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The Importance of a Good Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Creating entrepreneurial ecosystems that drive growth, innovation, and help scale up businesses transforms communities for the better, says these Babson College professors who do just that, all around the world.

By Kara Baskin

November 21, 2019

Tagged Faculty, Research, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

Posted in Insights

Inspired to Give Back Noelia Chacon ’23 draws on her Guatemalan heritage to inspire her to make an impact, wherever she goes.

By Jackie Villacci

November 21, 2019

Tagged Undergraduate, Student Life, Startups, Global

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Enjoying All of the Extras Alicia Gaudet ’22 shares the benefits of extracurricular activities and the lasting impacted it has made on her Babson experience. “Babson has helped me realize how capable I really am.”

By Jackie Villacci

November 20, 2019

Tagged Athletics, Student Life, Undergraduate

Posted in Community

Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

$50 Million Gift Boldly Expands Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson College Top-ranked Babson College and The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation partner to establish the Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, fueling future generations of entrepreneurial leaders.

By Elizabeth Atwater

November 18, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Campus, Entrepreneurship Education, Household Names

Posted in Community

Appreciating the Value of Entrepreneurial Women The latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor women’s report, co-authored by Babson College, demonstrates the value that entrepreneurial women bring to societies around the world.

By Michael Chmura

November 18, 2019

Tagged Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Research, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Posted in Community, Insights

Yes, Students Study Law at Babson Think of Babson, and your mind may understandably turn to entrepreneurship. But the College offers a slew of academic concentrations, including legal studies. Students take law classes at Babson for a variety of reasons. They may be interested in attending law school, or they may know how important some basic knowledge of law is to starting a business.

By 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.

November 15, 2019

Tagged Campus, Student Life, Faculty, Entrepreneurship Education, Class of 2020

Posted in Community

Seeking Your Next Investment? Make it a Babson College Degree Babson College students get back what they put in, and then some. Over 40 years, students have a return on investment of close to $2 million.

By 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.

November 15, 2019

Tagged Career, Research, Student Life

Posted in Insights