Deadlines can deliver out the most effective in folks. In Hannah Ung’s case, a half-hour earlier than her presentation to a category at Northeastern, she selected a reputation for her proposed startup: Boxy.
A 12 months later, Boxy is in enterprise—enabling faculty college students to hire out cupboard space in non-public properties for his or her belongings, like an Airbnb for his or her furnishings, garments and different private results.
Ung’s innovation has earned her a spot in BostInno’s 25 Underneath 25 class of elite younger founders, nonprofit leaders, startup workers and college students. Becoming a member of her on the choose checklist have been one other 5 Northeastern college students or graduates: Rachel Domb, Naren Kolli, Samantha Johnson, Anya Losik and Alex Marley.
“BostInno is the flagship market throughout the 45 cities that comprise America Inno, and it’s solely in a few cities, similar to Boston, the place we’ve got a lot expertise underneath 25,” stated Doug Banks, govt editor of BostInno and the Boston Enterprise Journal. “Northeastern and the opposite world-class universities in and round Boston are an enormous contributor to that younger expertise.”
Ung understands how Northeastern entrepreneurs have been in a position to dominate the checklist of innovators and leaders.
“I really feel the help that I get from the entrepreneurial ecosystem at Northeastern,” says Ung, a switch scholar who shall be graduating in 2023 in enterprise administration with concentrations in model administration in addition to entrepreneurship and new enterprise administration. “One of many explanation why I wished to switch to Northeastern was for experiential studying; I wasn’t actually wanting into entrepreneurship however coming right here and simply seeing all of the sources that they’ve for entrepreneurship usually has been superb.”
Ung, who carries an innovation pocket book to jot down concepts throughout her solo travels, developed the premise for Boxy as a part of “Advertising and marketing methods for startups,” a category taught by Professor Cheryl Mitteness. Ung realized the necessity for her service way back to 2018 whereas making ready for a visit to Japan. The place was she going to stow her issues?
“It undoubtedly has one thing to do with my upbringing, rising up in a low-income family the place we all the time must share area in the home,” says Ung, who grew up in Rhode Island. “So I’ve an appreciation for sharing usually—and that features area—and that could be a mantra of how I stay life: To share it with the folks round me and in addition take advantage of out of all sources which are obtainable to me.”
Boxy could be equally useful for folks renting out area, she says.
“Particularly folks within the low-income group or anybody all for making essentially the most out of what they’ve,” Ung says. “I discover it so inspiring to see Uber drivers or Airbnb hosts who monetize one thing that they have already got.”
Ung says Boxy’s pilot launch in August was profitable. She’s now looking for to attach with Northeastern college students who’re making ready to quickly depart the Boston campus for co-ops or semesters overseas.
“They will go to the Boxy web site,” says Ung, who will deal with every order personally. “As soon as they’re signed up, I can get all of them sorted out for his or her storage wants.”
Ung plans on turning her administration of Boxy right into a full-time profession after commencement.
“I’m joyful that I do know what I wish to do after faculty and that that is the one aim I’ll be specializing in,” she says.
The opposite Northeastern awardees have been honored for his or her promising accomplishments throughout a variety of fields:
- Rachel Domb, a fourth-year scholar in sustainability economics. Through Rooted Dwelling, the sustainable meals model she based as a freshman, Domb has created a line of eco-friendly, plant-based snacks that use compostable packing.
- Naren Kolli, a senior in electrical and laptop engineering. Kolli, a former director of Northeastern’s Entrepreneurs Membership, not too long ago launched the Boston Innovation Hub—a community linking greater than 300 college students from Northeastern and a half-dozen different main universities within the Boston space.
- Samantha Johnson, a double Husky in bioengineering. Johnson is founding father of Tatum Robotics, a startup that’s growing a breakthrough communication instrument to offer international help for DeafBlind people (who’re concurrently deaf and blind).
- Anya Losik, a graduate in political science and environmental research. As new chief of workers at Forge, a nonprofit that has helped greater than 500 startups flip their prototypes into impactful companies, Losik’s management is essential to strategic planning, course of enchancment and different areas.
- Alex Marley, a graduate in electrical engineering and economics. Marley, a self-starter who devoted himself to studying about entrepreneurship at Northeastern, manages the Boston workplace of Dorm Room Fund—the unique enterprise fund for college kids—whereas working full-time as an engineer at Cometeer, a startup targeted on precision brewing and freeze-preserving espresso.
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