EC Independent Project or Internship Opportunity

August 25, 2013  |  No Comments  |  by Irem Metin  |  Events, News

Product Marketing Strategy for an Early Stage Startup

ABOUT THE PROJECT: A Cambridge-based startup founded by a Stanford GSB graduate is looking to partner with an HBS student for the Fall term. The company’s web-based product will help individuals navigate the complexities of healthcare reform (full company description below). The company is now working on scaling their marketing strategy, and they are looking for an MBA student who is interested in a product marketing project. This would be a great project for someone who is passionate about digital marketing and interested in using technology to make a critical life decision simpler and more elegant for consumers.

As part of this IP you would gain firsthand experience with startup customer acquisition and retention. You will be responsible for:

  • Developing marketing campaigns and strategies for new customer acquisition channels
  • Testing these campaigns and iterating on their design
  • Analyzing results and recommending additional customer acquisition strategies to the founding team

This is an early stage company, so you would have the opportunity to see your recommendations directly implemented. The company is building a fun, result-oriented team, so for the right candidate this opportunity could have long-term potential.

CONTACT: Please reach out to will@fusebenefits.com if you are interested.

ABOUT THE COMPANY: Fuse Benefits demystifies the complex process of purchasing individual health insurance by reviewing, rating and recommending health plans. Our mission is to help individuals find the best health plan. We are partnering with health insurance exchanges across the country to ensure health insurance coverage is extended to everyone who needs it.

Internship Opportunity: OpenTable – Product Management (SF)

April 8, 2013  |  No Comments  |  by JonLai  |  Events, News

Intern, Product Management (San Francisco)

Description

We are looking for an intern to join the OpenTable Product Team, the group responsible for designing OpenTable’s consumer and restaurant products across the web, phones and tablets.

The position is a unique opportunity to build product management skills for a company with a strong consumer brand reaching millions of diners a month combined with a B2B company with 30,000+ customers.

The intern will split his or her time between working with Consumer product managers responsible for all aspects of the consumer experience and with Restaurant product managers responsible for the entire restaurant platform.  You will help conduct market, competitive, customer, and user research to define product features.  You will work cross-functionally with our marketing and sales teams.  In addition, you will be hands on with product implementation and testing.

Desired Experience

  • Current MBA at a top tier school.
  • Previous background in either management consulting or working in product/marketing/business roles at a consumer internet or B2B software company
  • Demonstrated experience and/or aptitude for complete product/project workflow processes including requirements gathering, analysis & design, implementation, testing, deployment and communication.
  • Ability to work independently and gather information without supervision.
  • Proficiency with web metrics, web technologies, user experience and/or social media would be considered a plus.
  • Working experience with design software, such as Photoshop, GIMP, and Balsamiq also a plus.
  • A passion for food and dining.

If interested, please contact Gemmy Tsai (gtsai@opentable.com) with your resume and a brief note describing your interest.  Thank you!

TechMedia Club Officer Positions: Thursday Deadline

February 24, 2013  |  No Comments  |  by wendi  |  Events, jobsrss, News

TechMedia Club Officer Positions
We’re excited to announce the three officer spots open for the TechMedia Club.  These roles will place you at the nexus of tech-focused venture capital, entrepreneurship, and business.  At 400+ members this year, the TechMedia Club is one of the largest clubs on campus.  Running the club has great benefits and responsibilities.  Please apply through the Google Form here: http://bit.ly/TechMedia1314App. 

Co-President (2):
- Set and implement strategy of club for the year
- Lead team to organize meetings and events
- Interface with VCs, startups and established companies
- Work with career services
NOTE: Members will be voting for a co-president team, so you will need a running mate for the position.

CFO (1):
- Manage the TechMedia Club’s resources
- Work with Co-Presidents to set the club’s strategy and budget

PLEASE FILL OUT THIS GOOGLE FORM BY THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28 AT MIDNIGHT, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR ONE OF THESE POSITIONS:
If running for Co-President please make sure both running mates send in their responses together.
1. One sentence on why you (or your team) are well qualified for the specific position. Please specify whether you would like to run for Co-President or Treasurer or both (required).
2. Your role during your RC year in the club (e.g. member, organizer of events, VP of X) (optional)
3. Links to your digital profile e.g. Twitter, blog, LinkedIn, about.me, Quora (optional)

Election timeline:
Tuesday, March 5th: Election Day via Poll (with next day for run-offs)
Thursday, March 7th: Election results formally announced and responsibilities transferred

Policies and guidelines:

  • Only RC members can vote
  • Each club must elect at least one President (2 Co-Presidents are strongly recommended and no more than 3 are allowed)
  • Each club is required to elect one and only one CFO/Treasurer
  • Only current MBA students can be elected President and CFO/Treasurer


Email Adelyn (azhou@mba2013.hbs.edu) and Wendi (wzhang@mba2013.hbs.edu) if you have any questions or if you would like to chat about the roles.

