Ha Min Ko

Cactus Practice

Finance, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship

In my first year at Babson, I was part of a 19 member student-run business as part of Babson's first year curriculum. We aimed to enhance the aesthetic of student dorm's and promote better care of plant life by selling succulents and cacti.

Our original business plan was an earpod accessory that would enhance hearing and comfort. Unfortunately, our orders with a manufacturerer in China were delayed time and time again. Three of our members and I worked together to flesh our a new business idea and plan over a day, which we proposed and got approved.

My roles and responsibilites and highlights:

• Conducted market research and led focus groups to determine the best business strategy for our products.
• Lead and developed the creation of our business's launch plan, including calculating start-up costs, breakeven point, and projected sales.
• Designed and created deck slides for presentations, and collaborated with other team members for delivery.
• Created financial statements, completed essential forms necessary for business, and audited financial data.
• Organized key members of the team to overhaul the business plan, pivoting to an idea that sold out all inventory in three weeks.

Constitutional Rights Foundation

Student Intern

Through CRF, I was put as an intern at Sheppard Mullin LLP. I had the opportunity to learn what it's like to work in an office of a large law firm. I was mainly responsible for cataloging paper files and data input.

Some highlights:

• Organized and executed efficient methods of data input, allowing over 200 open and closed matters to be input into Aderant system daily.
• Collaborated with another student intern to file 6 months’ worth of backlogged data in under 3 weeks.