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Babson Professor Phil Kim
Five Highlights from Babson's Thought Leaders From traveling to Bahrain and Guatemala to being named president of a finance organization, our faculty and leaders continue to make an impact in local, regional, and international communities.
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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.
April 24, 2019

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Steven Spinelli Discusses the Future of Higher Education
Higher Education’s Future Requires Entrepreneurial Leadership Higher education leaders gathered at Babson Boston to discuss the future of higher education. At the heart of the conversation: Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® by college leadership is no longer nice to have. It's a requirement.
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April 10, 2019

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heidi neck teaching entrepreneurship
So You’ve Been Asked to Teach Entrepreneurship. Now What? How does Heidi Neck teach educators to think, act, and teach more entrepreneurially? It starts with an important lesson: overcome your fear.
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April 10, 2019

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GEM
Setting the Stage for Startup Success Now more than ever, American entrepreneurs see good business opportunities around them. So, what will it take for them to act on it—and to be successful?
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March 11, 2019

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GEM Diversity
Starting but Not Scaling The Babson-sponsored U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report tells us that significant numbers of entrepreneurs are of diverse ethnicities, but that this isn’t the case for established business owners. Do these entrepreneurs have the resources they need during the critical intervening stages between startup to success?
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February 25, 2019

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Daniel Isenberg
The Key to Economic Growth? Local Entrepreneurship Can entrepreneurship save economies? If you ask Daniel Isenberg, the answer will always be yes.
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February 18, 2019

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Babson Faculty Research Day
On the Road to Research, a Welcome Stop-off for Feedback and Fellowship Babson’s Faculty Research Day promotes important studies while helping faculty make essential connections.
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February 6, 2019

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GEM U.S. Report
Women Weigh Risks and Rewards When Faced with Entrepreneurial Opportunity The 2017 Babson-sponsored U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report finds that 59 percent of women entrepreneurs perceive opportunity, the highest rate ever recorded, but their entrepreneurial intentions are not trending upward—yet.
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February 5, 2019

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mentoring matters
No Matter Which Side of the Relationship You’re On, Mentorship Matters From CLTP to WIN Lab®, Diana Yuan ’15 has taken full advantage of the mentor opportunities at Babson. Here she shares her 360-degree view on the mentor-mentee relationship.
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January 31, 2019

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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
How Can We Activate Entrepreneurs at Any Age? The latest U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report tells us that entrepreneurial activity is happening across the entire age spectrum. So why is it lowest among youth and seniors?
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January 29, 2019

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