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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.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos
Will Jeff Bezos Save the Planet? “The purpose of wealth is to solve problems,” says Raj Sisodia, as Amazon’s Jeff Bezos’s net worth passes $200 billion and he commits to fight climate change.
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September 3, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

2026-05-03 02:41:47
Jeffrey Brown ’86
When the Community Has Your Back Supermarket owner Jeffrey Brown ’86 has long supported his stores’ communities. When social unrest affected his supermarkets, those communities, in turn, supported him.
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August 25, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-30 04:53:04
Best Leadership Traits for Entrepreneurs, According to Mandy Bowman ’12
The Best Entrepreneurial Leadership Traits, According to Mandy Bowman ’12 Official Black Wall Street founder Mandy Bowman ’12 shared her best entrepreneurial leadership traits as part of Babson’s Summer Catalyst Showcase.
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August 18, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-30 04:53:04
Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Entrepreneurial Leaders Fuel the Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine From researchers to manufacturers, a look at the critical role that entrepreneurial leaders play in the high-stakes race for a COVID-19 vaccine.
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August 18, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-30 04:53:04
Official Black Wall Street founder Mandy Bowman '12
GEM Data: Black Entrepreneurship Represents Highest Rate in U.S. The rate of Black entrepreneurship across the United States has intensified since 2014, and it’s because of innovators like Mandy Bowman ’12.
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August 13, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

2026-05-08 22:38:30
Inspiring Business Ideas
Inspiring Business Ideas from the Entrepreneurial Women of Babson Are you looking to start a venture and need some inspiration? Delve into these business ideas from risk-taking, rule-breaking, status-quo-shaking women.
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August 12, 2020

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2026-05-02 00:56:56
New Art Collective Live Performance
Princess Diana Award Winner Brings Business to the Arts Performing art and business don’t always go hand in hand. But, to this Babson student, they’re a perfect match.
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August 11, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-16 12:53:53
Women in Small Business Face the Challenges of the Pandemic
Faced with the Pandemic, Women in Small Business Take Action Women in small business already face obstacles when compared to their male counterparts, and those issues are only compounded by the pandemic. Still, many remain resilient.
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August 3, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-08 17:19:00
Brandale Randolph with a bicycle
Entrepreneurship as Protest Brandale Randolph demonstrates the power of entrepreneurship by selling top-end, high-tech bicycles to police departments.
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July 28, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-30 21:10:49
We Need Innovation in Leadership. Here’s How to Teach It. Babson Professor Sebastian Fixson knows that innovation in leadership is teachable. He explains why, and shows us how to teach innovation to college students.
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July 27, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

2026-04-22 23:34:54