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Grow business in crisis
Can Businesses Start and Grow in a Crisis? Entrepreneurial leaders across industries will guide us past the coronavirus crisis by identifying needs and solving problems.
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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.
April 15, 2020

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Lessons Learned During a Business Crisis
Lessons Learned During a Business Crisis How can a company survive the turmoil created by the coronavirus pandemic? A CEO, who once pulled his organization through its own business crisis, offers a few strategies.
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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.
April 15, 2020

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Pitching your business online
Pitching Your Business Online? Don’t Forget to Test Your Tech Perfecting your pitch requires a number of practice rounds. Yet when you're pitching your business online, preparation is even more paramount.
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March 31, 2020

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How to lead in a crisis
How to Lead in a Crisis When times are tough, good leaders are key. Here are five behaviors to adopt in order to lead in a crisis.
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March 27, 2020

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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.
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.
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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