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Good news: More MBA students touring Boston companies

E-mail | Print | Comments () Posted by Scott Kirsner January 19, 2010 07:45 AM

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I'm a big proponent of fostering more connections between students at Boston-area schools and the companies that make up our innovation economy. Unfortunately, many MBA students tend to have an opportunity to participate in "tech treks" to Silicon Valley, while they aren't as likely to spend time with interesting businesses a few miles from campus.

MIT's Sloan School of Management is one of the few that has consistently given students a chance to visit local companies, but Harvard Business School is joining in this year. Fifty students are participating this week in an IXP ("Immersion Experience Program") that will take them to various Boston companies and venture capital firms.

Today, they're visiting VC firms like Flybridge Capital Partners, General Catalyst, Atlas Venture, Spark Capital, and Highland Capital Partners. Tomorrow features tech and energy companies like 1366 Technologies, C12 Energy, Visible Measures, Shoebuy, and Brightcove.

The new tour is being organized by HBS prof Joe Lassiter, along with Shikhar Ghosh and Jeffrey Bussgang; Ghosh is an entrepreneur now serving HBS as a lecturer in entrepreneurial management, and Bussgang is an entrepreneur-in-residence at HBS who also works as a partner at Flybridge Capital. Ghosh and Bussgang worked together at OpenMarket, the pioneering 1990s-era e-commerce company.

tags Harvard Business School, Jeffrey Bussgang, Joe Lassiter, MIT, Shikhar Ghosh, Tech Treks

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About Scott Kirsner Scott Kirsner was part of the team that launched Boston.com in 1995, and has been writing a column for the Globe since 2000. His work has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, and Variety. Scott is also the author of the books "Fans, Friends & Followers" and "Inventing the Movies," was the editor of "The Convergence Guide: Life Sciences in New England," and was a contributor to "The Good City: Writers Explore 21st Century Boston." Scott also helps organize several local events on entrepreneurship, including the Nantucket Conference and Future Forward. Here's some background on how Scott decides what to cover, and how to pitch him a story idea.