Author: Kait Smith Lanthier

Kait Smith Lanthier

Managing Editor

Kait Smith Lanthier

Kait Smith Lanthier is the Director, Content Strategy at Babson College and the Managing Editor of Babson Thought & Action. Her writing has appeared in print and online in a variety of outlets including USA Today, Yahoo Shine, YourTango, CosmoGirl, and First for Women magazine. Smith earned her undergraduate degree in journalism and graduate degree in integrated marketing, both from Marist College.

Meet the Babson Names Behind Your Favorite “Shark Tank” Products With Kevin O'Leary of "Shark Tank" coming to Babson this week, read about the College alumni behind some of the memorable businesses from the show.

Tagged Household Names, Startups, VC & Investing, Entrepreneurship

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Seeking a Babson Alumni-Founded Business? Look to Babson Street Featuring everything from apparel and fashion, beverages, eCommerce sites, restaurants, luxury hotels, and more, Babson Street is the College’s "marketplace" of alumni-founded businesses.

Tagged Alumni, Startups

Posted in Community

‘Everyone Has to Be an Entrepreneurial Leader’ In the kickoff to the first Global Entrepreneurial Leadership Week, Babson leaders discussed the need for entrepreneurial leadership worldwide—and how the College is creating them.

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Leadership, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

At Babson College, Arthur Blank’s Values-Based Leadership Takes Center Stage Babson community members from around the world tuned in live to hear Arthur M. Blank ’63, H’98. discuss values-based, human-centric leadership at Babson, in Blank’s businesses, and beyond.

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

Posted in Community

Great Leaders Have These 3 Best Leadership Traits in Common Entrepreneurial leaders are strong risk managers. Exceptional uncertainty navigators. Skilled ambiguity explorers.

Tagged Advice, Leadership

Posted in Insights

Here’s How Babson Will Test Students, Faculty, and Staff for COVID-19 This Fall As students, faculty, and staff diligently prepare for a return to Babson College’s campuses this fall, a critical component of working to safeguard everyone is a plan to test the community for COVID-19.

Tagged Babson Together, Campus

Posted in Community

The Power of One There is power in one voice. That’s the message in a video from the Babson College Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Committee.

Tagged Diversity and Inclusion

Posted in Community

Community Forums Bring Babson Together for Return to Campus Updates Over the course of three days, more than 1,300 Babson community members gathered virtually for community forums focused on the College’s return to campus plan.

Tagged Babson Together, Faculty, Graduate, Student Life, Undergraduate

Posted in Community

8 Questions (And Answers) About Dining Together This Fall We partnered with the Dining Services team to answer your most pressing questions about dining together this fall.

Tagged Babson Together, Student Life

Posted in Community

Staying Healthy Together: A Q&A The latest in our series of Babson Together Instagram Q&As focused on staying healthy together this fall.

Tagged Babson Together

Posted in Community