LaunchX Alpha to Go Live Aug 1, 2017 We're launching LaunchX on August 1, 2017. Exciting!!! And MIT Launch Club students from around the world will be logging into a new business intelligence application built and powered by Bizgenics. Initial estimated load is 8-10,000 users, so tire-kicking in a big way is coming soon! MIT Launch Club Partnership Thanks to Laurie Stach and her crew at MIT for pushing hard to make this project happen. Their experience in student innovation has really been … [Read more...]
UPDATE: BizzyB Learning Platform
This week saw many wins for BizzyB. Mr. Beebulb Lives! Kudos to our UI/UX designer Brian Dote, who completed production design of a fabulous BizzyB brand identity. In just a couple hours following receipt of my Mr. Beebulb" sketch (see below) he finished this sweet & zesty version: at left, the final Mr. Beebulb... Did we test it? Yes. Of course. We always test everything. But this one was really easy to test. And there wasn't a single negative comment. I LOVE working with people … [Read more...]
How to Startup an Innovation Platform
This week we started mind melds with folks from MIT, Punahou School and our Bizgenics Gang. The aim was to measure interest in building a new innovation platform for high school students powered by Bizgenics® Innovation Framework. MIT Launch Club Our first great ingredient: MIT's Launch Club gang from Cambridge, MA. Laurie Stach & Marvin Vilma of MIT Launch Club and Tom Henry, Philanthropic Advisor at MIT sacrificed a week out of Boston's beautiful snow season to attend our meetings in … [Read more...]
BizzyB Funding Story: How We Got $1M
BizzyB, our project-based learning platform was funded recently for a bit over $1M. The project is being produced and marketed under non-profit 501C3 BizGym Foundation via grants from the Hoag Foundation and Google. Reverse "Batchi" In Hawaii, we use a Japanese term called, "batchi" which means if you do something bad, something bad will happen to you. It's like negative karma. For example, imagine playing golf and you're walking up the fairway hysterically laughing at your friend who just … [Read more...]
