BU freshman works to bring networking into the next generation with ‘OintTag’

BY AMANDA BRYNN BIRBARA Contributing Writer

Even in the digital age, networking can be challenging, especially for students. In a fast-paced world, students need to move and make connections quickly. Josh Mayer, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, has a solution.

Mayer is changing the way that people network with his invention, the OintTag — “an acronym for Open In New Tab,” Mayer said.

coaching and access to events,” Mayer said. “You can learn more about building a business, and getting funding and everything, all the tools you need to make those decisions.” then also, it’s just a great way for BU to expand its social media presence and just basically make more content.”

This summer, Mayer was also accepted into the Summer Accelerator, a program out of BUild Lab and Innovate@BU. The program provides a $10,000 stipend to participants, according to the Innovate@BU website.

Kim, who herself has 487,900 followers on TikTok, is also involved in selecting students for the program, which includes looking for students who are passionate, hardworking, organized and experienced.

“Social media is such a big part of our world nowadays,” Kim said. “And so BU’s social media presence is super important, especially because that’s how a lot of people communicate.”

As the program initially launches with a small group of students selected from over 40 applicants, McDonald said that they are looking to start with a range of students with different cultural backgrounds and majors.

“We really want to highlight a diverse range of students at BU,” McDonald said. The form the students have to fill in order to get selected for