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How Entrepreneurs Can Navigate This Unpredictable Moment in Business Tariffs, a volatile stock market, and a sense that anything can change in an instant—these are uncertain times to be an entrepreneur. Babson’s Ben Spigel offers strategies for navigating this chaotic moment.

By John Crawford

June 4, 2025

Tagged Advice, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Faculty, Startups, Entrepreneurship

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Warren Buffett

Buffett Retires: Babson Professors Highlight Lessons from a Historic Transition Warren Buffett’s retirement is more than a milestone, Babson thought leaders say. It’s also a masterclass in thoughtful succession and cultural continuity.

By Hillary Chabot

May 30, 2025

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Advice, Faculty

Posted in Community, Insights

Zainabou Thiam ’28 sits at a table selling products to waiting customers

Paying Homage to One’s Ancestors Through Entrepreneurship Zainabou Thiam ’28 was raised in the values of Senegal. With the help of Babson, she’s growing her venture, Sunu Body, an African-inspired skin care and wellness brand.

By John Crawford

May 29, 2025

Tagged Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Startups, Undergraduate, Global

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

The champion tennis players pose for a photo with their trophies alongside their coaches

Repeat Champs: Babson’s Doubles Team Nets Second Tennis National Title Olivia Soffer ’25 and Matia Cristiani ’26 captured their second consecutive NCAA Division III doubles national championship in women’s tennis.

By Thought & Action Staff

May 28, 2025

Tagged Athletics, Class of 2025, Undergraduate

Posted in Community

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From Text Prompt to Furniture: The Story Behind Babson’s AI Dam Chair With groundbreaking artificial intelligences advances, Vaness (Reece) Gardner ’26 and Cole Collins ’26 have created what is believed to be the first full-scale, AI-designed chair on a college campus.

May 23, 2025

Tagged Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Class of 2026, Tech Entrepreneurship, Technology, Undergraduate

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Outcomes

College president shakes hands with a student at the Commencement ceremony

Babson’s Graduates Remember the People Who Inspired Them In the final moments before Commencement, just before marching to the ceremony, Babson’s 2025 graduates reflected on their College journeys and the people who supported and inspired them.

By John Crawford, Hillary Chabot

May 22, 2025

Tagged Campus, Commencement, Graduate, Undergraduate, Class of 2025

Posted in Community

Teddy Sourlis holds a microphone while speaking at an event

LISTEN: Changing the Game: The Mind on Sports In Episode 6 of “From Problems to Possibilities,” two Babson College alumni and an expert in mental health philanthropy discuss how entrepreneurial leaders are making an impact at the intersection of sports and mental health.

By Thought & Action Staff

May 21, 2025

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

College students look at computer screen during a financial investment class.

The Turbulent Stock Market Becomes a Classroom for Student Investors Learn how Babson finance experts are helping students turn volatile markets into valuable investing lessons with real capital at stake.

By Hillary Chabot

May 20, 2025

Tagged Faculty, Undergraduate, Graduate

Posted in Insights

Babson College 2025 Commencement graduates

Commencement 2025: ‘What a Joy!’ At Babson’s Commencement on Saturday, more than 4,500 family and friends gathered to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of the Class of 2025.

May 19, 2025

Tagged Commencement, Graduate, Undergraduate, Class of 2025, Campus

Posted in Community

Shenaya “Nay” Martin MBA’25 poses for a photograph

A Mother and Entrepreneur Creates Community for Her Fellow Moms As a new mom facing a challenging time, Shenaya “Nay” Martin MBA’25 founded the support group Zooming Moms. She later started a second group, Moms at Babson, as an MBA student.

By John Crawford

May 15, 2025

Tagged Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Campus, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Graduate, Student Life

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership