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Ramon Mendiola

People, Planet, Profits: A Recipe for Triple Bottom Line Why Ramon Mendiola, CEO of FIFCO, merged the company’s business strategy with corporate social responsibility.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

August 14, 2017

Tagged Social Innovation, Global, Corporate Innovation

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

corporate angel investors

Intrapreneurs as Corporate Angel Investors Four ways to identify the corporate angel investors, intraprenuers who champion innovation.

By Ramon Salinas

August 2, 2017

Tagged VC & Investing, Corporate Innovation, Commentary, Company Culture

Posted in Insights

Workbar Boston

Need Space for Your Startup? Consider Co-working How do you improve an already world-renowned startup accelerator? The answer for Babson's Summer Venture program was simple: co-working.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 26, 2017

Tagged Startups, Advice

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Miami

Startup City: Miami’s Emerging Entrepreneurial Ecosystem A new entrepreneurial hub city has emerged far from the sphere of Silicon Valley or the bustling Northeast. That place? Miami.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 19, 2017

Tagged Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Advice, Commentary, Global

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Paul Quinn Football Field

Disrupting the Status Quo Social innovators Rosanne Haggerty and Michael Sorrell are challenging traditional models of doing business, using entrepreneurship to reshape and reimagine the communities—and the world—we live in

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 5, 2017

Tagged Nonprofit, Women's Leadership, Social Innovation

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Design Thinking

Beyond the Buzzword: Why Your Business Needs Design Thinking Design thinking is more than just a buzzword; it's an innovative, effective path to innovation.

June 28, 2017

Tagged Company Culture, Advice, Corporate Innovation, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Insights

Smart Liberia

Tackling Sustainability Goals with Social Innovation in Liberia Taylor Quinn and Marvin Tarawally are using entrepreneurial thought and action to tackle combat malnutrition and advance education in Liberia.

May 30, 2017

Tagged Social Innovation, Global, Startups, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

teaching entrepreneurship heidi neck

Teaching Entrepreneurship: An Interview with Heidi Neck Heidi Neck, one of the most influential thinkers in teaching entrepreneurship, speaks about her book and the importance of entrepreneurship education.

By Elizabeth Atwater

April 27, 2017

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education, Books, Research

Posted in Insights

Inspirational Commencement Speeches

5 Entrepreneurial Lessons From Inspirational Commencement Speeches Before the handshake, the diploma exchange, the turning of tassels, or the tossing of caps, this year’s crop of college graduates will experience a treasured tradition: inspirational commencement speeches.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

April 26, 2017

Tagged Advice

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Jamie Kent

Meet Jamie Kent: Singer, Songwriter, Entrepreneur Country artist Jamie Kent owes his career success to a blend of pure talent and dedication with a side of entrepreneurship.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

April 10, 2017

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership