« Babson Thought & Action

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.

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.
By
July 28, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-24 21:20:08
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.
By
July 27, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

2026-05-20 21:50:07
Empowering words for women, by women
Empowering Words for Women, By Women A look back at some of the most empowering words for women, by women, at Babson.
By
July 17, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

2026-05-25 19:07:56
Bringing the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Government
Bringing the Entrepreneurial Mindset to the Halls of Government A new Babson program, B-AGILE, is bringing innovation and the entrepreneurial mindset to a place that touches on many aspects of our lives: government.
By
July 17, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-22 23:34:54
Babson Collaborative Global Student Challenge
Babson Collaborative Tackles Sustainability in Global Student Challenge Each year, the Babson Collaborative invites college students to address the problems of tomorrow. Teams rise through rounds of competition to get to the Global Phase, judged by Babson professors.
By
July 14, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-25 19:07:56
A customer stocks Clorox in a shopping cart
Everybody Is Buying Disinfectant Graduate students had the opportunity to virtually engage with an executive at Clorox, which has continued to innovate while meeting heightened demand.
By
June 29, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

2026-04-16 23:56:53
Cleancult
When One Babson Entrepreneur Helps Another The founders of Cleancult had spent several years perfecting their product, but one hurdle still remained: finding investors. That’s when the co-founder of Bombas stepped up.
By
June 22, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-22 21:59:58
Kristina Feasey MBA'21, manager of strategic business operations in College Marketing
Embracing an Agile Mindset Juggling school, work, and family, part-time MBA student Kristina Feasey MBA’21 embraces an agile mindset in her full-time role with College Marketing.
By
June 17, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-17 21:48:04
Sports without fans will have a significant effect on sports analytics, says Professor Rick Cleary.
How a Different View of Sports Will Present a New Way to Learn Sports leagues are nearing restarts with a different look. According to Professor Rick Cleary, these new variances present an optimal opportunity to learn.
By
June 17, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-21 16:05:03
Nour Al-Sultan ’14 (L.) and Hiyam Nadel MBA’13 have innovated together at Massachusetts General Hospital against COVID-19
Two Babson Grads, From Two Programs, Innovating Together Against COVID-19 At a top Boston-area hospital, Hiyam Nadel MBA’13 and Nour Al-Sultan ’14 led innovation in the fight to eradicate coronavirus.
By
June 16, 2020

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-22 21:59:58