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.

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

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.
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December 13, 2018

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.
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December 5, 2018

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.
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November 16, 2018

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.
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October 26, 2018

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Richelieu Dennis
We Need More Babsons: Richelieu Dennis on Economic Opportunity as a Vehicle for Change Entrepreneur, investor, social innovator Richelieu Dennis ’91 addresses the need for access, capital, and expertise in order for entrepreneurs to create economic opportunity.
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October 23, 2018

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

susan perry
How One Founder Transformed Her Pitch and Found Her Voice Babson Professor Lakshmi Balachandra’s research led one entrepreneur to reevaluate how she pitches her business and adopt a bolder, more assertive approach.
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October 3, 2018

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Hanson Grant and Ken Zhang
“Life as an Entrepreneur? It’s Pretty Freaking Exciting” Two years after college, Hanson Grant ’16 is celebrating the success of his startup, Think Board, and a strategic new partnership with Rocketbook.
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October 3, 2018

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership