January 6, 2021Comments are off for this post.

Happy New Year and Welcome Back!

Our Mosaic community worked extremely diligently over the past several months to pivot to a 100% virtual experience—and we couldn’t be prouder of what everyone accomplished. While 2020 was certainly a rollercoaster of a year, we are hopeful for what 2021 will bring.

From Zoom meetings to showcases on Hopin, we found a way to remain connected, engaged and focused on our passions. Whether that be developing a venture, designing websites, investing in entrepreneurs or cultivating a more inclusive ecosystem, we made great strides in 2020 despite its challenges.

This year we are looking forward to continuing what has become a well-oiled virtual machine. Each group has lots of digital programming on the calendar, client ventures signed up and new leaders and members onboarded.  But most of all we can’t wait to collaborate, innovate and grow together.

Keep an eye out for all that we have planned, but some key dates you’ll want to put on your calendars are:

January 27th at 6pm: Our next Mosaic Speaker Series Workshop, “Building Inclusive Organizations on Campus.” Hear from Brigid Hart-Molloy, VP of Student Affairs and Megan O'Hara, Associate Director of OPEN, on both strategies for growing a diverse organization and the proper methods for handling potential issues regarding discrimination. All are welcome.

February 9th at 5pm: It’s our Mosaic Spring Kick Off! Come network with fellow Mosaic members. Meet people outside your organization, maybe learn about another organization you want to join, or perhaps just catch up with friends and colleagues. We will be doing some virtual matchmaking so you can meet someone new and share your experiences across organizations. All members of the Mosaic community are welcome!

For more information on either event please email our Mosaic Fellow at j.sabia@northeastern.edu.

Once again, happy New Year and please follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date on all things Mosaic!

October 30, 2020Comments are off for this post.

What is Pathfinder?

Pathfinder is a new extracurricular program that Mosaic launched for incoming Northeastern freshmen this year. The program aims to give students the tools and confidence to pursue their passion while learning from the best: their peers. Pathfinder is meant to be an introduction to all things Mosaic for new students. Through roundtable discussions, interactive workshops and a final project, our Pathfinder participants are developing an interdisciplinary community of students across the colleges.

Pathfinder has 3 components: 

Roundtable

This semester,  "roundtables" of 10 students each, with interdisciplinary and diverse backgrounds are meeting each week to discuss their goals and thoughts around becoming a part of Northeastern's entrepreneurial community. The goal of these peer groups is to create a support system to hold members accountable for personal growth and passion exploration over the course of the semester.

Workshops

The next part of Pathfinder is our Workshops. These are a series of virtual seminars where upperclassmen from the various Mosaic organizations talk about their area of expertise. Topics range from networking tips to website development. The goal of these workshops is to give students a taste of all that Mosaic has to offer across a range of business, leadership and community building opportunities.

Anyone can join our workshops, no matter what year you are in! Here is what we have coming up:

The Standup: Teamwork + Communication - We'll dive into teamwork: how to make it work, what to look out for, and how to be a good team player.

Intro to Learning Web Development - Scout teaches us how to LEARN web development. There's a definite mindset to learning how to code, and this is a great place to start.

Road to the Makies

This is what we are calling our final project. During the Spring semester, students will leverage their new skills, access to the entrepreneurship ecosystem and learnings from the peer-to-peer roundtables while building something of their own. This final project series will be a peer led process where students will receive feedback from their new community as they conceive, build and present their creation.

Visit our Pathfinder page to learn more!

 

 

October 15, 2020Comments are off for this post.

5 Mosaic Students Make the 25 Under 25 List

Year after year we are impressed by all that our Mosaic students do. Turns out BostInno is as well! And every year we are so proud of our students recognized on their 25 Under 25 list. This year five of our Mosaic students made the cut.

BostInno 25 Under 25

The BostInno 25 Under 25 list seeks to highlight some of the brightest young leaders in Massachusetts each year. Congratulations to Eliana Berger, Kyle Dolce, Vidhan Bhaiya, Karan Kishorepuria, and Miracle Olatunji for their place on the 2020 list!

Eliana Berger (19) – co-founder of Envision, venture partner at Contrary Capital

From founding WISE to starting a student business accelerator called Envision, Eliana is asserting herself as a young business leader in Massachusetts and beyond!

Kyle Dolce (23) – investment analyst at Glasswing Ventures, venture director at Northeastern student accelerator IDEA

Kyle began his entrepreneurial journey at our in house venture accelerator, IDEA and has since built upon those experiences at Glasswing Ventures evaluating potential investments.

