Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos
Will Jeff Bezos Save the Planet? “The purpose of wealth is to solve problems,” says Raj Sisodia, as Amazon's Jeff Bezos’s net worth passes $200 billion and he commits to fight climate change.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
September 3, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Is it time to evaluate video conferencing?
Time to Evaluate Video Conferencing? Assistant Professor Kerry Gibson Says Yes Following months of virtual collaboration, Assistant Professor Kerry Gibson says it’s time to evaluate our approach to meetings through video conferencing.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
September 2, 2020

Posted in Insights

Shutterstock image of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline
New U.S. GEM Report Gives Hope for Entrepreneurship in a Post-COVID World In 2019, U.S. entrepreneurship rates were the highest they had ever been—a finding that offers hope as a country in crisis turns to entrepreneurial leaders for innovation and change.
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September 2, 2020

Posted in Community

'We Are a Remarkably Resilient and Supportive Community' Lawrence P. Ward, the new vice president for learner success and dean of campus life, discusses how Babson is adapting its student support systems and offers his advice to returning students.
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Eric Beato
Editor / Writer
Eric Beato
Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.
September 1, 2020

Posted in Community

'We’re Equipping Our Students to Thrive Amid Uncertainty' Ken Matsuno, the new vice president of academic affairs and dean of the college, explains how Babson is ensuring its high academic standards and what he's learned about the community.
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Eric Beato
Editor / Writer
Eric Beato
Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.
September 1, 2020

Posted in Community

Kristin Carosotto ’20 with her brother, Matthew
Babson’s Unique Bond with Special Olympics Babson's relationship with the Special Olympics is rewarding for everyone involved but hits close to home for one student-athlete in particular.
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Scott Dietz
Writer
Scott Dietz
Scott Dietz is Babson College's Associate Athletic Director for Strategic Communications. Dietz is responsible for the department's internal and external communications, including branding, campus engagement, marketing, social media, sponsorships and website management. Additional duties consist of event coverage, facilitation of interview requests, media pitching, video content, writing and editing. Before Babson, Dietz spent 13-plus years at fellow NEWMAC institution Wheaton College, worked for the NFL, New England Patriots, and in the media relations department with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. A native of South Park, PA, Dietz began his sports information career at Westminster College.
August 28, 2020

Posted in Community

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Lessons for COVID-19 Revenue Recovery The new normal is all about volatility. Now, businesses must adjust their revenue models to be sufficiently resilient.
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August 28, 2020

Posted in Insights

Babson College's Online COVID-19 Dashboard is Now Live
Babson’s COVID-19 Dashboard Is Live; Here’s What it Shares The Babson COVID-19 dashboard shares timely, transparent information on test results and percent positivity rates with the community.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
August 26, 2020

Posted in Community

Diversity Leadership Scholars Arleny Suarez ’24 and Zarvon Rejaee ’24
A Generation Forced to Problem Solve May Be Our Best Bet Yet Arleny Suarez ’24 and Zarvon Rejaee ’24 have moved onto Babson’s campus for the first time—with huge aspirations, and outlooks unlike any other.
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August 26, 2020

Posted in Community

Jeffrey Brown ’86
When the Community Has Your Back Supermarket owner Jeffrey Brown ’86 has long supported his stores’ communities. When social unrest affected his supermarkets, those communities, in turn, supported him.
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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.
August 25, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership