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.

Natalie Chong poses for a photo while leaning on a recycling bin

How One Student Drives Real Change Through Sustainability From small steps to long-term solutions, Natalie Chong ’25 champions initiatives to demonstrate how sustainability and entrepreneurship can coexist and create change on campus and beyond.

By Hillary Chabot

April 1, 2025

Tagged Class of 2025, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Sustainability, Babson Magazine

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

From Problems to Possibilities: Babson’s New Entrepreneurial Leadership Podcast Babson’s new podcast explores how entrepreneurial leaders in the Babson community and beyond are working on solving some of the world’s biggest problems with the unique skills that the world needs today.

March 31, 2025

Tagged Entrepreneurial Leadership, Faculty, Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Artist rendering of the new 77,600-square foot Executive Lodge and Conference Center

Babson Expansion to Transform the Living-Learning Experience for All Learners Babson announced a historic capital plan to complete the full vision of the Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village and build a new lodging, learning, and event space for professional and executive programs.

March 24, 2025

Tagged Campus, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurship Education, Professional and Executive Education

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Group of four people applaud while standing at a podium

Jahazii Wins $10,000 at Inaugural Zest for Africa Challenge The Zest for Africa Challenge, a new pitch competition organized by the Black Graduate Club, aims to provide early-stage African founders access to Babson resources.

By Hillary Chabot

March 19, 2025

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Graduate, Startups, Class of 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Soft skills such as emotional intelligence and adaptability, have become vital in today's workplace, Babson management experts said. (Photo: Viacheslav Yakobchuk)

What Are Soft Skills and Why Are They Important in Business? Babson experts define soft skills, such as emotional intelligence and communication, and explain why they are essential for career growth and success in today’s evolving workplace.

By Hillary Chabot

March 17, 2025

Tagged Faculty, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Engaged students are seated at tables during a classroom presentation

Groundbreaking Babson Research Advances the Field of Entrepreneurial Leadership New research from Babson College offers the first conceptual model of entrepreneurial leadership, showing the need to build meaningful relationships, inspire creativity, and support risk-taking behaviors to solve the world’s problems.

March 12, 2025

Tagged Entrepreneurial Leadership, Faculty, Research, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Jeanie Chung and Alec Leddon pose for a photo by the Charles River

Turning Personal Loss into Life-Saving Innovation With the help of the SUD Sprint program at the Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Jeanie Chung is turning personal tragedy into a life-saving solution to the opioid crisis.

By Vannessa Rodriguez

February 27, 2025

Tagged Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurship Education, Health Innovation, Graduate

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Aleksandr Malashchenko and Sebastian Gomez-Puerto pose for a photo together

‘Babson Success Story’: What Happens When Two MBA Alumni Collaborate Aleksandr Malashchenko MBA’24 needed product design help for his company, ReviMo. Enter Sebastian Gomez-Puerto MBA’14, whose company, General Populace, provided just the right lift.

February 10, 2025

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Graduate, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Outcomes

Side-by-side headshots of Trond Undheim and Tom Davenport

Babson Appoints Undheim, Davenport to Leadership Roles with Metropoulos Institute Trond Undheim has been named the executive director and Tom Davenport the faculty director of the College’s new C. Dean Metropoulos Institute for Technology and Entrepreneurship.

February 5, 2025

Tagged Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Faculty, Tech Entrepreneurship, Technology

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Office workers sitting and talking around a table

Leadership vs. Management: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know What are the differences and nuances between being a leader and being a manager, particularly at a startup? Babson Professor Joseph Weintraub shares his thoughts.

By John Crawford

February 4, 2025

Tagged Advice, Faculty, Leadership, Startups, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights