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.

Startups That Disrupt
The Babson College MBAs Behind These 'Startups That Disrupt' Poets & Quants recently set out to discover MBA startups with staying power. After scouring 28 campuses and countless companies, here are two Babson College startups that disrupt.
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November 12, 2019

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eTower at Centennial Celebration
eTower, a Venture in Itself eTower is widely known at Babson for the entrepreneurial successes and endeavors of residents past. But, how did it start and why does it endure? Community.
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October 24, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Entrepreneurial Wisdom from Diane von Fürstenberg Diane von Fürstenberg, the first female, and the youngest person to be inducted into The Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs at age 32, joined Babson Connect: Worldwide to share her insights and wisdom.
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October 23, 2019

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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

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

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

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

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

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

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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