TechMedia Club 2013-2014 Officer Positions

February 16, 2013  |  No Comments  |  by wendi  |  Events, jobsrss, News

TechMedia Club Officer Positions
We’re excited to announce the three officer spots open for the TechMedia Club.  These roles will place you at the nexus of tech-focused venture capital, entrepreneurship, and business.  At 400+ members this year, the TechMedia Club is one of the largest clubs on campus.  Running the club has great benefits and responsibilities.  Please apply through the Google Form here: http://bit.ly/TechMedia1314App. 

Co-President (2):
- Set and implement strategy of club for the year
- Lead team to organize meetings and events
- Interface with VCs, startups and established companies
- Work with career services
NOTE: Members will be voting for a co-president team, so you will need a running mate for the position.

CFO (1):
- Manage the TechMedia Club’s resources
- Work with Co-Presidents to set the club’s strategy and budget

PLEASE FILL OUT THIS GOOGLE FORM BY THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28 AT MIDNIGHT, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR ONE OF THESE POSITIONS:
If running for Co-President please make sure both running mates send in their responses together.
1. One sentence on why you (or your team) are well qualified for the specific position. Please specify whether you would like to run for Co-President or Treasurer or both (required).
2. Your role during your RC year in the club (e.g. member, organizer of events, VP of X) (optional)
3. Links to your digital profile e.g. Twitter, blog, LinkedIn, about.me, Quora (optional)

Election timeline:
Tuesday, March 5th: Election Day via Poll (with next day for run-offs)
Thursday, March 7th: Election results formally announced and responsibilities transferred

Policies and guidelines:

  • Only RC members can vote
  • Each club must elect at least one President (2 Co-Presidents are strongly recommended and no more than 3 are allowed)
  • Each club is required to elect one and only one CFO/Treasurer
  • Only current MBA students can be elected President and CFO/Treasurer


Email Adelyn (azhou@mba2013.hbs.edu) and Wendi (wzhang@mba2013.hbs.edu) if you have any questions or if you would like to chat about the roles.

[News] Free myBalsamiq Mockup Tool Access

February 10, 2013  |  No Comments  |  by Nathan  |  News

Need to develop mocks and wireframes?  Well, lucky stars…we’ve been hooked up with free access to myBalsamiq (a very cool collaborative mockup tool) through June 2014.

For access, fill in your your info here: http://goo.gl/ZJQf4
(I’ll send out batches of invites at the end of the week)

What’s myBalsamiq? Check out their intro video: http://youtu.be/-cjEyt1ahNw

~nie@mba2014~

Give Us Your Feedback on TechMedia Club

December 5, 2012  |  No Comments  |  by Irem Metin  |  News

Please go here to give us your feedback on what kinds of events you’d like to see us plan next semester.The survey takes 2 minutes and your feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

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[News] InSITE Application Due Monday November 26th

November 18, 2012  |  No Comments  |  by LaurenP  |  News

Interested in Entrepreneurship or Venture Capital? Apply to the InSITE fellowship program (http://insiteny.org/) by Monday November 26th through our on-line Application Form.

InSITE fellows will have the opportunity to:

♣  Provide mentorship and advice to top Boston-based startups to get hands on experience and learn more about the startup world

♣  Meet and interact with the top venture capitalists and angel investors in Boston, including Bain and Highland Capital

♣  Create a valuable network in the startup and investment community, including students from HBS, HLS, Sloan, and the MIT Graduate School of Engineering

♣  Meet InSITE fellows from New York City, Palo Alto and Washington D.C

♣  Set yourself apart with a highly respected fellowship program that has helped entrepreneurs to raise over $275 million in startup capital

If you have any questions about the program e-mail Lauren Picasso lpicasso@mba2014.hbs.edu. To read more about our recent launch in Boston, click here: InSITE Launches in Boston.

[Event] Riot Games recruiting at HBS on Tues 11/13

November 7, 2012  |  No Comments  |  by JonLai  |  Events, News

Riot Games, Premium Online Games Developer, visiting HBS on Tues 11/13

Riot Games is a direct-to-consumer video game developer and publisher of premium, competitive online games.  Riot’s flagship title is League of Legends, the most played video game in the world with over 32 million monthly users and 12 million daily players.  Riot was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused development can result in great games.  Since then, the company has grown rapidly and now publishes its game globally across more than 145 countries, as well as hosting eSports tournaments with multimillion-dollar prize pools.  Riot is hiring aggressively for a variety of roles spanning product management, business development, finance, and design.

Come learn more about Riot and meet with HBS alumni in product management and finance, at the Riot Games info session on Tuesday, November 13th, at 5pm in Aldrich 08.  (http://www.riotgames.com/)

[News] Welcome New TechMedia Officers!

October 17, 2012  |  No Comments  |  by wendi  |  Events, News

We are very excited to announce new officers for the TechMedia Club.  Please join us in welcoming our new team members!

  • Large Cap/New Media
    • Veronica Pinchin
    • Aneesa Sayall
    • Gini (Geraldine) Prasuhn
    • Jordan Rose
  • Startup/VC
    • Nathan Ie (Enterprise)
    • Lenny Pruss (Enterprise)
    • Kevin Zhu (Hardware)
    • Carrie Fei (Hardware)
    • Sergey Kozhukhar (VC Relations)
    • Linda Leung (Ads/Media)
    • Okalo Ikhena (Mobile)
    • Anna Ying (E-Commerce)
  • Treks
    • Tedde Tsang (WesTrek)
    • Mohit Rajani (WesTrek)
    • Andrei Brasoveanu (NYC)
    • Philip Aiken (NYC)
    • Luciana Baigun (Boston)
    • Lindsay Hyde (Boston)
    • Maggie Crowley (SXSW)
  • Membership Development
    • Raheel Janjua
    • Lauren Picasso
  • Community Relations
    • Joe Goodell
    • Yu-Ann Wang
  • Cyberposium
    • http://www.cyberposium.com/team/

[Event] Register for Cyberposium, Nov. 4th

October 16, 2012  |  No Comments  |  by wendi  |  Events, News

Tickets are now available for HBS Cyberposium 18, the largest MBA technology conference in the world. On Sunday, November 4th at HBS, Cyberposium will bring together 12 dynamic panels ranging from Social Media to Big Data and 3 Keynotes. We will debut the first ever Hardware Expo where attendees will be given the unique opportunity to touch and experience revolutionary gadgets and devices! Held annually for the past 17 years, the conference attracts current and future tech industry leaders as well as VC investors to engage in a provocative dialog about technology and its impact on business and society.

Purchase Tickets at http://www.cyberposium.com/registration/ before we sell out ($25 Early bird and TechMedia members / $30 for non-members / $35 General Admission).

What is Cyberposium 18 all about?

This year Cyberposium will be held on Sunday, November 4th, 2012 on the Harvard Business School Campus. The theme of the conference is “The Battle for Access”, which encompasses the always-on, always-connected, multi-device world that we now live in, and how it is changing the way we interact with technology and each other.  There will be two to three keynote speakers and twelve to fourteen panels covering exciting topics in high tech and new media.  The panels will cover topics related to mobile, enterprise, consumer web, monetizing media, and consuming media.

Who attends Cyberposium?

Each year Cyberposium seeks to unite the community of present and future business leaders who share a common passion to deliver technology’s greatest promises. This is one of the most high profile events hosted by Harvard Business School, drawing some 1,000 attendees from the tech/media industries as well as the VC and startup communities. Participants include CEOs, CTOs, founders, entrepreneurs, Wall Street and technology analysts, a broad range of media and press representatives, and students from over 25 leading MBA programs around the world. In addition, Cyberposium has over 75 corporate particpants from leading high tech industries.

Highlights include:

- 12 panels covering diverse technology topics such as Healthcare Technology, Big Data, Evolution of Payments, Education Technology and Digital Media: The Future of Music

- Panel moderation by leaders of industry

- Networking lunch and closing reception

- Keynote speeches from top industry executives; last year’s keynotes included Brad Smith (President and CEO of Intuit), Katie Mitic (Director, Platform and Mobile Marketing at Facebook) and Jack Tretton (President and CEO of Sony)

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