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.

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.

By John Crawford

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

Tagged Social Innovation, Undergraduate, Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Campus, Class of 2020

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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

February 9, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Career, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Campus, Women's Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

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.

By Ashley Lucas

January 31, 2019

Tagged Advice, Mentoring & Networking, Alumni, Women's Leadership

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).

By Alexandra Dunk

January 4, 2019

Tagged Advice, Campus, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds

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.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

January 2, 2019

Tagged Startups, Undergraduate

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.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

January 1, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Startups, Women's Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

art in kingston jamaica

For Kingston Creative, Revitalizing a City Relies on Entrepreneurship Kingston Creative is an initiative whose stated goal is no less than the revitalization of an entire city. But it’s all in a day’s work for Jennifer Bailey, assistant professor of technology and operations management.

By Jane Dornbusch

December 13, 2018

Tagged Faculty, Social Innovation, Global

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Josh Eby

5 Questions with Josh Eby '18 Josh Eby '18 uses his entrepreneurial mindset in a career as a consultant with BerryDunn. We talked to him about the Babson experiences, including a semester abroad in the BRIC program, that helped prepare him for life after college.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

December 5, 2018

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Undergraduate

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Erin Janklow of Entrada ESL

Breaking Down Language Barriers with Entrada ESL Social entrepreneur Erin Janklow MBA’14, founder of Entrada ESL, is working with companies such as Rent the Runway, Vail Resorts, and the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance to teach English as a second language to labor workers.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

November 16, 2018

Tagged Startups, Women's Leadership, Technology, Social Innovation

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Mayor of Parkland, Fla., Christine Hunchofsky

For the Mayor of Parkland, Entrepreneurship Makes All the Difference If you ask Christine Hunschofsky MBA’96, mayor of Parkland, Florida, how she landed in the public sector, she’ll tell you she just kind of fell into it. But the entrepreneurial mindset she developed at Babson helped prepare her for the job.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

October 26, 2018

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Women's Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership