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.

Honest Stories from Women Leaders A spreadsheet malfunction that prompted a moment of clarity. An entrepreneur’s brush with anthropology. The challenges of being women in male-dominated industries. Hear anecdotes, advice, and life lessons from some of Boston's top female CEOs.

Tagged Women's Leadership, Career, Advice

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

5 Teen Entrepreneurship Programs Teaching More Than Business Skills Rooted in the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, these programs prepare students for college, teach them to follow their passions, and inspire them to create ventures.

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Youth Entrepreneurship: A Valuable Life Lesson Entrepreneurship education does more than encourage youth to start a business; it prepares them for life.

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

3 Initiatives Introducing Entrepreneurial Skills To Preteens Programs like Lemonade day use entrepreneurship as a vehicle to teach children creative thinking, problem solving, financial smarts, and other important life skills.

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Students Backing Students: The Rise of the Dorm Room Venture Capitalist Rough Draft Ventures' peers-funding-peers model gives young entrepreneurs access to equity-free capital and resources, and gives students access to learning about the Venture Capital industry. Above all, it encourages entrepreneurship and creates a community of student founders that have gone on to launch successful ventures after graduation.

Tagged VC & Investing, Startups

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

How Coca-Cola is Leading Women’s Empowerment in the Developing World What does it mean to empower women? For the Coca-Cola Company, women’s empowerment takes form in 5by20, a global initiative to enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company’s value chain by 2020.

Tagged Women's Leadership, Global, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

4 Ways To Ace Your Venture Capital Funding Pitch Ideas are a dime a dozen. It’s a harsh but true reality, especially for entrepreneurs seeking venture funding. In a world with millions of ideas, many of which are the same, why should a venture capitalist fund yours?

Tagged VC & Investing, Advice, Startups

Posted in Insights

Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo’s Advice for Entrepreneurial Women In the early 2000s, the Yellow Pages just weren’t cutting it. At least not for Sheila Lirio Marcelo, who was struggling to find care for her newborn child and her ailing father. Her struggle to find suitable care inspired her to develop a better solution for families everywhere.

Tagged Women's Leadership, Advice, Startups, Household Names

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

TripAdvisor’s Stephen Kaufer on Shifting from Founder to CEO Stephen Kaufer has been with TripAdvisor throughout its 16-year journey from B2B vertical search engine to becoming the world’s largest travel site. Along the way, he has steered the company through pivots, sales, acquisitions and an IPO, to become an industry-leader in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving market.

Tagged Household Names, Technology, Startups, Corporate Innovation

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Growing the Maker Movement at American Field For entrepreneur Mark Bollman the concept of American Made isn't a trend or passing fad. It's a movement showcasing the best in American made goods, and the entrepreneurs behind them.

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Startups

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership