For those interested in social entrepreneurship, Echoing Green, a non-profit which funds social entrepreneurs, is doing a cocktail hour Tuesday to introduce folks to the organization. It’s a great organization which provided the initial funding for big successes such as Teach for America and City Year.

The event will be both for potential social entrepreneurs, and folks who might be interested in being on EG’s young professional’s council, and there will be both council members and entrepreneurs who have been funded by Echoing Green present. It should be a great event!

Full details are on the Eventbrite sign up below:

http://echoinggreenboston.eventbrite.com/

Since 2005, CogoLabs has incubated some of the Boston area’s fastest-growing web companies. We will discuss our approach to data-driven marketing, and the critical challenges to achieving a realistic Big Data scenario. Come join us for a discussion of how iterative business strategies, rapidly changing online marketing tools and the largest MySQL database on the planet continue to propel the growth of our repeatable online marketing-driven businesses.

Tuesday, May 8th
4-6PM (2 one-hour sessions)
Location will be disclosed to attendees

The “crown jewel” of the executive education programs at HBS (AMP or Advanced Management Program) is looking to work with TechMedia students well versed in social media.

This year participants have been introduced to the world of social media with the aim of helping each of these individuals improve their own company’s digital presence. Participants have been exploring the social media landscape, analyzing what their companies are presently doing, and coming up with some new alternative angles which would allow their companies to better use social media and improve their digital presence.

AMP is inviting 6-8 TechMedia members to help for two one-hour sessions by offering office hours where participants from the AMP could come and share their proposals and get feedback from MBAs. You will be vetting proposals and answering questions. It is a great opportunity to meet some experienced (and powerful) execs.

The event is scheduled for May 8th, 4:00-6:00pm. If interested in participating, sign up here: http://bit.ly/TechMediaAMP.

Questions? Reach out to Wendi Zhang (wzhang@mba2013.hbs.edu) and Adelyn Zhou (lzhou@mba2013.hbs.edu).

About the program
The Advanced Management Program is an eight week intensive program. Most of the participants are senior-level leaders from world-class companies. The program content is broad and extensive-leadership, finance, marketing, negotiations, global business, and change management plus much more. The program is offered twice a year for 180+ students each session. The program is taught by 8 senior faculty and the faculty chairman of the program is Prof. Das Narayandas.

A helpful guide on EC entrepreneurship course selections.  It includes a great framework on how to think about classes, and a 1 pager on the each of the related classes.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15436249/EC%20Entreprenership%20Courses%202012.pdf

Founder Dialogues is a Cambridge-based public event series featuring successful founders.

Have you ever wondered about the founders behind successful companies? How did they dream up their businesses? How did they get enough conviction to bet on success? What path led them to where they are now? What challenges did they face? What advice would they give to future entrepreneurs?

Next Founder Dialogues will feature Scott Savitz, Founder of Shoebuy on May 9th, 2012. For more details, please visit: http://founderdialogues.posterous.com/

Details: Aldrich 211 on April 23^rd at 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Brian Carlton Byrd (HBS ’92), is the founder, President and CEO of New Breedw, a cross platform online and mobile advertising company that is revolutionizing consumer marketing. We’ll talk about the challenges in the Online Deal and Mobile Advertising Industry and discuss the power of the HBS alumni network when you are starting a business, financing your company/ raising money and networking to boost business.

Grad School Tech Mixer

Come and meet fellow students and young professionals. Let us facilitate your social interactions with a new iPhone app, distinc.tt

Harvard Business School | Harvard Law School | Harvard Medical School | Harvard School of Design | Harvard School of Education | Harvard School of Public Health| Harvard Kennedy School | MIT Sloan | Tufts | Northeastern | Babson | BU | BC | Bentley | Simmons | Suffolk

Thursday, April 19th, 10pm-2am

Splash Ultra Lounge, Boston

Buy tickets at: http://gradtechmixer.eventbrite.com/

Purchase your tickets if you haven’t already – we have limited capacity and tickets are selling fast! We already have a great mix of attendees from Harvard Business School, BU, Tufts, Bentley, Harvard School of Education, Hult, Harvard Engineering, Harvard School of Public Health, Brown, MIT, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard GSAS, UMass, and more!

We’ll have reps from hot HBS start-up distinc.tt there to help facilitate your social interactions. Come out and support team members Michael Belkin, Ben Story, Jadelind Wong & Travis Webb. They’ll also have fun raffle prizes to give away.

Growing your business after launch day: perspectives from HBS founders (4/23, 4pm, iLab lobby)

On April 18, students in the RC curriculum will officially launch more than 150 microbusinesses as part of HBS’s new FIELD curriculum. The following week, the WSA will host a panel of recent grads to discuss their experiences launching a business and sustaining momentum after launch day. This panel is open to all students and will feature a variety of perspectives on entrepreneurship from a diverse group of female founders. Come learn from 4 recent MBA grads and female founders, who will discuss how they scaled their businesses and sustained momentum immediately after launch. This panel is open to all students and the community. Light refreshments will be served. Panelists will include:

Christina Wallace, Co-Founder & CEO of Quincy Apparel
Krishna Gullapalli, Co-Founder of Urban Cargo
Olga Vidisheva, Founder & CEO of Shoptiques
Danielle Weinblatt, Founder & CEO of Take the Interview
MODERATOR: Janet Kraus, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurial Management