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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

October 17, 2023

Tagged Household Names, Startups, VC & Investing, Entrepreneurship

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Babson Street

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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

November 25, 2020

Tagged Alumni, Startups

Posted in Community

Overview of the Babson College campus

‘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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

November 12, 2020

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

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Arthur Blank at Babson College

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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

October 16, 2020

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

Posted in Community

Best Leadership Traits

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

By Kait Smith Lanthier

August 4, 2020

Tagged Advice, Leadership

Posted in Insights

Women in a testing facility

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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 23, 2020

Tagged Babson Together, Campus

Posted in Community

The Power of One

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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 20, 2020

Tagged Diversity and Inclusion

Posted in Community

Community Forums

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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 20, 2020

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

Posted in Community

Dining Together

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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 17, 2020

Tagged Babson Together, Student Life

Posted in Community

staying healthy together

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

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 15, 2020

Tagged Babson Together

Posted in Community