Author: Ashley Lucas

Ashley Lucas
Contributing Writer
Ashley Lucas

Ashley Lucas refers to herself as a “recovering entrepreneur” after having spent the last nine years working in the startup space, as a founder, a co-founder, and a venture accelerator director. After launching and leading her own digital media company that took her through the MassChallenge accelerator in 2010, Ashley was recruited to co-lead a startup called The Welcoming Committee, a national events and travel company. There she helped grow a Boston-based community of 2,000 people into a membership base of 35,000 across ten cities. 12 employees, 300+ annual events, and a one million dollar investment raise later, she stepped away from the company to join the team at Babson's Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL). There, Ashley spearheads thought leadership, research, and program marketing efforts in order to disseminate critical information and opportunities that can help female founders reach their ultimate potential.

Their Mission: Empower Women Everywhere Savitha Sridharan MBA’14 and Angela Sanchez MBA’11 are two Babson entrepreneurs united by one extraordinary mission—to empower women everywhere .
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March 8, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Women in STEM
Developing Her Own Opportunities As technology shapes the future, the world looks to women like Gia Douglass ’23 pursuing careers in STEM and diversifying the industry.
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February 11, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Gender Investment Gap
Fighting the Gender Investment Gap As the fight to close the gender wealth gap continues, one Babson alumna uses entrepreneurship to take matters into her own hands.
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August 23, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Female Founders of Mighty Well wins the Babson Breakaway Challenge
5 Creative Ways Female Founders Fund Their Startups Women entrepreneurs are finding creative ways to develop diverse funding portfolios, allowing them to launch, build, and scale their startups without traditional angel and venture capital dollars.
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July 17, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Experts talk Scaling Female Founders at eMerge Americas
To Scale Startups, Female Founders Think Beyond VC Despite a microscope being placed on the lack of capital received by women entrepreneurs, there has been no upward movement. But, as the challenges continue, women founders are blazing new paths toward startup success.
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May 20, 2019

Posted in Insights

The WIN Lab's Mastermind Mentors
Masterminds as Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs Eight Masterminds, armed with over 230 years of combined experience in Boston alone, donated their time and business prowess to Babson's WIN Lab entrepreneurs.
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May 3, 2019

Posted in Community

mentoring matters
No Matter Which Side of the Relationship You’re On, Mentorship Matters From CLTP to WIN Lab®, Diana Yuan ’15 has taken full advantage of the mentor opportunities at Babson. Here she shares her 360-degree view on the mentor-mentee relationship.
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January 31, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

babson's miami WIN lab
FedEx Strengthens WIN Lab® Partnership to Support Emerging Women Leaders FedEx Corp. has agreed to contribute an additional $500,000 to support Babson College’s Miami Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab® to assist and encourage emerging women CEOs looking to create economic and social impact.
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November 28, 2018

Posted in Community

susan perry
How One Founder Transformed Her Pitch and Found Her Voice Babson Professor Lakshmi Balachandra’s research led one entrepreneur to reevaluate how she pitches her business and adopt a bolder, more assertive approach.
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October 3, 2018

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Keep a Mentor Engaged
5 Ways to Keep a Mentor Engaged Five pieces of advice for entrepreneurs who want to find, and keep, a mentor.
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July 11, 2018

Posted in Insights