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Johnny Fayad, left, and Ali Kothari, both DMSB'17, have launched a Kickstarter campaign in support of their Coffeebar, a first-of-its-kind all-natural energy bar infused with a full cup of fair trade coffee. Photo by Mariah Tauger.

Jayant Kale, the new Philip R. McDonald Chair and a professor of finance in the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, studies the many factors that contribute to the financial decisions businesses make. Photo by Brooks

Alan Guichard, L'14, and Matt Voska, E'17, founders the plane-sharing website Flytenow, were accepted into Y Combinator this summer, which allows them to work on growing their company and raise seed funding.

A group of North­eastern stu­dents experiencing a marketing-​​focused Dia­logue of Civ­i­liza­tions pro­gram in India, where they are devel­oping two mar­keting cam­paign pro­posals for a Mumbai adver­tising agency.

Ted Clark, executive director of the Northeastern University Center for Family Business, discusses the public battle for control of Market Basket and the lessons other family-run businesses can learn from this situation.

Charles Svirk, DMSB'13, left, and Matthew Valich say their new app combines the fun of online picture sharing with a popular card game from their childhoods.

Joseph Giglio, senior aca­d­emic spe­cialist and exec­u­tive pro­fessor of gen­eral man­age­ment in the D'Amore-McKim School of Busi­ness, dis­cusses Uber's suc­cess and what it says about the out­look of urban trans­porta­tion in the

As part of the month-long field study program through the Social Enterprise Institute, founded in 2007 by Dennis Shaugh­nessy, an executive professor of innovationand entrepreneurship, students traveled to El Caño, a rural community in the Monte Plata region of the Dominican Republic. There the group surveyed some 20 impoverished women, gauging their interest in working for a sewing cooperative aimed at building sustainable economic growth.

Fareena Sultan, professor at Northeastern's D'Amore-McKim School of Business in Boston, comments on the future of wearable tech

Marc Meyer, professor of entrepreneurship, provides tips on how to decide whether or not to move forward with a business idea.