Vidhan Bhaiya (22) – founder of Dr. Brinsley

Another student who started in IDEA, Vidhan is on a mission to make life better for diabetics. last year he launched a company called Dr. Brinsley, which manufactures a range of high-performance footwear for diabetics.

Karan Kishorepuria (22) – president of NUImpact

Karan has always had his sights set on the business world. He has been able to dive into his passion via NUImpact. NUImpact is a financial educational fund that provides students with the opportunity to make social investments at Northeastern.

Miracle Olatunji (20) – founder of OpportuniMe, author of "Purpose: How To Live and Lead With Impact"

Author and founder, Miracle is a busy 20-year-old. She was honored by the Mayor's Office this spring as an EXTRAOrdinary Woman during the city's International Women's Day Celebration and was recently part of Barbie's #YouCanBeAnything #MoreRoleModels campaign.

October 7, 2020Comments are off for this post.

Mosaic Stories: Sam Haas

Mosaic is filled with interesting, smart people doing some really cool things. That’s why we're launching a new series called “Mosaic Stories.” This is where we chat with current and former members of our organizations about their journeys through building a venture, exploring our Mosaic organizations, and more broadly about their experiences throughout our entrepreneurship ecosystem. First up is Sam Haas, who as a recent graduate, outgoing Mosaic Fellow, and former member of Scout knows quite a bit about Mosaic and all that it has to offer. 

Getting Introduced to Mosaic

Sam was first introduced to Mosaic by friends. “I’d seen a lot of the cool things that were happening at IDEA and Generate” he says. “At first I didn't think that this world was for me. I’m not an entrepreneur, I’m not a business student. But after getting to know these students more, I learned that what they were doing was community based. There was room for students like me to support ventures.” What makes Mosaic a unique place is that while we are focused on leadership and entrepreneurship, we know that it takes more than a CEO to run a startup: there is engineering, design, product management, marketing, and operations, all working together towards a common goal. And that’s exactly how we operate at Mosaic, lots of teams coming together for the shared mission of helping our students pursue their dreams and achieve their goals. 

Finding Scout

 “I wanted to push myself during my last year at Northeastern.” Sam remembered. Through the support of friends and the Mosaic ecosystem Sam learned that there was a place for him in the entrepreneurship world via Scout. “One of the very best things about my time in Scout was how close knit the community was. From everyone on the current team, to alumni to the faculty, I felt that they were all accessible to me. I truly found the home on campus I didn't even know I was looking for.” Scout was an eye-opening experience for Sam; he first joined as a member of the Scout labs team and then became the Community Engagement Director. 

After Graduation

“Coming into senior year I was thinking that I wanted to work in nonprofits or academic research, that's where I had my sights set. But after joining Scout, my horizons were broadened. I knew that community building was where I wanted to be.” 

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As luck would have it, Sam would have the opportunity to continue to cultivate those skills right here at Northeastern: he re-joined Mosaic as the 2019-2020 Mosaic Fellow in the Fall of 2019. As the Mosaic Fellow Sam has continued to grow his community building skills and has been able to utilize the design thinking methods that he learned at Scout in order to connect members of the Mosaic organizations and the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem at Northeastern. 

For Sam, Mosaic wasn’t about starting a business, it was about personal development and discovery. Through his experiences at Scout, Sam was able to not only work with real clients to get a taste of the ‘real world’, but he was also able to build a community of passionate, driven peers that he was unable to find in any other part of the university. Mosaic is a place for learning, community and leadership; those things just mean something different to each and every student that joins our organizations. 

To learn more about our organizations and how you can get involved check out our article on “Who is Mosaic.” 

September 28, 2020Comments are off for this post.

Welcome to the Brand-New Mosaic Blog

It’s official, Mosaic now has a blog! We created this blog because we wanted a place to showcase all the amazing things that our community is building and creating.

Whether we are sharing events or speaker series that our organizations are hosting or a story about a particular student’s journey through the entrepreneurship ecosystem at Northeastern, we want to show both the breadth and depth of all there is to Mosaic.

Mosaic is a place to foster your passions by exploring entrepreneurship in a meaningful, hands-on way. We are a diverse community of students, faculty and staff focused on lifelong learning, collaboration and experiential work. And we have 11 member organizations that you can choose from. Read all about our member organizations in this post about why you should join Mosaic this year.

We also have a brand-new Fellow named Jacqueline (but she goes by J.Q. Louise online!) and you can ‘meet’ her in this post.

2020 isn’t what any of us planned, but we are hopeful that it will be amazing in a whole new way. Our members are putting together some amazing virtual programming and events that we can’t wait to attend, and our community is coming together online in ways we never imagined. And besides, we’re all Huskies, a little challenge never stopped us in the past!

Keep up with all the fun virtual activities that we have planned at Mosaic by following us on our brand-new social channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

September 28, 2020Comments are off for this post.

Meet the Mosaic Fellow

For the past few years, Mosaic has had a Fellow tasked with liaising among the Mosaic Organizations and between the students and the University. This year our Fellow for the 2020-2021 school year is Jacqueline Sabia.


Jacqueline is both and experienced digital marketer and a lifestyle blogger in Boston. Her blog, JQLouise.com, offers personal travel stories, curated itineraries and tips for the globetrotting foodie. In addition to her blog and social channels (follow @jqlouise on Instagram), Jacqueline has contributed to outlets such as: WSJ, Forbes, the Boston Herald, Teen Vogue, Food Network, NBC and many others. She also had her first book, Boston Food Crawls, which takes readers on a culinary tour through Boston, hit shelves in 2018.

“I’m excited to bring my marketing and community building experience to the team at Mosaic.” Says Jacqueline. “The students are working on some amazing things and I can’t wait to help them leverage all that Mosaic and the University has to offer to bring their passions to life.”

You can reach Jacqueline at j.sabia@northeastern.edu or find her online at @jqlouise on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

 

September 28, 2020Comments are off for this post.

Who is Mosaic and Why Should You Get Involved?

With the world still operating largely in a remote, distanced, virtual manner, it is easy to feel isolated even with classes resuming on campus for many. However, at Mosaic you will always find community.

Northeastern is dedicated to nurturing future entrepreneurial leaders across all fields and disciplines. Mosaic is a place for you to foster your passions by exploring entrepreneurship in a meaningful, hands-on way. We are a diverse community of students, faculty and staff focused on lifelong learning, collaboration and experiential work. So, if you are feeling a little lost this year, consider joining Mosaic.

The spirit of entrepreneurship goes far beyond the desire to start a venture. Whether you are a student interested in running a product team, cultivating your design skills or experiencing any other facet of business life, Mosaic has a place for you. Our alliance of entrepreneurially minded people share a passion for building and leading new products, programs, and organizations. Our 11 organizations span the fields of venture incubation, design, product ideation, angel investing, strategy, law, prototyping, accounting, and much more, allowing you to connect with other students across the university.

Students in Mosaic organizations learn that there are many ways to build and grow a business and you can experience both the depth and breadth of business life here.

Our Mosaic Organizations

Entrepreneurs Club

The goal of Entrepreneurs Club is to help our diverse cohort of Northeastern University students discover their entrepreneurial drive by providing opportunities to build meaningful relationships and experiences outside of the classroom like the Husky Startup Challenge and their Tuesday Speaker Series.

WISE

WISE, the Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship, is focused on building a community for women interested in exploring entrepreneurship and developing an innovative mindset.

IDEA

IDEA is a student-led venture accelerator that educates Northeastern entrepreneurs on developing a business from concept to launch. Have an idea for a venture? Learn how to get started with IDEA.

Generate

Generate provides engineering product design to Northeastern’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Work with real clients on exciting projects ranging from physical devices to data driven software.

Scout

Scout provides the design community at Northeastern the opportunity for real client interactions, a speaker series, and interactive workshops. Explore what a career or business in the design world looks like at Scout.

Huntington Angels Network

Huntington Angels Network is dedicated to connecting startups with global angel investor networks and venture capital firms.

IP CO-LAB

Under the guidance of its director and support staff, IP CO-LAB’s student members provide vital trademark, copyright and trade secret legal services to both university-affiliated and Boston area ventures.

NU Impact

NU Impact is a financial educational fund that provides students with the opportunity to make social investments, and earn impactful financial returns for the fund.

Origin

Origin provides funding, mentorship, and ongoing support for scientific & technological projects at Northeastern.

Vital

Focused on disrupting healthcare with innovative thinking, Vital is making strides in this space.

Compass

Compass is Northeastern’s student-led accounting resource center, which aims to help ventures in the ecosystem with taxes and other accounting needs.

If you are interested in joining one of our 11 organizations head to their websites for more information on how to get involved. Remember, that this is not a ‘normal’ year for any of us, but at Mosaic it is completely normal to dive into something you are passionate about and find friends, colleagues and a community along the way! So, get involved today!

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