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What Lovesac’s Social Media Misstep Can Teach Brands About Humor Lovesac’s viral response turned a customer complaint into a marketing backlash. Babson experts explain what the brand could have done differently.
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September 15, 2026

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

2026-09-19 01:37:57
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Faculty Fast Take: Is Anyone Actually Going to Spend $500 on a Toothbrush? Dyson has come out with a $500 toothbrush that might change everything. Babson Professor of Innovation and Design Sebastian Fixson reveals the one key question that will determine whether it’s successful or not.
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September 15, 2026

Posted in Insights

2026-09-19 02:03:46
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High School Startups: A Summer Entrepreneurial Journey at Babson Babson’s Startup Sprint, taught by Ruth Gilleran, takes high school students through the entrepreneurial process. In just two weeks, they identify opportunities, build a venture, and start selling.
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August 24, 2026

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-09-19 01:49:48
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At Babson, High School Students Bring Fresh Perspective to the Summer Classroom Babson faculty members and lecturers share what they learned from teaching high school students in the Arthur M. Blank School Summer Program.
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August 14, 2026

Posted in Community

2026-09-19 02:00:59
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How Mock Boards Are Sharpening Student Startups at Babson Babson’s long-standing Summer Venture Program offered a new way to provide feedback to startups this year, pairing student entrepreneurs with informal mock boards filled with experienced advisors.
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August 4, 2026

Posted in Community

2026-09-18 21:59:04
LinkedIn Ranks Babson No. 1 for Entrepreneurship for Second Straight Year For the second year in a row, LinkedIn named Babson the No. 1 school for the largest share of alumni who are founders and entrepreneurs in its Top Colleges rankings.
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August 4, 2026

Posted in Babson Briefs

2026-09-19 02:00:59
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How to Land Press Coverage for Your Business? Here Are Six Tips Jake Ross ’24 built his marketing agency as a student at Babson, including learning how to generate media coverage for local businesses. Here, he offers his expertise on how companies can build relationships and attract their own press coverage.
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July 30, 2026

Posted in Insights

2026-09-19 00:31:54
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What the New SBA Loan Increase Means for Entrepreneurs Babson Finance Professor Richard Bliss explains why the federal government doubled certain Small Business Administration loan limits, and what the change means for today’s small businesses.
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July 27, 2026

Posted in Insights

2026-09-19 00:31:54
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One Dorm Room. Two Generations. A Babson Summer. A Summer at Babson move-in became a full-circle moment as alumnus Eric Pallay ’00 helped his son settle into the very dorm where his own Babson journey began.
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July 21, 2026

Posted in Community

2026-09-19 00:31:54
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AI & Entrepreneurship in South Korea’s Silicon Valley A presenter at the Babson Collaborative Annual Global Summit, John Yun of Woosong University, in Daejeon, South Korea, incorporates Babson’s ET&A in his thinking for the latest frontier in entrepreneurship education: artificial intelligence.
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July 17, 2026

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-09-19 00:31:54