This past Monday marked the third session of our DifferenceMaker Boot Camp, and the progress that these teams have made in the last couple of weeks is remarkable. Near the start of the session, the teams presented their improved business models to the room and received input from their peers and the mentors, as always. Since the groups are now further along in process, the discussions have been even more complicated and detail-oriented. This was followed by a lecture on “Creating and Delivering the Solution”, which gave our entrepreneurs even more insight which they will use to further develop their business models. Guest speaker Rajnish Kaushik, Assistant Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization, then came in to talk about IP, including patents, copyrights, and the like. The information that the teams learned in this session will prove invaluable later on in the development of their businesses.

Thanh and Trung from Dexter presenting their business model.

Jack and Pat from Mass Heartbeat talking about how their business model has changed since last week.

Guest speaker Rajnish Kaushik talking to the teams about intellectual property.

Thank you to the session’s advisors and special guests!

• Brent Shell
  • Professor – Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, Anatomy and Physiology
  • DifferenceMaker Faculty Fellow, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences
• Erin Keany
  • Vice President/Co-Founder of Nonspec
• Rajia Abdelaziz
  • Co-Founder of InvisaWear
• Rajnish Kaushik
  • Assistant Director, OTC