Tag: Faculty

Image of cell phone with Microsoft, Oracle, TikTok and Walmart logos
The TikTok Acquisition’s Puzzling Fit What does a software company and a retail company have in common with a social media company? Babson Professor Jay Rao breaks down the TikTok acquisition.
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September 25, 2020

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Babson Collaborative in Egypt
A Peek Inside the Babson Collaborative When hundreds of educators that believe in the power of entrepreneurship get together, the ideas and energy are palpable.
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September 23, 2020

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Late Dean of Faculty Bala Iyer
Scholarship Award Presented in Memory of Late, Beloved Dean of Faculty Professor Dhruv Grewal, a close friend of the late Bala Iyer, was honored with the inaugural award founded in the beloved Dean of Faculty’s name.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
September 21, 2020

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Professor Nan Langowitz
Office Hours: Always Moving Forward From women’s entrepreneurship to digital education, Professor of Management Nan Langowitz is constantly creating opportunities for students and faculty.
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Eric Beato
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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.
September 18, 2020

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A group of avid social media users
What Is Influencer Marketing? An Industry on the Rise What is influencer marketing? Marketing strategy thought leader Anjali Bal says it’s the ideal format to pitch products to Millennials and Gen Z.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
September 16, 2020

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Lauri Union
The Power of the Entrepreneurial Family Running her family business taught Lauri Union the power of family entrepreneurship. Now, she is working to strengthen entrepreneurial families at Babson.
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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.
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September 16, 2020

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Bills being split into smaller amounts
What Is a Stock Split? 3 Things to Know What is a stock split? Finance expert Professor Laurie Krigman explains the incentives of stock splits as they relate to Apple and Tesla’s recent moves.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
September 11, 2020

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Summer Study students waving on video conference screenshot
Summer Study Success Creates Long-Lasting Impact In re-envisioning a popular high school program online, Babson faculty provide a promising glimpse of the future—for students and themselves.
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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.
September 4, 2020

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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos
Will Jeff Bezos Save the Planet? “The purpose of wealth is to solve problems,” says Raj Sisodia, as Amazon's Jeff Bezos’s net worth passes $200 billion and he commits to fight climate change.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
September 3, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Is it time to evaluate video conferencing?
Time to Evaluate Video Conferencing? Assistant Professor Kerry Gibson Says Yes Following months of virtual collaboration, Assistant Professor Kerry Gibson says it’s time to evaluate our approach to meetings through video conferencing.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
September 2, 2020

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