Tag: Alumni

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.

By Alexandra Dunk

April 19, 2019

Tagged Household Names, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Alumni, Centennial, Startups

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.

By John Crawford

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

Tagged Family Entrepreneurship, Alumni

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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

April 17, 2019

Tagged Startups, Alumni, Advice

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.

By Michael Chmura

April 16, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Class of 2020, Campus, Graduate, Social Innovation, Startups, Undergraduate

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.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

April 9, 2019

Tagged Corporate Innovation, Alumni, Graduate, Startups

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.

By Brianna Radicioni

April 8, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Startups

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.

By Alexandra Dunk

March 28, 2019

Tagged Startups, Alumni

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.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

March 20, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Graduate, Social Innovation, Startups

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

roger-miller-babson-hockey

Former Ice Hockey Captain Roger Miller ’62 Pays It Forward Roger Miller '62 is supporting future generations of student-athletes by establishing the Roger P. Miller Endowed Hockey and Golf Fund. With his gift of $1.5 million, the endowment will strengthen those programs through investments in coaching, facilities, and equipment.

By Andy Tiedemann

February 21, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Athletics

Posted in Community

George Recck

He Came to Babson in 1978. You'll Still See Him On Campus Today Call George Recck the ultimate Beaver Believer. Through his time as a Babson undergraduate and graduate student, a staff member, and a current member of our faculty, Recck has seen it all. Now he’s excited to see the College’s second century unfold.

By Shannon Sweeny Curran

February 19, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Student Life, Faculty

Posted in Community