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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

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Nevil Desai, a senior in Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, pitches Community Connect, an app he co-founded, at the 2019 Beantown Throwdown at Logmein Boston Headquarters Tuesday evening. COURTESY AMY GOGGINS

Community Connect startup competes in annual Beantown Throwdown

Emma Lindsey November 21, 2019
Community Connect, an app and startup pioneered by BU students, competed in MIT’s Enterprise Forum during the annual Beantown Throwdown competition in Cambridge Tuesday.
Ian Mashiter, director of the BUzz Lab, speaks at the startup competition “You Be the Shark” at the Questrom Auditorium and Chiles Atrium Friday night. PHOTO JENNI TODD/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BUzz Lab’s mock “Shark Tank” provides real opportunities for student entrepreneurs

Jenni Todd September 18, 2017

For most, watching ABC’s “Shark Tank” is an entertaining, albeit somewhat removed, experience. For attendees at the Boston University BUzz Lab’s kickoff event, it was a reality. The lab’s...

Questrom School of Business students Kadeem Clarke, Archit Wadhwa and Rishabh Dhawan created “Chuzu,” a platform designed for users to rent, buy and sell designer clothes. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

INTERVIEW: Questrom students create Chuzu, fashion-based platform

Natasha Mascarenhas October 4, 2016

When Archit Wadhwa and Rishabh Dhawan, juniors in the Questrom School of Business, traveled to Mumbai for the Wharton India Economic Forum, they didn’t expect that one year later they would be talking...

Downtyme team members Barron Roth (ENG '16), Luke Sorenson (ENG 16), John Moore (ENG '15), Nick Sorensen (SMG '14), Darryl Johnson (ENG '17), Ben Pusey (CAS '16) and Tufts University senior Nikki Dahan placed first in the Beantown Throwdown Tuesday night. PHOTO BY HEATHER GOLDIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU startup places first in inter-collegiate tech competition

Heather Goldin November 19, 2014

Downtyme, cofounded by Boston University College of Engineering juniors Barron Roth and Luke Sorenson, placed first out of nine schools participating in the second annual Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

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