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.

Rachel Pardue, co-founder of LOU
"I Walked In And Knew, These Are My People" As a young entrepreneur, Rachel Pardue ’19, co-founder of LOU, often felt like the odd one out—until she found her home at Babson.
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March 28, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Maternova
From Commander to Student to Fellow to CEO As graduation approached for Prakash Veenam MBA '18, he took advantage of a summer fellowship offered through the Leonard A. Schlesinger Fund for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship. That fellowship paved the way for Veenam to become CEO just three months later.
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March 20, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Julia Dean
CREATEing a Lasting Impact Julia Dean ’19 didn’t come to Babson for business. She came for the liberal arts, and is leaving behind a legacy of creative problem solving.
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March 18, 2019

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Marla Capozzi
Chair of the Board of Trustees, Marla Capozzi, Urges Students to Never Stop Learning Fundamentally, academia and business are two very different industries. Babson student Jess Chartier ’20 sat down with Babson Board of Trustees Chair Marla Capozzi MBA’96 to discuss the differences and similarities of leading a college and a management consulting firm at the same time.
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March 8, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Melissa Denizard
Storytelling for Social Justice in Flint and Beyond Melissa Denizard ’20 fell in love with filmmaking in high school. Her latest project? A documentary on Flint, Michigan's water crisis.
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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.
February 20, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Katrina Fludd, President, Babson Black Affinity Network
Bringing an Entrepreneurial Mindset to Diversity and Inclusion Katrina Fludd ’08, MS’10 is on a mission. Her charge? To disrupt the way organizations think about diversity and inclusion.
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February 9, 2019

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mentoring matters
No Matter Which Side of the Relationship You’re On, Mentorship Matters From CLTP to WIN Lab®, Diana Yuan ’15 has taken full advantage of the mentor opportunities at Babson. Here she shares her 360-degree view on the mentor-mentee relationship.
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January 31, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

babson resolutions
Babson Entrepreneurs Resolve to Achieve, Get Inspired, and Aspire in 2019 We asked a group of Babson entrepreneurs what they hope to accomplish in 2019. Read on for their resolutions (and nonresolutions, too).
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January 4, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Max Feber pitching BRUW Shark Tank
From the Classroom to Shark Tank, Max Feber’s Future is BRUWing Babson College student Max Feber ’21 is the founder and CEO of BRUW, the cold brew filter changing the game on how people drink and make coffee.
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January 2, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Jessica-Lynch
Determined to Keep Your New Year’s Resolution? Wishroute Is With You Just in time for your New Year's Resolutions, meet the three-time Babson graduate behind Wishroute, an accountability service that provides a human-powered path to wellness.
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January 1, 2019

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