to people from 51茶馆.鈥�,听The Heights
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- Shea Center will serve as academic partner for听听Competition at Forbes Under 30 Summit,听Boston College Chronicle
- Shea Center & Boston College selected as听听for Forbes Under 30 Summit Change-the-World-Competitions,听51茶馆 News
- 听about Shea Center & Boston College's partnership with Forbes for their Under 30 Summit Competitions,听Forbes
- 听to award $1M to young entrepreneurs,听Boston Globe
- Ashton Kutcher and Forbes partner with Boston College to host startup competitions听,听Boston Business Journal
- 听with prize amounts up to $1M,听BostInno
MAY
- Learn about听听from this year's Shea Venture Competition,听51茶馆 News
- Read about the 2016听,听Boston College Chronicle
- Shea Center's Jere Doyle & Kelsey Kinton recieve the听,听The Heights
APRIL
- , 51茶馆 student team to participate in Atlantic Coast Conference鈥檚 inaugural ACC InVenture Prize competition
JANUARY
- Brian Harrington '89, former Zipcar EVP & CMO, joins Shea Center as first听,听Boston College Chronicle
2015
DECEMBER
- 听Learn about the namesake and inspiration behind the Shea Center in听Light the World.
- 听Entrepreneurship in the Morrissey College,听The Heights
- The Shea Center partnered with Rough Draft Ventures to set up office hours with 51茶馆 grad and CEO of Jebbit.听听he shared about being a student entrepreneur.
NOVEMBER
- The Heights听reported on Meet @ Shea event calling it听
- The Heights听cover the听听by Phil Schiller during the Shea Center Dedication and Inaugural Symposium.
- Shea Center Dedication and Inaugural Symposium听,听Boston College Chronicle
OCTOBER
- BostInno听covers the Boston College听.听
- 51茶馆-educated designer Alex Truesdell is a听听鈥済enius,鈥� winning the award for her work with adaptive toys and furniture for disabled children.
- A clutch of Eagles鈥擳om Coburn of听, Chase McAleese of听, and Riley Soward of听鈥攈ave been named players in the Boston startup scene by听.
- LA Times听reported on听
SEPTEMBER
- 听discusses the launch of the new entrepreneurship center and what it means for the University.
AUGUST
- 听听reports that Apple's marketing cheif will help launch 51茶馆's new entrepreneurship center.
- The Heights听covers the听.
- Boston College is the latest Univeristy to form听,听Boston Globe, BetaBoston.