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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.

Video game players in competition
The Wide, Widening World of Esports Esports continue to grow in popularity. At Babson, an esports club offers students competition and camaraderie, while an alumnus has become a major player in the industry.
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January 8, 2021

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-06-04 13:54:32
Student working in a Babson Commons at Horn Library study room
These Are the Opportunities Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize on in 2021 As we kick off 2021, we asked a number of our professors who have a range of expertises to forecast this year’s opportunities for entrepreneurs.
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January 5, 2021

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-31 10:48:46
Mighty Well co-founders (from left) Yousef Al-Humaidhi ’15, Emily Levy ’16, and Maria Del Mar Gomez ’16
When Making Masks Proves Purposeful and Personal For Babson-built Mighty Well, expanding into the production of face masks was no pivot. It was purposeful and personal.
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January 4, 2021

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-06-07 21:57:41
The Network Effect At this Class of 2020 startup, a pair of students from different graduate programs take advantage of dynamic and unexpected opportunities.
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December 8, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-06-04 13:54:32
Giullia Jaques Caldeira ’24
Her Hometown Is in Her Heart Her Brazilian hometown is often on the mind of Giullia Jaques Caldeira ’24, who works to support her mom there and founded an organization aiding women in an area prison.
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November 23, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-06-07 21:57:41
Collage of Jeff Hoffman, Elle Macpherson, and Pitbull
Celebrity Entrepreneurs Inspire Young Entrepreneurial Leaders Pitbull, Elle Macpherson P’20, and Jeff Hoffman share their experiences and their advice to motivate and empower young entrepreneurial leaders.
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November 20, 2020

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2026-06-07 21:57:41
Family entrepreneurs meet at IFE in 2019
Why Family Entrepreneurship is the New Family Business Many think of family businesses as passed down from one generation to the next. Findings from the first ever Family Entrepreneurship Report by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) debunk that assumption.
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November 13, 2020

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2026-05-14 21:10:56
Maxine Anderson ’22
An Entrepreneur Pursues a Passion for Education As a high school tutor, Maxine Anderson ’22 developed a passion for education. Now, as the co-founder of Arist, she’s helping create learning opportunities around the world.
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November 13, 2020

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2026-06-07 21:57:41
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.
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November 12, 2020

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2026-05-06 02:32:32
Image of Ela Gokcigdem '24
Presidential Scholar Sets Sights on Solving Climate Change Presidential Scholar Ela Gokcigdem ’24 shows that the path to becoming a social entrepreneur is through hard work, perseverance, and trial and error.
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November 12, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-31 09:58:21