Making Connections with Ashkan Afkhami

Ashkan Afkhami is a NU grad who is making really great connections and helping tons of enthusiastic students develop their business ideas and aids them to execute these ideas as well. Here is an excerpt from the description of Ashkan on his LinkedIn Account:

"Ashkan Afkhami has been working within the technology and finance industry for the past five years. He is currently the CEO and founder of the Inter-Disciplinary Entrepreneurship Accelerator (IDEA) a student-run University program that provides tailored services for entrepreneurs, designed to accelerate the development of their business ideas."



Ashkan graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Management Information System and Finance and a Master’s in Technological Entrepreneurship.

Ashkan Afkhami’s Specialties:

- Product development
- Financial modeling
- Network topology
- Business development
- Sales 

To contact Ashkan or Northeastern's Venture Acceleratior IDEA, like IDEA on facebook here:

Cool Co-Op: Paul Marvin

Paul Marvin, middler, is currently on a very interesting co-op in NYC. He is working for EMI music publishing, learning a lot about the legalities of the music industry, and how processing the music works behind the scenes. Paul works in the TV/film/commercial deptartment, mainly working with synchronized licenses. He has also started a music blog called "The Music Sandwich"




To become a fan, on facebook, click like

Andrew Zenn Films

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Andrew Zenn is a student at Northeastern majoring in Marketing and Communications who is pursuing a career as a feature film director. When he's not in class you can find him directing short films, music videos, and television commercials which can all be found on his website. He has recently directed a commercial that has been entered into the Doritos Crash the Superbowl contest and can be seen HERE. Help support Andrew and all of his work by checking him out on Facebook as well as the rest of his productions on his Youtube page.

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Blogging will resume after 3PM today when I return from work!

Please roam around the site and let me know what you think of NUws On Campus!

Annie Mulz Clothing Co.

Matthew Osofisan, a Northeastern student has created a successful clothing brand called Annie Mulz. Annie Mulz goes by the assumption that there is an animal in every man, hence the play on words in Annie Mulz. This unique clothing company has a pop-up shop at 297 Newbury St.
 


You can visit Annie Mulz's online store (HERE)

Or become a fan on (Facebook)

Njabini Apparel (First Charity Post)

Njabini Apparel is a young non-profit social venture founded by
Northeastern business student Michael Behan:

"The mission is to create sustainable development in
rural and marginalized Kenyan communities, create job opportunities
for women and supporting micro-businesses with the ultimate goal of
empowering impoverished people to rise above poverty. We sell
products, hand-made in rural Kenya. These products are high quality
wool items, which bring comfort and style to our customers, while
serving as a catalyst for social change." - Michael Behan

Starting January 1st, Michael will work in Njabini, Kenya, as part of his second
co-op, to further develop outreach initiatives throughout Kenya's
South Kinangop province.

Visit www.njabiniapparel.org to make a donation/purchase

Njabini Apparel on (Facebook)

Mr. Smith of 1st Class

Zack Smith, aka Mr. Smith is a student at Northeastern who is pursuing a career as a performing artist/rapper. He has a mixtape coming out very soon, we will keep you updated on the release date!


Listen to Mr. Smith ft. Big A (another NU student) "NEU Be Dancin"



More Songs by 1st Class and Mr. Smith (HERE)

NUde Wear

I bet you have seen your friends or classmates wearing a NUde Wear shirt that says either "JUST NU IT" or "IS IT NU?" Well, if you did not know where to buy one of these shirts, here is the website where the Northeastern Middler, Charles Svirk has created NUdeWear LLC and provided an eCommerce site powered entirely by Google!

www.GoNUdeWear.com



Become a fan of NUdeWear on (Facebook)

Making Moves from BU to NU

So although Making Moves is based out of an office run by a BU alum, our very own Northeastern middler, Julian Jung is a star on quickly spreading online reality series. Making Moves is designed to help other young entrepreneurs and inspire them to follow their passions. The show will be on over 20 networks at many universities and other outlets as well.

To get familiar with Julian, add him as a friend on (Facebook) and be sure to be on the lookout for "Mr. Moooves" the show's mascot!

You can watch Making Moves Season 1 and soon Season 2 on:
www.WatchMakingMoves.com



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First Music Post

While you're still being introduced to the site, here is a breakdown of how the site will work:


Each blogger will be focused on a specific genre of posts. The genres are not specific, allowing for a lot of variation in posts, and posts will mainly include topics like posting New songs on campus by NU student artists, cool student co-ops, community service or charity work, and new student-run ventures. 

G-Riot





Today's music shout out is to an artist that goes by the name of G-Riot. Born Oumar Sow, G-Riot is a senior finance major at Northeastern. He has opened for artists such as Juelz Santana, Wale, Big Sean, and Curren$y and will be performing his hit single "Moony" on the BET network on television in early 2011.


Here is "Moony" by G-Riot:






Hear other songs by G-Riot on his management's website. His manager is another student from Northeastern, middler and entrepreneurship major, Jared Glassman, started RecThisCity Management in early 2010 and has been pushing G-Riot's music career. To see the RecThisCity Site CLICK HERE






Become a fan of G-Riot (Facebook).

Introducing NUws On Campus

Thanks for checking this site out!

At NUws On Campus, we are dedicated to finding the most interesting and inspiring students and providing our readers with posts about the local NU community and what exactly these students are up to. There will be a team of four bloggers, students at Northeastern, who will post various stories on different students and what interesting things they are up to besides attending school.

Let us know what you would like to see on here if there are any cool sites!

nuwsoncampus@gmail.com

(Had to post the Northeastern State of Mind even though you all obviously saw it already, or else this site would be lacking something)

Check this entrepreneurial student, Drew D'Agostino's website www.helpmyroommate.com, a website built to share funny stories about awkward situations with a college roommate.