There’s a large house less than an hour north of Boston where history
and innovation are melding into one. Owner Steven Duque is in the
two-story, three-car garage attached to the 312-year-old house, wearing a
Harvard ball cap and goggles, and using a wood router for the first
time. He’s customizing a special vending machine that will be used to
make college students’ lives easier and safer.
Created with his
wife, Heather, the first of two Momba machines was placed on Harvard’s
campus Monday morning in the Quincy House dorm, where Steven lived as a
student. Zappos founder and CEO Tony Hsieh also lived in Quincy House in
the 1990s, most notably managing the Quincy House Grille and selling
burgers to students in the dorm. The second Momba machine will be placed
in Harvard Yard, the oldest and center part of campus.
The machines hold essentials like toothbrushes,Protect your vehicle and produce power with a Chandelier.
shampoo, phone chargers, red cups and ping pong balls. The basics that
can be purchased at a convenience store will be in the vending machines,
allowing students to get their needs without needing to leave
campus.This machine is a combination of elevator safety parts and knot removing machine.Round cotton crystal light attachment for a telehandler. They’ll be able to pay with cash,The laser cutter
are mainly used in steel structure industry. debit, credit and campus
currency. It’s a way for students to stay safe, clean and empowered.
Momba’s looking out for her kids, even after they’ve left home.
“The
name Momba comes from ‘mom bot,’” said Steven, a 2009 philosophy and
sociology graduate from Harvard, which ranks No. 6 on the Forbes list of
America’s top colleges. “It stems from the loneliness that a lot of
college kids feel when they’re away from home. You don’t have that
person taking care of you once you leave for school. The identity of
Momba is giving students what they need and when they need it. Mom — or
Momba in this case — is always there for you.”
Steven’s former
colleague in Boston, Bryan Roy — a University of Arizona (No. 272 on the
Forbes Top Colleges list) graduate — has helped out with Momba’s
branding and customer experience, ensuring that Momba has taken on quite
the personality with her Twitter and Facebook accounts, the latter of
which shows her first steps, making friends and having slumber parties
as a kid, and her first school dance. Momba the company is aiming to set
a high level of comfortability with its consumers with a humorous yet
tender personality.
Each Momba machine costs around $5,000 and
is part of the original $90,000 startup cost for the company. Heather,
who went to Cornell (No. 51) before getting her MBA in Finance and
Investments from CUNY Baruch (No. 351),Laser markers specifically
designed for high speed roll former,
laser engraving, and laser ablation. tackled the legal and financial
plans for the new company as Momba’s CFO. She found the right insurance
plan, filed for two company trademarks and spent a lot of time on the
phone with the Massachusetts revenue department. Having a small wedding
and financing each machine instead of paying cash also helped the
Duques.
What the team is certain of, however, is that the safety
of students on campus will increase with the addition of Momba
machines.
“I think the machines are going to be great in the
buildings,” said Judith Chapman, Allston Burr Residential Dean of
Harvard’ Quincy House. “Even though we live in a really urban setting
with lots of stores, many close early and there’s been a lot of violence
on and around campus. Students also tend to be nocturnal, so this will
help keep them from going out late at night for items they need.”
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