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Six Strategies for Negotiating a Job Offer A company made you a job offer. Congratulations. Now comes the next step: negotiations. Babson’s Center for Career Development offers six strategies.

By 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.

January 17, 2024

Tagged Career, Advice

Posted in Insights

‘Make a Career of Humanity’: How MLK’s Legacy Empowers Lavar Buckmon ’26 as an Entrepreneur In his essay, the Babson Diversity Leadership Scholar reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and how it has influenced his entrepreneurial journey and shaped his leadership style.

By Lavar Buckmon ’26

January 14, 2024

Tagged Inclusive Excellence, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Leadership, Class of 2026

Posted in Community, Insights

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Taking a Chance Beats Checking a Box: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem When it comes to building an entrepreneurial ecosystem, Babson Academy's online course has made an impact on educators like Marietta College’s Jacqueline Khorassani.

By Alex Koktsidis

January 12, 2024

Tagged Babson Academy, Babson Collaborative, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Insights, Outcomes

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Want to Boost Your Company’s Growth? Upskill Your Workforce. Here’s How. In an article from Entrepreneur magazine, Stephen Flavin, executive director of Babson Executive Education, offers three tips for how organizations to take full advantage of corporate training and executive education.

By Stephen Flavin

January 11, 2024

Tagged Entrepreneurial Leadership, Executive Education, Faculty, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

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5 Tips to Future-Proof Your Career What can students and professionals do to keep up with the changing times? Babson College’s Graduate Center for Career Development (CCD) has some advice for job readiness for life.

By Alex Koktsidis

January 11, 2024

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Entrepreneurship Education, Career

Posted in Insights

How One Babson Student Sold His Startup Max Feber ’21 has been working on his cold-brew coffee company, BRUW since high school. With his senior year at Babson on the horizon, it was time to sell. Here’s how he did it.

By Elizabeth Atwater

January 10, 2024

Tagged Advice, Class of 2021, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Startups, Q&A

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Office Hours: How Media Shape the Environment With a popular course, Associate Professor of Media Studies Xinghua Li engages students to examine the effects on the natural world.

By Erin O'Donnell

January 3, 2024

Tagged Babson Magazine, Faculty

Posted in Insights

Forget Networking: Create High Quality Connections Building high-quality connections, rather than networking, results in improved personal and professional relationships.

By Wendy Murphy

January 3, 2024

Tagged Career, Mentoring & Networking, Research, Q&A

Posted in Insights

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2024: A Year of Collaboration and Innovation at the Blank School The directors of the centers and institutes of The Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson College share their aspirations and optimism for the year ahead.

By Eric Beato

Editor / Writer

Eric Beato

Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.

January 2, 2024

Tagged Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Campus, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights