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Whether it happens in the classroom, while consulting with our partner companies, or at one of our global hubs, we bring you compelling stories about what’s happening throughout the Babson College community.

Meagan Priest MS'19 and Oscar Flores MS'19 presenting Dottie
Summer Venture Showcase Concludes 10-Week Boston Accelerator On July 25, 13 student startup teams capped off an intense 10-week accelerator program at Babson’s Summer Venture Showcase at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
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July 30, 2019

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Entrepreneurial mindset
From Entrepreneurial Leader to Entrepreneur in Residence Tech CEO Priya Iyer takes on her newest role: Entrepreneur in Residence at Babson's Blank Center.
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July 29, 2019

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Career Fair
Babson a Founding School in Career Readiness Project There’s a new way to assess how career ready new graduates are, and Babson has been a partner in the initiative since day one.
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July 26, 2019

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St. Louis Blues president and CEO of business operations Chris Zimmerman
Savoring a Stanley Cup Victory Chris Zimmerman MBA’83 topped years of accomplishments as a hockey player, coach, and NHL executive on a special night last month at Boston’s TD Garden.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
July 26, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Debi Kleiman
Convening Babson’s Entrepreneurial Community At the supportive community of the Blank Center, Debi Kleiman helps entrepreneurs to tell their personal stories.
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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.
July 24, 2019

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Students make their pitch on the Hot Seat at the Summer Venture Program.
Stepping Up to the Hot Seat As the annual Summer Venture Program concludes, entrepreneurs take turns pitching their endeavor to perfect their articulation and persuasion skills.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
July 22, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Here's What Babson Students are Learning During Summer Internships Undergraduate students are sharing lessons from their summer internships on Babson’s blog platform. Here's what they learned.
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July 19, 2019

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World Cup USWNT
From the World Cup to Babson: Building a Winning Culture What can we learn from the USWNT’s World Cup Victory? Building a championship culture starts with embedding the right values.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
July 15, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Babson Recreation and Athletics Complex
BRAC Project Just Shy of Finish Line The countdown is on for the opening of the Babson Recreation and Athletics Complex as work nears completion on the state-of-the-art facility.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
July 12, 2019

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SEC Chairman Jay Clayton at Babson Boston
Major Change for Asset Managers, Says SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, visited Babson Boston to share his insights on anew regulation a decade in the making.
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Farrah Narkiewicz
Contributing Writer
Farrah Narkiewicz
Farrah Narkiewicz is the Program & Marketing Manager for the Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance. She previously spent over seven years on a regional marketing team in ad sales. Farrah earned her undergraduate degree from UMass Amherst.
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July 12, 2019

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