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Experts talk Scaling Female Founders at eMerge Americas
To Scale Startups, Female Founders Think Beyond VC Despite a microscope being placed on the lack of capital received by women entrepreneurs, there has been no upward movement. But, as the challenges continue, women founders are blazing new paths toward startup success.
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May 20, 2019

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Stephen Spinelli on the Future of Higher Education
The Future of Higher Education Relies on Collaboration In an opinion piece published in The Boston Globe, Stephen Spinelli Jr. shared his insights into the path forward for colleges and universities.
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May 13, 2019

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Co-authors of Maternal Optimism Danna Greenberg (right) and Jamie Ladge.
How Balancing a Career and Motherhood Makes You Better at Both Professor Danna Greenberg and alumna Jamie Shapiro Ladge ’95 are co-authors of Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths through Work and Motherhood. Together, they’re helping women navigate the complexities of being a working mother to find joy, success, and perspective.
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May 9, 2019

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Scholars from around the world are coming to Babson entrepreneurship conferences
Scholars from Around the World Are Headed to Babson This June, hundreds of scholars will arrive on Babson’s campus for two renowned entrepreneurship research events—the Diana International Research Conference and the 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.
May 8, 2019

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Gina O'Connor on Breakthrough Innovation
Advancing Breakthrough Innovation with Gina O'Connor Professor Gina O'Connor wrote the book on advancing breakthrough innovation. She helps breakdown what breakthrough innovation is, and why it matters for companies.
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May 6, 2019

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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
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 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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