Entrepreneurial Leadership

The world needs entrepreneurial leaders to solve complex challenges that have persisted for decades or longer, as well as future ones we can’t even envision yet. Entrepreneurial leadership is both a skill set and a mindset, and entrepreneurial leaders impact businesses, organizations, and society because they put people first and manage in a relational way. Here, we illustrate the impact of entrepreneurial leadership through inspiring and uplifting stories from the Babson community and beyond.

Jason Shatsky poses with the grand-prize $100,000 check

TicketRev Wins ePitch—and $100,000 Jason Shatsky ’21, CEO and founder of TicketRev, won ePitch and its $100,000 grand prize—Babson’s largest winning prize—during the finale at eMerge Americas in Miami.

By Eric Beato

April 20, 2022

Tagged Startups, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Alumni, Class of 2021, Class of 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-12 05:25:39

A young student with headphones works on a laptop

B.E.T.A. Challenge Finalists Innovating in Education Technology Two of the B.E.T.A. Challenge finalists—Mauricio Nogueira Silverio ’24 of iDuk and Alexander Deeb ’14 of ClassHook—offer their insights on the edtech space and their ventures.

By Eric Beato

April 12, 2022

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Undergraduate, Graduate, Alumni, Class of 2024, Startups, Student Life

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-26 02:27:08

Graduate students pose with a Babson pennant

The Best MBA for Entrepreneurship and a ‘Mandate to Lead’ Babson College’s graduate school once again has been validated as the Best MBA for Entrepreneurship, earning the No. 1 ranking from U.S. News & World Report for the 29th consecutive year.

By Eric Beato

March 29, 2022

Tagged Career, Entrepreneurship Education, Graduate

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-16 00:59:15

Amanda Elam has authored dozens of journal articles on women's entrepreneurship.

Amanda Elam: Examining the Gender Gap in Business Amanda Elam, a research fellow at the Diana International Research Institute at Babson College, specializes in women’s entrepreneurship around the world.

By Leslie Macmillan

March 22, 2022

Tagged Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Research, People of Babson

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

2026-03-23 22:06:13

Mackenzie Silverio Henderson ’00 stands with her husband, Jermaine, and son, Tyler, on the basketball court at TD Garden

A Basketball Trailblazer and Champion for Women As the first woman vice president with the Boston Celtics, Mackenzie Silverio Henderson ’00 demonstrates the value of diversity in male-dominated fields.

By 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.

March 18, 2022

Tagged Women's Leadership, Alumni, Career, Inclusive Excellence, Mentoring & Networking, Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership