When a Second Semester Brainstorm Becomes a Full-blown Business

  If necessity is the mother of invention, then The Pocket Palette—a full face makeup kit for women on the go—is a baby conceived on a train ride.  Some years back, The Pocket Palette’s founder and CEO, Lynda T. C. Peralta, GWSB MBA ‘17, didn’t want to wake up early enough to do her makeup […]

Jeremy Cross, CCAS BA ’96

Jeremy Cross, CCAS BA ’96, embarked on a new business venture by partnering with a colleague to start a brewery, Battle Road Brewing Co. Beginning in 2007, Cross produced his beer by contracting the necessary equipment from a nearby brewery, but recently has been able to take on all aspects of production through his own […]

Kristen Mallia, CCAS BA ’03

Kristen Mallia, CCAS BA ’03, is co-creating a reality documentary series called LAUNCH that aims to create jobs and educate Boston’s creative community on entrepreneurship. The 12 part series will document Mallia’s efforts to take the talents of four creative professionals and help transform them into self-sustaining small businesses. Aside from job creation, the ultimate […]