LISTEN: An Audacious Plan to Fix Foster Care

October 9, 2025

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What happens when you apply entrepreneurial leadership to one of society’s hardest problems—foster care?

Babson College Associate Professor of Practice Sandra Bravo MBA’87 and her 440K Project are doing just that, mobilizing technology, partnerships, and bold ideas to reimagine the system and reduce 440,000 children in care to zero.

BABSON MAGAZINE: Sandra Bravo MBA’87 Is Fighting for Those Too Often Forgotten

In the first episode of Season 2 of Babson’s podcast, “From Problems to Possibilities: Entrepreneurial Leadership in Action,” host Kara Baskin unpacks how Bravo turns overwhelming challenges into step-by-step opportunities. Together, they show that leadership isn’t just about business—it’s about creating possibility where others see only barriers.

The episode is available on Apple, Spotify , and Amazon, and you can listen here:

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Babson Professor Jeffrey Shay ’87, MBA’91, sits at a table with professors from Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Babson Works with HBCUs to Boost Entrepreneurship Education A case-writing program, which teaches participants how to develop a hallmark of business education, is one of several Babson initiatives with Historically Black Colleges and Universities that aim to empower entrepreneurial leaders and the professors who educate them.

By John Crawford

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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.

October 31, 2025

Tagged Faculty, Inclusive Excellence, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership