Author: Eric Beato

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Eric Beato

Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.

Babson’s Inclusive Excellence Summit Highlights Expanding Opportunities Serial entrepreneur and author Colette A.M. Phillips delivers the keynote address at Babson’s second annual Inclusive Excellence Summit, which celebrates the College’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

Tagged Campus, Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership

Posted in Community

Babson Team Advances to Semifinals of College Fed Challenge

Tagged Class of 2024, Class of 2025, Economics, Faculty, Undergraduate, Class of 2027

Posted in Babson Briefs

From Singapore to Tuscany: Shruti Lohia Hora ’98 and BCW Shruti Lohia Hora ’98, who was instrumental in the success of Babson Connect Worldwide in Singapore, will be welcoming the Babson community to Tuscany and her family’s luxury resort, Castelfalfi, for BCW in March.

Tagged Alumni, Babson Connect Worldwide, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

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‘Truly Gratifying’: Dhruv Grewal Reflects on Impact and Recognitions of His Prolific Research Dhruv Grewal, professor of marketing and the Toyota Chair in Commerce and Electronic Business, has received several major honors, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Marketing Association.

Tagged Faculty, Research

Posted in Community

Young Entrepreneurs Drive ‘Bright Future,’ GEM U.S. Report Shows For the second consecutive year, 18- to 24-year-old entrepreneurs outpace older generations in starting or intending to start businesses, according to the milestone Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) United States 2023–2024 Report.

Tagged Entrepreneurship, Faculty, Research, Sustainability

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Bringing Ideas to Life at Babson’s Weissman Foundry In a prototyping and storytelling session at the Weissman Foundry, a group of students from the Dana Hall School experiences an important part of the entrepreneurial process.

Tagged Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Entrepreneurship Education, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

‘Thriving Together’: Babson Commemorates Juneteenth Tanisha Sullivan, the president of the NAACP Boston Branch, delivered the keynote address at Babson’s annual celebration with a theme of “Thriving Together.”

Tagged Campus, Diversity and Inclusion, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Community

Commencement Speakers to Class of 2024: Values Are Your Guiding Principles Babson College’s Class of 2024 was sent off into the world at Commencement, exhilarated by the energizing words of Arthur M. Blank ’63, H’98, Trustee Eric Johnson ’72, H’24, P’08 and his daughter, Erin Tolefree H’24.

Tagged Class of 2024, Commencement, Graduate, Undergraduate, Campus

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Arthur M. Blank ’63, H’98: Empowering and Inspiring Entrepreneurial Leaders The Babson alumnus who co-founded The Home Depot and owns the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons returns to campus as the Commencement speaker at the undergraduate ceremony May 11.

Tagged Alumni, Class of 2024, Commencement, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

A First Look at the Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village At the first of three Spring Sneak Peek events, the Babson community enjoyed its first sights of the Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village, the first-of-its-kind living and learning space dedicated to entrepreneurial leadership.

Tagged Campus, Entrepreneurship Education, Student Life, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership