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Generating a 28% Return: Investment Advice from Students with the Babson College Fund Members of the Babson College Fund generated a 28 percent return on investment while managing a portion of the College’s endowment in 2020.
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February 18, 2021

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Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein talks to reporters before Game 6 of the 2016 National League Championship Series.
Do Leaders Have a Shelf Life? Not if They Follow This Advice. Leaders can manage in their role continuously as long they effectively balance work and life and strive to learn and grow.
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December 10, 2020

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Does Your Career Need Upskilling? Here's How to Start. Upskilling opportunities, from free online courses to short workshops to full graduate classes, give lifelong learners a chance to hone new skills at Babson.
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December 4, 2020

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Football veteran and broadcaster Brady Quinn
Why Football Veteran and Broadcaster Brady Quinn Is Pursuing his MBA at Babson Drawn in by the need for entrepreneurial leadership, football veteran and broadcaster Brady Quinn enrolled at Babson College to earn his MBA.
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December 2, 2020

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Larinda Cole
People of Babson: Larinda Cole The associate director in Babson’s Undergraduate Center for Career Development discusses students’ career readiness, racial justice, and, of course, her love for fashion.
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December 1, 2020

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Students in Lecturer Mike McGuirk's class pose with Champion apparel.
Experiencing Experiential Learning, Even from Afar At Babson, experiential learning happens everywhere. This semester, students have worked to bring fresh ideas to film entrepreneurs and apparel companies.
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November 19, 2020

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Family entrepreneurs meet at IFE in 2019
Why Family Entrepreneurship is the New Family Business Many think of family businesses as passed down from one generation to the next. Findings from the first ever Family Entrepreneurship Report by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) debunk that assumption.
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November 13, 2020

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Esther Greene MBA ’21 while serving in the Marine Corps and today.
5 Questions with Marine Corps Veteran Esther Greene MBA’21 Babson Veterans Club President Esther Greene MBA’21 reflects on how military service helped shape her into the entrepreneurial leader she is today.
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November 11, 2020

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Babson's virtual Global Fashion Show.
Runway to Success: Babson Offers Unique Gateway into Fashion Industry Creativity associated with a career in fashion makes it appealing for aspiring entrepreneurial leaders. Here’s how Babson fuels that desire.
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November 10, 2020

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Math at Babson
Mastering Math for the Modern World Babson’s math courses have proven popular, and they focus on the practical rather than the abstract, with the goal of better preparing students for jobs after graduation.
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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.
November 9, 2020

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