Undergraduate GAP Students Launch FME Businesses
The 2017 GAP class recently launched their FME businesses at Barefoot Park.Babson’s GAP (Grow, Achieve, Prepare) enrollment optiongrants incoming students the ability to explore their passions, while participating in a GAP semester. To abide to the traditional four-year graduation track, these students take a semester’s worth of classes during the summer. As a result, their FME businesses are launched in July.
GAP business ChargePal
In Babson’s award-winning flagship courseFME (Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship)约,学生被分配到团队20 students. FME, an internationally recognized yearlong immersion into the business world, gives students the basic business background and real-world context needed for their Babson courses and future careers. During the first semester, students prepare a launch plan, request funding from the college and create internal documents. In the second semester, students are well equipped to launch their venture and begin distribution.
GAP business SoloSounds
For more than 20 years,FME has trained student teams of entrepreneursin the art of conceiving, launching and managing a company.
ChargePalis an ultra-slim smartphone charger that is compatible with Apple, Android and Windows devices. The product, which comes in three different colors, is slim enough to fit inside a wallet. It can also be used as a data-sync cable to seamlessly sync music and photos between devices.
SoloSoundsis a wireless headset that connects to a variety of music devices—phones, music players, and computers—via Bluetooth technology. This wire-free device, which comes in four different colors, brings added convenience to a user’s workout experience.