Shay Jaffar
Shay Gaafar MBA’19 — A Brand Born at Babson Shay Gaafar MBA’19 came to Babson to dive into the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Two years later, she’s leaving with her own brand.
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April 1, 2019

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Brian Barefoot Athletics Challenge Reaches New Heights In this year’s Brian Barefoot Athletics Challenge, more than 1,800 donors contributed more than $170,000—both all-time highs.
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March 29, 2019

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Babson BETA Challenge Winners
B.E.T.A. Challenge Winners: Where Are They Now? What happens after you win the B.E.T.A. Challenge? WIth this year's Venture Expo and Finale nearing, The Blank Center caught up with past winners for updates on their businesses.
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March 28, 2019

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Rachel Pardue, co-founder of LOU
"I Walked In And Knew, These Are My People" As a young entrepreneur, Rachel Pardue ’19, co-founder of LOU, often felt like the odd one out—until she found her home at Babson.
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March 28, 2019

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Katherine Craven P'22
Katherine Craven P’22 Named Chair of Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Katherine Craven P’22, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer at Babson, has been appointed Chair of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education by Gov. Charlie Baker.
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March 27, 2019

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Consult Cafe
Meet Us at the Consult Café Thirty local nonprofits recently gathered at Babson Boston to explore how to put entrepreneurial thought into action in order to advance their missions. They took away concrete ideas about marketing, social media, media relations, and fundraising.
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March 22, 2019

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Maternova
From Commander to Student to Fellow to CEO As graduation approached for Prakash Veenam MBA '18, he took advantage of a summer fellowship offered through the Leonard A. Schlesinger Fund for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship. That fellowship paved the way for Veenam to become CEO just three months later.
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March 20, 2019

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Julia Dean
CREATEing a Lasting Impact Julia Dean ’19 didn’t come to Babson for business. She came for the liberal arts, and is leaving behind a legacy of creative problem solving.
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March 18, 2019

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Lydia Stetson '19
When Students Become Teachers Lydia Stetson ’19 has a passion for the restaurant business. By teaching a Senior-Led Seminar, she is able to share her knowledge of the industry with her fellow students.
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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.
March 14, 2019

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GEM
Setting the Stage for Startup Success Now more than ever, American entrepreneurs see good business opportunities around them. So, what will it take for them to act on it—and to be successful?
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March 11, 2019

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