Boston’s Greatest Fashion Buyer (by Trendly) 

You love Fashion & Clothes? You like selling online? You want to make Extra Dollars? Then join the competition and prove the world you are BOSTON’S GREATEST FASHION BUYER !

• How it works: 1) We give you $500, 2) You buy fashionable apparel from women’s closets, 3) You sell these items online, 4) The resale value determines the rankings, 5) You keep profits over $500 !
• How to apply: email us at [email protected] and explain who you are, why you want to participate and why you can win. The best 10 applicants will get in the competition.
• Application deadline: 17-Oct
• For more details: http://www.trendly.us/buyer/
• About us: Trendly is a Boston-based startup, member of the Harvard Startup Accelerator, and operate as an online retailer of pre-owned quality women’s clothes

You voted, we listened. Save the date for WesTrek: Dec 18-20, 2013

More details to come soon.

Heads up TechMedia members! Our flagship conference, Cyberposium, will take place on the HBS Campus on Saturday, November 2, 2013.

Save the date! We’ll send out a link for discounted member ticket purchases soon. This year we have a killer EC/RC team and they’ve got all sorts of things planned for the event. See the teaser below. We can’t wait to see you there!

What is Cyberposium?

Held annually for the past 18 years, Cyberposium has been one of the most high profile events hosted by Harvard Business School, drawing some 1000+ attendees from the tech/media industries as well as the VC and startup communities.

Participants include CEOs, CTOs, founders, entrepreneurs, VCs, Wall Street and tech analysts, a broad range of media and press representatives, and students from over 25 leading MBA programs around the world.

____________________________________________________________________________________

Rough Draft of Cyberposium:19 Panels

Small Business 2.0

Innovations in consumer internet have created a vast array of new products, services, and business models. Unfortunately, many traditional small businesses are at risk of being left behind. How is technological innovation enabling these businesses to exist and excel in this new environment?
Confirmed panelists include Euclid Analytics, Leaf, and Locu.

Social Influence

The social web is democratizing influence, and the social influencers at its core have incredible reach and a powerful voice. In today’s world, consumer-facing brands have no choice but to tap into this new channel of influence. What does the modern social web look like, and how is it being leveraged to create value for both consumers and businesses?
Confirmed panelists include Topsy, and Thumb/YPulse.

Education Technology

Facebook succeeded in connecting 1B people, can education technology companies do the same by educating an unprecedented number of people around the world? What are the key technical and business challenges going forward?

Wearable devices

Jawbone, Lark, Lumoback, oh mine! How will the world evolve as we start to capture and measure every aspect of our daily lives!? How will the unprecedented amount of motion data disrupt the tech world and medicine as we know it?

Customizable hardware devices

Google Glass, 3D printers, Nike Fuel-band, oh mine! Come and hear about the latest trends in hardware technology and how they are changing our world!

Enterprise mobility

As corporations transform their field teams with mobile apps and unlocking the power of enterprise mobility, what are the technology and business challenges? Come and hear practical tips to kick off your mobile app strategy!

Mobile monetization

The $12B mobile ad market is estimated to x2 by 2016. What are the challenges and opportunities? This panel will focus on how companies are succeeding, what strategies seem to be working, and how others can take advantage of the mobile wave.

Digital media

How the digital media space is evolving. What are the points-of-views of the disrupters and the incumbents? In the world of Hulu, Netflix, and Comcast, how do the players compete and how can they work together?

Industrial IT

Software in industrial settings is ripe for innovation using the tools developed for consumer internet applications. How can we use big data to improve industrial operations and run factories from an iPad?

Healthcare Technology

Data, analytics, and business opportunities in healthcare technology. What are the trends and adoption cycles? What are the roles of payers, providers, employers, and healthcare startups in the brave new world?

Sports Analytics

Think Moneyball. How is big data transforming the world of sports, in terms of players draft, game strategy, and team management?

Real-estate

Exploring technology changes in the real-estate sector. Whole will new real-estate tech companies such as Zillow and co-work fundamentally disrupt the real-estate business? How will the value-chain evolve as brokers are dis-intermediated by online housing data and as small businesses begin to embrace sharable working spaces?

Sharing Economy

How will lending your power drill save the world and make a billion dollars at the same time? AirBnB, ZipCar and Task Rabbit are tapping into reservoirs of resources idling in our closets, homes and garages. Consumption vs Collaboration. Can we do more by consuming less? How does a shared economy benefit lifestyle, the environment, and your neighborhood? Come and discover how leaders in the new economy are using technology to challenge the consumption model, save the rain-forest, and build better communities.

Monday, Sept 30^th 2013, 8:30AM (PST)

Microsoft Operations: Driving Product Launches Worldwide

Do you want to help launch more than 100 products, programs, and services worldwide that generate more than $9 billion in revenue quarterly? Join Operations Professionals at Microsoft to learn about how they carry great ideas for new technology products from concept to the marketplace.

Registration link: http://msftoperations1.eventbrite.com

Monday, Sept 30^th 2013, 5:30PM (PST)

Microsoft Operations: Driving Product Launches Worldwide

Do you want to help launch more than 100 products, programs, and services worldwide that generate more than $9 billion in revenue quarterly?Join Operations Professionals at Microsoft to learn about how they carry great ideas for new technology products from concept to the marketplace.

Registration link: http://msftoperations2.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Oct 1^st 2013, 8:30AM (PST)

Microsoft Finance: Analytical Insights and Foresight

Do you have the financial expertise to drive business processes, develop business investment and sales strategy recommendations, and evaluate new business opportunities and market investments? Join Finance Managers at Microsoft to hear more about how they seek business improvements and enable revenue growth for our company.

Registration link: http://msftfinance.eventbrite.com

Thursday, Oct 3^rd 2013, 8:30AM (PST)

Sales at Microsoft: Solving Problems with the latest Solutions & Services

Are you ready to be the essential connection between our clients and the technologies that help them expand their business and become more profitable? Join Sales Professionals at Microsoft to hear more about our exciting Account Manager, Sales Solution, and Licensing Sales roles.

Registration link: http://msftsales2.eventbrite.com

Thursday, Oct 3^rd 2013, 5:30PM (PST)

Sales at Microsoft: Solving Problems with the latest Solutions & Services

Are you ready to be the essential connection between our clients and the technologies that help them expand their business and become more profitable? Join Sales Professionals at Microsoft to hear more about our exciting Account Manager, Sales Solution, and Licensing Sales roles.

Registration link: http://msftsales3.eventbrite.com

We have some exciting MBA opportunities in our Japan offices and are hosting an informational webinar to talk through these roles and answer any questions you have about Amazon Japan’s career opportunities. Amazon MBA opportunities will be represented on campus, but for students interested in Japan roles/programs, this informational session will be a great way to learn more about the unique opportunities of a career at Amazon Japan!

Information about the webinar, including registration links and dial-in information is indicated below. Both 2014 and 2015 grads are invited to attend, although the information is mostly geared toward 2014 grads interested in our full-time roles.

Amazon Japan MBA Informational Webinar

-          Presentation Time: 5pm – 6:30pm EST on Wednesday, Oct 2 (7-8:30am JST on Thursday, Oct 3)

-          Registration Link: https://recruiting-services-training.webex.com/recruiting-services-training/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=668355460

-          Presenters: Tomoki Ichikawa, Director Consumable/Yuichi Onishi, Senior Manager, Category Lead, Automotive

-          Event Number: 668 355 460

-          Event Password: japan

-          Conference ID: 7104-3527 (Conference Dial in numbers are indicated at the end of this email)

-          NOTE: Your line is NOT automatically muted, we request you please mute your microphones for the duration of this session. All questions and comments need to be made via the chat functionality. When sending a question or comment from the bottom right of your screen to the presenter, please make sure that you select to send the note to “all panelists.” This ensures that all presenters see your question without sending the question to all the attendees.  The panelists will then address your question verbally.

Please RSVP to [email protected]. 

about pymetrics

HBS / MIT startup pymetrics (www.pymetrics.com) is applying neuroscience assessment + data science to the world of career search. We replace questionnaires with neuroscience tasks + statistics with data science to ideally match students with jobs + companies. It is currently used by undergraduates + MBA students, and consulting, finance + technology clients, across the US. We recently raised $2.5M from Khosla Ventures. We are looking for rock star interns to help us out with MBA data collection. Interns will have the following responsibilities.
responsibilities

The role is to spread awareness of the pymetrics instrument as a career fit assessment tool among MBA and undergrad students. The pymetrics tool is free to use to all students. It provides career fit recommendations based on students’ cognitive and emotional profiles. These profiles are derived from performance-based assessments that students do online. So far, it has been used by MBAs across the US. For more info, please go to: www.pymetrics.com

Responsibilities will include:
• Managing social media postings regarding the assessment instrument – materials will be provided
• Email campaigns to potential MBA test takers
• Liaising with on-campus clubs to build awareness about the assessment

The internship will be for the fall semester, with possibility of extending into the spring. Total time commitment for the internship will be approximately a few hours a week.

location
• pymetrics is located at 110 5th Ave in NYC
• This internship is remote

qualifications
• Strong interest in startup experience

compensation
• This position is not financially compensated although there are incentives.
• Past pymetrics MBA interns have been able to get credit for these positions, typically in the form of field-study position.

Apple hiring managers will be hosting Company Appointments for 2nd year students interested in learning more about Operations careers at Apple. 

Apple hires both intern and Full-time roles for teams across Operations at Apple.  This includes the following groups:  Operations, World Wide Sales and Operations Support, and AppleCare.

Please note that we will not be discussing Marketing, Retail, or Finance at this time.  These will be Operations specific conversations for 2nd Year students.

Please join us for Company Appointments to learn more from 9am to 1pm on October 2nd.  Sign up at your HBS career site for a 20 minute spot.