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Tag: Entrepreneurship Education

Alexandra Hadschieff Birk poses for a portrait
MSEL Impact: Managers Who Think Like Entrepreneurs Drive Success With an entrepreneur’s background and an interest in a corporate role, Alexandra Hadschieff Birk MSEL’19 bolstered her entrepreneurial leadership skills with her graduate degree at Babson.
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April 28, 2026

Tagged Entrepreneurial Leadership, Graduate, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Outcomes

2026-05-06 14:21:17
Big Ideas Take Center Stage at Babson’s B.E.T.A. Challenge A record number of applicants and globally diverse finalists defined this year’s B.E.T.A. Challenge, where ventures ranged from clean energy to child literacy.
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April 23, 2026

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education, Alumni, Undergraduate, Graduate, Startups, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-07 00:12:50
Two people wearing matching black polos and caps with a red-and-white logo stand side by side in daylight in front of a white cab truck and a black box truck; one person has an arm around the other’s shoulder, and the black truck shows the logo and a partially visible phone number starting with “781.”
They’re Babson College Students—and Last Year, Their Business Made $3 Million Where else can you find a pair of student founders whose thriving business made $3 million while they pursued their undergraduate degrees? Meet Kirk McKinney ’26 and Jacob McKinney ’28, of Junk Teens.
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April 23, 2026

Tagged Undergraduate, Campus, Entrepreneurship Education, Student Life, Startups, Advice

Posted in Community, Outcomes

2026-05-06 16:51:17
Woman speaks to large crowd gathered for Food Summit in airy room at Babson College.
Inside Babson’s First Food Summit: Where Food Entrepreneurs Connect Across the Ecosystem Featuring student founders and alumni leaders, Babson’s Food Summit explored the wide range of roles, from food science to CPG to supply, powering today’s food industry.
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April 17, 2026

Tagged Advice, Alumni, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Faculty, Graduate, Startups, Undergraduate, Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-07 00:12:50
Canvas Trader Joe's tote bags
From Tote Bags to Buckets: How Everyday Items Become Cultural Currency From Trader Joe’s mini totes to Starbucks Bearista cups, limited-edition drops are turning everyday items into cultural moments of high demand. Babson marketing experts unpack how scarcity and social sharing fuel these viral sensations.
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April 14, 2026

Tagged Faculty, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Insights

2026-05-06 05:19:21
The exterior of an Allbirds store in New York City
Valued at $4 Billion. Sold for $40 Million. This Is What Went Wrong with Allbirds. Allbirds was valued at $4 billion during its 2021 initial public offering. Five years later, it agreed to a sale for 99 percent less. Babson College Associate Professor of Practice Peter Cohan weighs in on what entrepreneurs can learn from what happened.
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April 13, 2026

Tagged Advice, Entrepreneurship Education, Faculty, Startups

Posted in Insights

2026-05-06 16:51:17
The Earth rises above the horizon of the moon during Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon.
Why This Mission to the Moon Matters Babson Associate Professor Jonathan Sims, who teaches a course called Moonshot Strategy, shares his perspectives on NASA’s mission to the moon, why it matters, and what a moonshot is really all about.
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April 9, 2026

Tagged Faculty, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Insights

2026-05-06 21:02:50
The view of Rio from the mountain where Christ the Redeemer sits
Babson Connect Worldwide Unites Entrepreneurial Leaders in Brazil Nearly 200 members of the College community convene in Rio de Janeiro for the ninth Babson Connect Worldwide, the premier global entrepreneurship summit. It’s the first BCW in Latin America since the inaugural conference in 2015.
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April 6, 2026

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship Education, Global

Posted in Community

2026-05-06 18:46:25
map of united states
The GEM U.S. Report Asks: What Happens After a Startup Is Launched? The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s annual U.S. report shows that entrepreneurship remains strong, but GEM’s findings also reveal uncertainty, as the rate of established business ownership continues to decline.
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March 30, 2026

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

Posted in Insights

2026-05-06 19:30:00
Babson Academy Expands Progress in Year of Milestones Babson Academy continues to increase access to entrepreneurship education around the world in South Korea and Costa Rica, as well as on Babson’s campus, according to its recently released 2025 Impact Report.
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March 27, 2026

Tagged Babson Academy, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Babson Briefs

2026-05-06 20:24:49