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A group of Tanzanian students pose for a photo with their certificates
5 Things We Learned Teaching Entrepreneurship in Tanzania Mateo Acosta-Rubio ’27 and Tadeo Acosta-Rubio MSEL’24 share their experiences and lessons from a transformative volunteer trip to Tanzania as part of the Institute for Social Innovation’s Youth Entrepreneurship Program.
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January 27, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

2026-03-20 06:04:56
Yasuhiro Yamakawa delivers a keynote address
I Teach Aspiring Entrepreneurs Why It’s Good to Fail—Here’s How to Turn That Failure into Success It’s important for all entrepreneurs to learn how to accept failure—it happens to everyone. Here’s how you can use it to promote success, writes Associate Professor Yasuhiro Yamakawa in an article from Entrepreneur magazine.
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January 22, 2025

Posted in Insights

2026-03-19 23:53:42
Chloe Samaha poses for a photo at a display for her company
I Wasted So Much Time By Not Doing These 4 Things When I Started My Business Here’s what I’ve learned by building my business and what I would do differently if I could start over, writes Chloe Samaha ’25 in an article from Entrepreneur magazine.
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January 14, 2025

Posted in Insights

2026-03-20 06:04:56
An aisle of beauty products on display at a makeup store
Gen Alpha Skin Care Craze: Babson Professors Decode the Tween Beauty Boom Babson marketing experts explore the booming $4.7B tween skin care market, which is fueled by social media and raises ethical concerns.
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January 10, 2025

Posted in Insights

2026-03-20 06:04:56
Jonathan Griffiths stands outside the Weissman Foundry
How to Prototype: Try These 4 Simple Tips to Turn Blank Pages into Blueprints Here’s how you can use prototyping to bring your business ideas to life, writes Weissman Foundry director Jonathan Griffiths in an article from Entrepreneur magazine.
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January 7, 2025

Posted in Insights

2026-03-20 06:04:56
Jolie Wyatt ’26 smiles and makes a heart gesture with her hands
From Acceptance to Leadership: The Personal Journey of Babson’s SGA President After facing personal challenges as a teen, Jolie Wyatt ’26 came to Babson, where she found acceptance and became an entrepreneurial leader. She serves as president of Babson’s Student Government Association.
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January 6, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-03-19 02:00:06
James Pidhurney and Greg Pope pitch their product in front of the Sharks on the episode
From Babson to “Shark Tank”: How James Pidhurney MBA’08 Scored a $400K Deal for Chalkless James Pidhurney MBA’08 turned entrepreneurial lessons from Babson into a “Shark Tank” deal with Kevin O’Leary and Rashaun Williams for Chalkless, a grip-enhancing product.
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December 5, 2024

Posted in Outcomes

2026-03-19 17:57:25
Jeffrey Shay poses for a portrait
These 3 Trends Will Change What It Means to Be an Entrepreneur in 2025 Here are three entrepreneurship trends from the new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report that are changing the landscape for the future, writes Jeffrey Shay in an article from Entrepreneur magazine.
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December 4, 2024

Posted in Insights

2026-03-19 19:41:47
The winning teams pose for a photo with their winning checks
Health Innovation Takes Center Stage at Babson’s First Health Pitch  The inaugural Health Pitch competition, held during Global Entrepreneurship Week, featured six innovative healthcare ventures by Babson students.
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November 21, 2024

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Donna Levin speaks to an audience from a podium
The GCEC Conference Brings Entrepreneurship Educators to Babson More than 700 entrepreneurship educators from around the world came to Babson for the annual Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference.
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November 21, 2024

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership