Insights

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Associate Professor of Management Wendy Murphy and students
In the News: Faculty Talk Workplace, Tariffs, and Education Babson professors and leaders shared insight in local and national media outlets on entrepreneurship education and tariffs on international products.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
July 31, 2019

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Jennifer Bailey and students
Babson Educators Influence Future Leaders, Scholars Babson’s faculty and thought leaders continue to inspire and influence through conferences, academic studies, and women’s leadership organizations.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
July 18, 2019

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Scale Up Xela
In Guatemala, Scale Up Brings New Opportunity to a Troubled Triangle It’s easy to imagine Guatemala as a region beset exclusively by failure and despair. But Scale Up Xela is changing that conversation by accelerating the pace of growth of dozens of local firms.
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July 16, 2019

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Talking Trade War with Kent Jones
Does Anybody Win a Trade War? Tariffs seldom lead to the desired economic outcome, according to Economics Professor Kent Jones.
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July 9, 2019

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Career Advice and Expertise from Babson’s Own Our faculty weighed in on building office camaraderie and explained how to pursue a career in international education.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
July 2, 2019

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Delegates at Babson's Visitor and Opportunity Management program
For International Delegations, A Chance to Learn Entrepreneurship from Nation’s Best In the last year, Babson has hosted more than 35 delegations from 20 countries for sessions on entrepreneurship education.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
July 2, 2019

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Donna Kelley at the United Nations
Let’s Focus on Those Who Want to Start a Business, But Aren’t Making entrepreneurship accessible to all is not just the right thing to do, it’s good for society, says Babson Professor Donna Kelley.
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June 27, 2019

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Jack McCarthy
Faculty Weigh in on Technology and Environment, Future of AI From insight on the environment to government policy, our faculty shared their expertise through academic journals, books, and online media.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
June 20, 2019

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Professor Andrew Zacharakis
‘Call Me Zach’ Professor Andrew Zacharakis talks about his career, his students, and his role with the prestigious Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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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.
June 14, 2019

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Babson Professor Jonathan Sims
To Tackle Challenges on Earth, Jonathan Sims Looks to Space Assistant Professor Jonathan Sims’ optimism is contagious. “I am an unapologetic optimist,” says Sims. “I believe the world is getting better, not worse.”
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June 13, 2019

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