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.

Adriana and Gustavo Cisneros
The Next Generation Two generations of the Cisneros family business shared their take on succession planning and more during Babson Connect: Worldwide.
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October 18, 2019

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Taline Karozichian '21 meeting Kevin Harrington at Babson's Weissman Foundry
Students Reinvent the Pitch with Kevin Harrington Twenty-eight years ago, Kevin Harrington was a young entrepreneur making $50 million in revenue. Fast forward a few years, and the $50 million became $500 million. What made the difference? Babson.
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October 17, 2019

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Michael Daboll graduated from Babson with an operations management concentration
Finding His Happy Work Driven by his love for operations management, Michael Daboll ’19 is approaching the end of his time at Babson with a clear path and career in sight.
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October 16, 2019

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Deborah Cohen
Babson Entrepreneurs Sweep Boston Titles Boston competitions - BostInno’s 50 On Fire and 25 Under 25, the Boston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40, and the MassChallenge Boston Top 20 finalists cohort - have honored many Babson students and alumni entrepreneurs this fall.
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October 11, 2019

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Judson Althoff, Executive VP at Microsoft
How Microsoft Got Its Groove Back Judson Althoff P’22 offers an inside look at how he helped lead the largest corporate transformation in Microsoft’s more than 40-year history.
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October 8, 2019

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Workplace diversity with Aaron Walton
The Courage to Collide Aaron Walton ’83 has set out to change the approach to diversity in the workplace, and he’s starting with his own company.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
October 7, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Kyla Christie '22 with Jamie Kent '09 and music executives at stARTup!
It's Not Entrepreneurship, It's Artrepreneurship What does Jamie Kent ’09 think is the biggest opportunity and the greatest hope for the music industry? Is it the next emerging artist? A new genre? No—it’s blockchain technology.
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October 4, 2019

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Erika Karp
Can the Financial Markets Make the World a Better Place? Erika Karp’s investment firm helps clients make a social impact with their money. Babson recently honored her with the Centennial Social Innovator Award.
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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.
October 1, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Boston Mayor Walsh
The Bottom Line? Stay in Boston. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and other leading local players, including Governor Charlie Baker, joined Babson for its Centennial Celebration. All agree, Boston is the best place to be.
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September 27, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Business of Sports Entrepreneurship
The Business of Sports Success in business and sports entrepreneurship is intertwined through organizational strategy, says Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank.
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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.
September 25, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights