Competition: 17 Undergrad Babson College Startups & Entrepreneurs

The following are 17 undergrad startups from Babson College's Summer Venture Program who presented on Demo day last Wednesday to venture capitalists, angel investors, and friends. The 10 week program helps undergrad and MBA students develop their companies by providing mentorship, shared resources, and campus housing.

Below are brief summaries of all the companies from the undergrad entrepreneurs. I've set up a poll at the bottom for everyone to vote on what startup they think has the most potential. I'll give the winner (with the most votes) 3 months of free advertising space on College Mogul.

Vote on the following Babson Startups: 

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1. BongoBing: BongoBing is a technology company changing the way the world shops online by making it easier, faster and more efficient via its proprietary web based shopping platform which currently has millions of products.

Entrepreneur: Raul Pellerano

2. Applico: Applico is a mobile application development firm. They develop mobile applications and also provide development services to customers. One of their products, NYC Transit by Applico, is a Blackberry application that provides train, bus, and ferry schedules users without network connections. This application is under review by Blackberry and should be released soon.

Entrepreneur: Alex Moazed

3. Zaang, Inc: Zaang is a social media platform that allows users to collaborate on any topic – using virtually any type of media or content – and have an opportunity to earn money doing so. The platform will gather users together around shared interests while allowing them to monetize their content.

Entrepreneur: Alex Kravets

4. ScholarPro: ScholarPro aims to innovate the application and distribution process of scholarships and private financial aid within the United States private and public educational system. This will be accomplished through an online portal that allows students to apply for every scholarship in which they are eligible with just a single click.

Entrepreneur: Diane Melville

5. Emergent Energy Group: Emergent Energy Group Inc. is an alternative energy consulting, planning, and development firm that specializes in wind power and solar power technologies.

Entrepreneur: Chris Jacobs

6. Trollsmash Design Studios: Trollsmash Design Studios is a web design business that focuses on start ups. The focus this summer is a project called “litiq,” a set of transparent tools which can be used on any web page to transmit and portray information better.

Entrepreneur: Martin Shen

7. Blank Label: Blank Label is a leading provider of custom, made-to-measure corporate attire for college students. Currently their suits and shirts sell in Sydney, Atlanta and Boston, and they are looking to expand one campus at a time, one city at a time.

Entrepreneur: Fan Bi

8. Diat Concepts, LLC: Diat Concepts is a nutrition company that delivers its products primarily through food. Our first product is Skinï Mints, the world’s first appetite suppressing breath mint. Skinï Mints eliminates the urge to eat, allowing one to either eat less at meals or completely skip meals, depending on the number of mints consumed.

Entrepreneur: Alec Bowers

9. Alight Learning: Alight Learning is a free software tool designed specifically for the middle school context that stimulates personalized student learning.

Entrepreneur: Evan Morkiawa

10. Crelligence Media: Credillgence Media is a social media marketing company that specializes in compensated consumer-generated media. This summer, the company is going to be developing two concepts: ViralSkool, a creative community that rewards the best contributors with monetary compensation, and Rentafilmmaker.com, the future go to site for small businesses in need of a filmmaker in the Boston area.

Entrepreneur: Alexander Debelov

11. Capital Comfort: Capital Comfort sells high end mattress pads to students through online and retail channels. This summer, Morgan plans on reinvigorating the business with a new marketing plan and pricing structure.

Entrepreneur: Morgan Smith

12. Ball and Buck: Ball and Buck's mission is to sustainably create all organic high quality clothing for those who love being outside. Whether hiking the Appalachian Trail, sailing off the Maine coast or hunting in Georgia, the company hopes that consumers wear B&B clothing in good faith, with the knowledge that they are not only helping the nature that surrounds them, but becoming part of it.

Entrepreneur: Mark Bollman

13. Jmondo PC Rebirth LLC: Jmondo PC Rebirth is a computer service company that allows users to do a few things: They can log on our website and get their computer fixed automatically in 1 hour (which is licensed from another company), request support for their technology via phone, or request on-site support if they live in the Metro-West area.

Entrepreneurs: John Gesimondo & Jacob Brady

14. ThinkLite: ThinkLite offers residential home owners the ability to go green without the green price tag. ThinkLite custom tailors highly efficient, state of the art lighting that burns at a proper temperature and emits the proper amount of lumens and light wavelength to most closely match the lighting currently installed in homes. The light bulbs offered by ThinkLite are both economically and aesthetically appealing.

Entrepreneur: Enrico Palmerino

15. Club Portal: Club Portal aims to integrate the main aspects of the nightlife industry using an online community and web application. We aim to provide streamline club promotions and the ability to give clients an unbeatable online experience and be the primary destination for the clubs, DJ's and event managers by giving them access to the worldwide club community. By providing the ability to book a table, buy tickets, download a DJ's music or be able to search for a venue on the go.

Entrepreneurs: Rishad Mehta and Jacob Enyeart

16. Wandering Roots: Wandering Roots is a reseller of innovative products through online channels. They focus on selling high margin products while maintaining as little owned infrastructure for the business as possible, allowing them to market the products in innovative ways.

Entrepreneur: Andrew Kitzenberg

17. IVD Media Incorporated: Guests want instant, interactive information available in the comfort of their hotel rooms. IVD Media solves this problem by providing hotel guests with direct interactive access to an online catalog of videos and information about local restaurants, clubs, events and local attractions through their hotel room television. These companies pay for advertising on the interactive catalog.

Entrepreneurs: Nicholas Horvath & Marcello Mallegni