Tag: Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

Boston Mayor Walsh
The Bottom Line? Stay in Boston. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and other leading local players, including Governor Charlie Baker, joined Babson for its Centennial Celebration. All agree, Boston is the best place to be.
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September 27, 2019

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Zakim Bridge goes green for Babson Centennial
Photos from Centennial Celebration One hundred years of Babson. Three signature events. One extraordinary celebration. These are the moments we've been waiting for all year long.
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September 17, 2019

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SMART Liberia
Alumnus Connection Helps WIN Lab Go Global For the first time in program history, and in partnership with alumnus Marvin Tarawally ’17, Babson’s Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab® is taking its expertise abroad to provide Liberian entrepreneurs with the knowledge, skills, and mindset they need to accelerate their ventures.
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August 14, 2019

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Gustavo Trindade MBA’17
He’s Leading Babson in Miami’s Thriving Startup Scene In his spare time, Gustavo Trindade MBA’17 speaks five languages and competes in triathlons. During the rest of the day, he is a leading force on Babson’s Miami campus.
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June 19, 2019

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Steve and Jean Case
Steve Case Visits an Entrepreneurial City on the Rise Steve Case, Babson’s 2019 undergraduate Commencement speaker, brought his pitch competition to Miami. The city has a diverse and thriving startup scene that includes Babson’s WIN Lab.
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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.
May 16, 2019

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Scholars from around the world are coming to Babson entrepreneurship conferences
Scholars from Around the World Are Headed to Babson This June, hundreds of scholars will arrive on Babson’s campus for two renowned entrepreneurship research events—the Diana International Research Conference and the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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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.
May 8, 2019

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GEM Diversity
Starting but Not Scaling The Babson-sponsored U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report tells us that significant numbers of entrepreneurs are of diverse ethnicities, but that this isn’t the case for established business owners. Do these entrepreneurs have the resources they need during the critical intervening stages between startup to success?
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February 25, 2019

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GEM U.S. Report
Women Weigh Risks and Rewards When Faced with Entrepreneurial Opportunity The 2017 Babson-sponsored U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report finds that 59 percent of women entrepreneurs perceive opportunity, the highest rate ever recorded, but their entrepreneurial intentions are not trending upward—yet.
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February 5, 2019

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Mighty Well at Babson
Entrepreneurship: An American Obsession? Thirty million Americans are starting new businesses, and the majority of U.S. adults see good entrepreneurial opportunities around them, according to the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) U.S. Report.
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January 9, 2019

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Scale Up Economic Development
The Power of Scale Up Around the World Representatives from 10 countries from around the world gathered at Babson to discuss the benefits, challenges, and opportunities for scaling up to increase economic development.
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November 14, 2018

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