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.

Jacob Fohtung
One Student’s Quest to Transform Africa Jacob Fohtung MBA’19, MS’20 is using his Babson degrees to move him closer to his ultimate goal of transforming the continent of Africa.
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July 23, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Students make their pitch on the Hot Seat at the Summer Venture Program.
Stepping Up to the Hot Seat As the annual Summer Venture Program concludes, entrepreneurs take turns pitching their endeavor to perfect their articulation and persuasion skills.
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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.
July 22, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Barber Family
One Family’s Non-Linear Family Entrepreneurship Journey For three generations, the Barber family has evolved their business from a small butcher shop to a national food industry leader.
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July 18, 2019

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Female Founders of Mighty Well wins the Babson Breakaway Challenge
5 Creative Ways Female Founders Fund Their Startups Women entrepreneurs are finding creative ways to develop diverse funding portfolios, allowing them to launch, build, and scale their startups without traditional angel and venture capital dollars.
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July 17, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Helping Professors Thrive with Custom Coaching Through customized coaching, David James MBA’18 helps professors achieve their classroom goals and become better teachers.
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July 17, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

World Cup USWNT
From the World Cup to Babson: Building a Winning Culture What can we learn from the USWNT’s World Cup Victory? Building a championship culture starts with embedding the right values.
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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.
July 15, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Babson College Amplifier Course
Amplifying Family Business For students thinking about entering their family’s business, the Amplifier program prepares them for a future position.
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July 9, 2019

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Ryan Ross MBA'20 and his family
Balancing Work, Life, and a Part-Time MBA Ryan Ross works full time, he’s a parent, and he’s pursuing an MBA at Babson. That makes for a full, busy life, but Ross embraces it. Going to school inspires him.
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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.
June 26, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Kai Lightner
An Entrepreneur with Eyes on the Olympics Parallels between rock climbing and business led world-champion climber and Babson sophomore Kai Lightner ’22 to pursue a career in entrepreneurship.
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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.
June 24, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Tufankjian family
When Babson, and Business, Run in the Family For this family, a Babson education and starting your own business spans two generations.
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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.
June 21, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership