Author: Elizabeth Atwater

Elizabeth Atwater

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Elizabeth Atwater

Elizabeth Atwater is the former Associate Director of Content Strategy at Babson College. Her writing has appeared in print and online in a wide range of outlets including Forbes, The Atlantic, Reuters, Chief Learning Officer, BostInno, and Seventeen magazine. Her career includes a stint at a venture capital-backed technology startup, as well as a chapter working for a small, family-run public relations firm. Atwater earned her undergraduate degree at Northwestern University and MBA at Babson College.

How One Babson Student Sold His Startup Max Feber ’21 has been working on his cold-brew coffee company, BRUW since high school. With his senior year at Babson on the horizon, it was time to sell. Here’s how he did it.

Tagged Advice, Class of 2021, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Startups, Q&A

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Educating Educators, Babson Academy Pivots Toward the Future As Babson Academy embraces the new, virtual normal, it is finding innovative ways to connect with entrepreneurship educators worldwide, and discovering new opportunities.

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education, Faculty, Global

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On a Mission to Make Manufacturing Mainstream As co-presidents of the Graduate Manufacturing Club, Pro Asavasatitporn and Mild Suwanpimolkul, both MBA ’21, aim to help make manufacturing meaningful for everyone.

Tagged Graduate, Student Life, Class of 2021

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Lessons from the Blank Family of Businesses At a panel discussion with leaders from the Blank Family of Businesses, Arthur M. Blank ‘63 H’98 described listening and responding as the keys to entrepreneurial success.

Tagged Advice, Alumni, Management, Class of 2021, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

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A Peek Inside the Babson Collaborative When hundreds of educators that believe in the power of entrepreneurship get together, the ideas and energy are palpable.

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education, Faculty, Global, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Babson Collaborative

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An Inside Look at the Online Teaching Training Program This summer, 243 faculty members took part in the Online Teaching Training Program, mastering new skills and tools and learning from one another as Babson prepares to kick off a new academic year.

Tagged Faculty, Babson Together, Online Classes

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Learning Together: Resuming Classes on Campus for Fall Babson’s fall undergraduate and graduate class offerings are designed to maximize face-to-face class interaction, while promoting safe social distance and seamless distance learning when in-person attendance is not possible.

Tagged Babson Together, Campus, Graduate, Undergraduate

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A Penultimate Lecture for the Class of 2020 More than 235 Graduate students tuned in to the Penultimate Lecture, where beloved faculty members offered words of wisdom ahead of the official degree conferral.

Tagged Class of 2020, Advice, Faculty, Graduate

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Why Do Innovation and Creativity Thrive in Crisis? Why is it that in crisis situations, many companies step up and are more innovative and creative than usual? According to Professor Jay Rao, entrepreneurial leadership is part of the answer.

Tagged Corporate Innovation, Faculty, Leadership

Posted in Insights

‘When There’s a Problem, There’s an Opportunity’ Entrepreneurs Matt Nuernberger MBA ’10 and David Zamarin ’19 are in different businesses, yet share a common mission: retooling their operations to stay successful in response to the pandemic.

Tagged Alumni, Babson Heroes, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Startups

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership