Author: John Crawford

John Crawford

Senior Journalist

John Crawford

A writer for Babson Thought & Action and the Babson Magazine, John Crawford has been telling the College’s entrepreneurial story for more than 15 years. Assignments for Babson have taken him from Rwanda to El Salvador, from the sweet-smelling factory of a Pennsylvania candy maker, to the stately Atlanta headquarters of an NFL owner, to the bustling office of a New York City fashion designer. Beyond his work for Babson, he has written articles and essays for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Notre Dame Magazine, The Good Men Project, and other publications. He can be found on Twitter, @crawfordwriter, where he tweets about climate change.

How to Crowdfund a Business in Five Steps After taking a Babson course on crowdfunding, Anastacia Yefimenko ’25 launched a campaign for Elcove, her sustainable cleaning products venture. Here are the strategies she followed.

Tagged Advice, Entrepreneurship Education, Startups, Undergraduate

Posted in Insights

Babson Students Go Back to the Future with DeLorean Next Generation In a brand management class, Babson students offer a helping hand to an iconic automaker, which is rebranding itself as a not-for-profit car company with an emphasis on education.

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education, Faculty, Undergraduate

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Quick Takes: Babson Professors Share Their Super Bowl Storylines to Watch Commercials. Gambling. Suspect Statistics. Before the big game, Babson professors took time to share what they’ll be looking for as the Niners take on the Chiefs on Sunday.

Tagged Faculty

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What a Career in Retail Might Look Like Babson students attended a New York City conference of the National Retail Federation Foundation. The experience allowed them to think about a future career in retail.

Tagged Class of 2024, Class of 2025, Career, Student Life, Undergraduate, Class of 2026

Posted in Insights

A New Landmark Study Examines the Impact of the Babson FME For the first time, researchers examine Babson’s signature course, the FME, and show how it builds resiliency and an entrepreneurial mindset in students.

Tagged Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education, Faculty, Undergraduate, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Inquiring Minds and Inspiring Research At Babson’s annual Faculty Research Day, professors talked about their work in a wide range of fields, including AI, education, and entrepreneurship.

Tagged Faculty, Research

Posted in Insights

What NFL Firings Can Teach About Leadership and Management The NFL season is winding down, which means a wave of coaches, including the Patriots’ Bill Belichick, are out of a job. Babson Professor Joseph Weintraub talks of the right and wrong ways to fire a team leader.

Tagged Faculty, Leadership, Management

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A Babson Basketball Legend Looks Back Judy Blinstrub retired after coaching Babson women’s basketball for 39 years. With a ceremony set to honor her this week, Blinstrub takes a moment to reflect on her remarkable career.

Tagged Athletics, Women's Leadership, Leadership

Posted in Community

What Entrepreneurship Can Mean for Those in Prison Through a prison education program, Babson is using entrepreneurship to empower inmates, helping them to rethink their lives and who they want to be.

Tagged Entrepreneurs of All Kinds, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Faculty

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Six Strategies for Negotiating a Job Offer A company made you a job offer. Congratulations. Now comes the next step: negotiations. Babson’s Center for Career Development offers six strategies.

Tagged Career, Advice

Posted in Insights