Northeastern Accelerator Features Ventures in Gift Guide

The IDEA accelerator at Northeastern University’s D’Amore Mc’Kim School of Business has launched so many ventures that it now has enough for its own holiday gift guide.

Published on IDEA’s website, the gift guide includes everything from food to custom guitars. The highlighted products include:

• All In Nutrition Bars: The bars are gluten- and GMO-free and are made in the United States.

• Bureo Skateboards: Bureo boards are made from recycled fishing nets. In addition to being eco-friendly, they help create jobs in Chile.

• CoffeeBar: These bars by New Grounds Food are organic, vegan, gluten-free and caffeinated. Each contains the equivalent of a full cup of fair-trade coffee.

• Dynasty 8 Apparel: The Asian-inspired lifestyle brand offers shirts, hats and accessories.

• Moniker Guitars: Moniker designs and customizes guitars.

• Third Piece Knitwear: This brand’s sweaters, scarves, mittens and hats are knitted in the U.S. with natural fibers.

• U-Turn’s Orbit Turntable: Designed for performance, reliability and ease of use, the Orbit Turntable is handcrafted in Massachusetts.

Run by students, IDEA provides a variety of educational and business resources to help Northeastern undergraduate and graduate students, alumni and professors during all stages of launching businesses. Currently, it has 169 active ventures. IDEA has been praised as an important part of Boston’s startup scene, and it sponsors events such as NEXPO to highlight entrepreneurship on campus.

If you’re eager to follow the lead of the businesses on this list and launch your own product or service, check out our report on the growing number of entrepreneurship programs that MBA programs are adding.

regions: Boston

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