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Pitch at the BETA Challenge
How to Pivot Your Pitch and Go Online You can still get an audience with investors. You can still participate in a pitch competition. The catch—you’ve got to do it online. Here's how.
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March 26, 2020

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Babson Entrepreneurs Converge on Miami Miami was home to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s annual meeting and Report Launch.
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March 5, 2020

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Entrepreneurs Worldwide Want Their Business to Make a Difference Forty percent of entrepreneurs in 35 economies want to use their business to make a difference in the world.
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March 3, 2020

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Employee Development at Babson Executive Education
In an Age of Disruption, Employee Development Can’t Be Ignored To keep up with the lightning pace of technological change, companies can’t afford to overlook employee development.
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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.
March 2, 2020

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Learn hot to generate ideas with the IDEATE Method.
How to Generate Ideas That Work The secret to great ideas? Ideation. In her new book, Babson professor Heidi Neck provides students a proven method to generate high-value ideas.
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February 27, 2020

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Professor Ruben Mancha
Published and Cited: Faculty in the News Across national media, Babson College faculty are recognized for their academic prowess, writing, and expertise.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
February 26, 2020

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Professor Gina O’Connor at Faculty Research Day (credit: Paige Brown)
A Grant, Term Chair, and Tips for Employee-Manager Relations Faculty members have been awarded a term chair and a grant for their research and teaching excellence, and for what they will bring to the classroom.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
February 10, 2020

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Healthy college student tips
How to Keep Health and Wellness Top of Mind This Semester To take care of business, you have to take care of yourself. So we asked Babson’s wellness experts for their advice on being well this spring.
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February 7, 2020

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Go-to-Market Strategies
7 Go-to-Market Strategies for Women Entrepreneurs In a new book looking at go-to-market strategies, contributors from Babson and around the world explore the power and potential of women entrepreneurs.
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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 6, 2020

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Professor John Marthinsen at Faculty Research Day.
Interdisciplinary Research Takes Center Stage Babson Faculty Research Day highlights interdisciplinary approach and accelerates connections and collaborations for further research opportunities.
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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.
February 4, 2020

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