Tag: Entrepreneurship of All Kinds

Jesse Levin looks out of a helicopter
How ‘Expeditionary Entrepreneurship’ Can Aid Disaster Response Babson alumnus Jesse Levin uses a concept he calls “expeditionary entrepreneurship” to aid in crisis operations through volunteer humanitarian assistance, disaster response, and emergency economic stability work.
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October 6, 2021

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A collage of photos of extreme entrepreneurs
Extreme Entrepreneurship and Why It Matters In traveling the world, the author of a new book on extreme entrepreneurship shares inspiring lessons from entrepreneurs thriving amid daunting conditions.
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September 30, 2021

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José Rodriguez rests his arm around his brother, Joel
Prize-Winning First-Year Student Motivated by More than Profit With a passion for entrepreneurship, José Rodriguez Jr. ’25 comes to Babson with plans to grow his unique clothing line, Tasium, and help people with autism, like his brother, manage anxiety.
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September 9, 2021

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A row of wind turbines against a clear blue sky
Babson Alumnus Brings Entrepreneurial Spirit to Nation’s First Major Offshore Wind Farm Álvaro Ortega Sebastián MBA’15 is the chief operating officer of Vineyard Wind, the nation’s first large-scale wind farm. The wind farm, located on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, was greenlighted by the Federal government last May and could be an important bellwether for clean energy providers in the United States.
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September 8, 2021

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Student leaders at Class of 2025 Move-In Day.
Babson Buzzing as Students Return to Campus With move-in weekend underway, students and faculty express their excitement over all the people back on campus creating a renewed sense of community.
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August 27, 2021

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Babson basketball player Teddy Sourlis ’22 drives down the court against defenders
Taught to Tough It Out: Male Athletes and Mental Health Babson basketball player Teddy Sourlis ’22 founded Men’s Mental, a platform that helps male athletes to focus on an issue that’s often not discussed in locker rooms: mental health.
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August 19, 2021

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Skateboarder at the Tokyo Olympics
New Olympic Sports Offer Golden Opportunity for Greater Diversity The 2021 Olympic Games brought the addition of four new sports, offering an opportunity for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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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.
August 9, 2021

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Precious Williams, and Janice McLean DeLoatch
Black Women's Equal Pay Day, and How We Can Close the Revenue Gap Black Women’s Equal Pay Day brings awareness to a socioeconomic impediment that requires the expertise of entrepreneurial leaders.
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August 3, 2021

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Aldo Carrascoso MBA’08 works in a lab
When an Entrepreneur Decided to Take on Cancer Inspired by the memory of his mother, Aldo Carrascoso MBA’08 co-founded InterVenn, a life sciences company developing a much-needed diagnostic test for ovarian cancer.
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July 22, 2021

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Kyle Whyte ’01
Taking His Expertise in Environmental Justice to the White House Recently appointed to a White House Environmental Justice Council, Kyle Whyte ’01 has brought his unique perspectives to the federal level.
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June 29, 2021

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