Tag: Alumni

Akio Toyoda
But First, A Look Back at Toyoda’s Time at Babson In anticipation of addressing Babson’s graduate Class of 2019 at this year’s Centennial Commencement, Akio Toyoda MBA’82, P’14 shares some of his favorite Babson memories and advice.
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May 6, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Steve Poftak
The Man at the Top of the T Babson graduate Steve Poftak has taken on arguably one of the toughest jobs in New England, but he is happy and humbled to be the MBTA’s new leader.
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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.
April 23, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Mega Mentoring
At the Founders Summit, Mentoring Goes Mega 100 alumni founders. 100 student entrepreneurs. 200 conversations. 1 afternoon. The Blank Center takes mentoring to the next level at Babson’s first Founders Summit.
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April 19, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Nick Ragland
Behind the Curtain of a Family Business Babson’s Live Case Study series takes attendees into the inner workings of family enterprises, which often are tight-lipped about the challenges they are facing.
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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.
April 18, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Tim DeMello
Ideas and Inspiration at Babson’s First Founders Summit Babson’s first Founder’s Summit was a day filled with inspiration, advice, and ideas from entrepreneurs of all kinds, including successful serial entrepreneur Tim DeMello ’81, P’18.
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April 17, 2019

Posted in Community

B.E.T.A. Challenge
Babson Startups Win Big at B.E.T.A. Challenge More than $300,000 in cash and prizes was awarded at the esteemed Babson Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® (B.E.T.A.) Challenge.
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April 16, 2019

Posted in Community

Matthew Mottola
The Corporate Entrepreneur: Matthew Mottola at Microsoft Matthew Mottola MS’17 is obsessed with fixing both the way we work, and the way we feel about our work. He used his make-it-happen mindset to tackle this problem at Microsoft.
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April 9, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

B.E.T.A Challenge 2019
One Day. All Access. Founders Summit 2019. Entrepreneurial power houses from Babson’s global community will come together for the first Founder’s Summit on Thursday, April 11.
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April 8, 2019

Posted in Community

Babson BETA Challenge Winners
B.E.T.A. Challenge Winners: Where Are They Now? What happens after you win the B.E.T.A. Challenge? WIth this year's Venture Expo and Finale nearing, The Blank Center caught up with past winners for updates on their businesses.
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March 28, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Maternova
From Commander to Student to Fellow to CEO As graduation approached for Prakash Veenam MBA '18, he took advantage of a summer fellowship offered through the Leonard A. Schlesinger Fund for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship. That fellowship paved the way for Veenam to become CEO just three months later.
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March 20, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership