Tag: Alumni

Christopher Maddox '17
Working at Facebook in 2020 Christopher Maddox ’17 dreams of pursuing entrepreneurship, professorship, and public office. Right now? He’s working, and learning, inside Facebook in a year of social unrest.
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October 29, 2020

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Entrepreneurship Finds Roots in Families, Reveals GEM Report Worldwide, 75% of entrepreneurs and 81% of established business owners are entrepreneurs, co-owning or managing their businesses with family members.
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October 26, 2020

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The Blank School Panel
Lessons from the Blank Family of Businesses At a panel discussion with leaders from the Blank Family of Businesses, Arthur M. Blank ‘63 H’98 described listening and responding as the keys to entrepreneurial success.
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October 21, 2020

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Jon Anderson walks the sidelines
People of Babson: Jon Anderson ’75 The legendary men’s soccer coach discusses keeping his players engaged during a pandemic, re-opening BRAC, and what Babson means to him.
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October 20, 2020

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Andrea Lindner ’22, Arthur M. Blank ’63, H’98, and President Stephen Spinelli Jr. MBA ’92, PhD during the October 15 fireside chat.
In Business, and Education, Blank’s Core Values Drive Success From The Home Depot to the NFL and MLS, Arthur M. Blank ’63, H’98 has found success by putting the customer first, and stressing the importance of purpose.
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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.
October 19, 2020

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Arthur Blank at Babson College
At Babson College, Arthur Blank’s Values-Based Leadership Takes Center Stage Babson community members from around the world tuned in live to hear Arthur M. Blank ’63, H’98. discuss values-based, human-centric leadership at Babson, in Blank’s businesses, and beyond.
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October 16, 2020

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WeThrive founder and CEO, and Ashoka Fellow Daquan Oliver '14
On a Mission to Become ‘The Greatest Entrepreneur of this Generation’ WeThrive founder Daquan Oliver ’14 has worked to empower disenfranchised youth entrepreneurs, help countless ventures scale, and eliminate oppression.
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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.
October 13, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Tarsadia Foundation
Babson, Family Foundation Partner to Build Economic Inclusion for All Angeli Tarsadia Reddy ’09 and her family foundation have partnered with a Babson-led venture to uplift underserved populations from financial fragility.
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October 7, 2020

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Len Green
The Ultimate Entrepreneur Makes the Ultimate Gift With a $5 million commitment to Babson, Len and Lois Green are creating opportunities and funding projects that enable students to take action and learn by doing.
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September 30, 2020

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Stephen Spinelli Jr., MBA ‘92, PhD, and Matt Fuller '00
A Community for Life As Back to Babson moved online in this not-so-typical year, a Babson alumnus reflected on the strength and support of the Babson network in his life.
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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.
September 24, 2020

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