BE
BE is a technology platform enabling college bound students to “Learn & Earn” rewards via quizzes by gamifying and incentivizing education.
- Stage Prototype Ready
- Industry Education
- Location Cambridge, MA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded February 2012
- Employees 3
- Website whatisbe.com
Company Summary
BE helps college bound students study via quizzes and rewards them for their smarts. Pain points BE addresses: a) College Bound Students: accessibility and affordability; b) Brands: marketing access to a niche market where traditional marketing doesn't work. BE solves this by: a) motivating students to learn and earn points to redeem for brand deals and college tuition; b) providing a platform for brands to students in a fun and engaging way.
Team
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Elise Maurice MoussaFounder & CEO
Elise Moussa, serial entrepreneur. Expertise developing affinity-based financial rewards programs for Top 10 US banks and recruiting for 90+ college campuses. Business Development for i2we, Facebook application company. Developer background.
Education: Boston College double major in Political Science and International Studies, Minor in Hispanic Studies. Graduate Studies at Harvard Graduate School of Education and Boston College (4.0 GPA). -
Shankar AmbadyCo-Founder & CTO
Co-Founder BE, @Logistiq • Worked at @Lycos, @SessionM
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Elisa RowellCo-Founder & COO
LEADERSHIP SKILLS SUMMARY
• Motivating teams and individuals to cooperate and excel face-to-face and virtually.
• Organization, tenacity, flexibility, and discipline to execute and evaluate complex and long-term projects.
• Idea conceptualization, research, and forecasting to build effective business cases.
• Synthesizing and summarizing data into useful information from broad-range sources.
• Effective public speaker, persuasive speech de
Advisors
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Robert Bishop, Goodwin ProctorLawyerUnconfirmed
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