Author: Shannon Sweeny Curran

Shannon Sweeny Curran

Writer

Shannon Sweeny Curran

Shannon Sweeny Curran is the Senior Content Strategist at Babson College. Shannon is a writer, content strategist, and works with current students, alumni, and faculty to tell the Babson story. She is also the co-founder and executive director of the movement company ParadiseMoves. She earned her undergraduate degree in political and social communications from Emerson College and is currently an MBA candidate at Babson.

Lauri Union

The Power of the Entrepreneurial Family Running her family business taught Lauri Union the power of family entrepreneurship. Now, she is working to strengthen entrepreneurial families at Babson.

By John Crawford

John Crawford

Senior Journalist

John Crawford

A writer for Babson Thought & Action and the Babson Magazine, John Crawford has been telling the College’s entrepreneurial story for more than 15 years. Assignments for Babson have taken him from Rwanda to El Salvador, from the sweet-smelling factory of a Pennsylvania candy maker, to the stately Atlanta headquarters of an NFL owner, to the bustling office of a New York City fashion designer. Beyond his work for Babson, he has written articles and essays for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Notre Dame Magazine, The Good Men Project, and other publications. He can be found on Twitter, @crawfordwriter, where he tweets about climate change.

, Shannon Sweeny Curran

September 16, 2020

Tagged Family Entrepreneurship, Faculty

Posted in Community

Women Working Together

Breaking Down Barriers for a More Diverse Workplace Babson Executive Education and the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL) have teamed up with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce to break down barriers for women and minorities in the workplace.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

July 16, 2020

Tagged Career, Executive Education, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Posted in Community

Rocket Pitch 2018

Apply for the 20th Annual Rocket Pitch For 20 years, Babson and its Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship have helped hundreds of entrepreneurs propel their business ideas at Rocket Pitch—a signature, fast-paced event for the whole community. Apply now!

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

September 27, 2019

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Startups, Technology, VC & Investing

Posted in Community

Hisham Beydoun

Taking the Lead Hisham Beydoun MBA’19 came to Babson to learn how he could use business to change the world. He is leaving changed by his classmates and the impact he made on the Babson community.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

April 12, 2019

Tagged Graduate, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Matthew Mottola

The Corporate Entrepreneur: Matthew Mottola at Microsoft Matthew Mottola MS’17 is obsessed with fixing both the way we work, and the way we feel about our work. He used his make-it-happen mindset to tackle this problem at Microsoft.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

April 9, 2019

Tagged Corporate Innovation, Alumni, Graduate, Startups

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Shay Jaffar

Shay Gaafar MBA’19 — A Brand Born at Babson Shay Gaafar MBA’19 came to Babson to dive into the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Two years later, she’s leaving with her own brand.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

April 1, 2019

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Graduate, Startups, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Rachel Pardue, co-founder of LOU

"I Walked In And Knew, These Are My People" As a young entrepreneur, Rachel Pardue ’19, co-founder of LOU, often felt like the odd one out—until she found her home at Babson.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

March 28, 2019

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Undergraduate, Startups

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Snow Day

It’s a Babson Snow Day. What Now? It’s official: school is canceled. You are snowed in. What should you do this snow day at Babson? We’ve got a few ideas.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

March 4, 2019

Tagged Campus, Undergraduate, Graduate

Posted in Community

Babson Miami

Bringing the Boardroom to the Classroom What is the CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line doing in a classroom? Imparting wisdom and engaging in a dialogue with Babson students in Miami about real-time business issues.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

March 1, 2019

Tagged Graduate, Entrepreneurship Education, Global

Posted in Community

MBA Students Collaborating

An MBA for the Future of Work The way we work is changing. Employers want critical thinkers. Active learners. Creative problem solvers. In short, they want entrepreneurs. The new Babson MBA is building entrepreneurial leaders who will be ready for this future of work.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

February 27, 2019

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education, Graduate

Posted in Community