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Entrepreneurs pitch their venture on a stage at the B.E.T.A. Challenge semifinals

What’s in a Name? The Stories Behind This Year’s B.E.T.A. Challenge Semifinalists A venture’s name sets the stage for its identity and purpose. As the B.E.T.A. Challenge semifinalists prepare to pitch on April 16, we explore the meaning behind their names and what they represent.

By Vannessa Rodriguez

April 9, 2025

Tagged Alumni, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Class of 2024, Class of 2025, Graduate, Startups, Undergraduate, Class of 2028

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

LISTEN: When Female Entrepreneurial Leaders Tackle Women’s Health Issues In Episode 2 of “From Problems to Possibilities,” four women health entrepreneurs discuss how women are creating, leading, studying, and funding companies that are tackling issues in the women’s health space.

By Thought & Action Staff

April 9, 2025

Tagged Alumni, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Faculty, Women's Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Three people smile while posing for a photo with the award

The Riberas Family Honored with Babson-Camus Global Family Entrepreneurship Award Babson College, along with Maison Camus, presented the 2025 Babson-Camus Global Family Entrepreneurship Award to the Riberas family, founders and leaders of Gestamp.

By Thought & Action Staff

April 2, 2025

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship, Family Entrepreneurship, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Community, Outcomes

Illustration of the horizon from the cover of the GEM report

GEM Report: U.S. Entrepreneurial Activity Returns to Historic High The rise in post-pandemic entrepreneurship continues, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2024–2025 United States Report, the 26th annual global survey on entrepreneurship.

By Vannessa Rodriguez

March 26, 2025

Tagged Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education, Faculty, Research, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Insights

Julie Meyer Appointed Advisory Board Chair of the Frank & Eileen™ Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Julie Meyer, co-founder and CEO of AugMentors who has long-standing ties to Babson, has been named the advisory board chair at the Frank & Eileen™ Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership.

By Thought & Action Staff

March 14, 2025

Tagged Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Women's Leadership

Posted in Babson Briefs

Engaged students are seated at tables during a classroom presentation

Groundbreaking Babson Research Advances the Field of Entrepreneurial Leadership New research from Babson College offers the first conceptual model of entrepreneurial leadership, showing the need to build meaningful relationships, inspire creativity, and support risk-taking behaviors to solve the world’s problems.

By Eric Beato

Editor / Writer

Eric Beato

Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.

March 12, 2025

Tagged Entrepreneurial Leadership, Faculty, Research, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Jeanie Chung and Alec Leddon pose for a photo by the Charles River

Turning Personal Loss into Life-Saving Innovation With the help of the SUD Sprint program at the Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Jeanie Chung is turning personal tragedy into a life-saving solution to the opioid crisis.

By Vannessa Rodriguez

February 27, 2025

Tagged Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurship Education, Health Innovation, Graduate

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Aleksandr Malashchenko and Sebastian Gomez-Puerto pose for a photo together

‘Babson Success Story’: What Happens When Two MBA Alumni Collaborate Aleksandr Malashchenko MBA’24 needed product design help for his company, ReviMo. Enter Sebastian Gomez-Puerto MBA’14, whose company, General Populace, provided just the right lift.

By Eric Beato

Editor / Writer

Eric Beato

Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.

February 10, 2025

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Graduate, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Outcomes

Side-by-side headshots of Trond Undheim and Tom Davenport

Babson Appoints Undheim, Davenport to Leadership Roles with Metropoulos Institute Trond Undheim has been named the executive director and Tom Davenport the faculty director of the College’s new C. Dean Metropoulos Institute for Technology and Entrepreneurship.

By Eric Beato

Editor / Writer

Eric Beato

Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.

February 5, 2025

Tagged Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Faculty, Tech Entrepreneurship, Technology

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership