Tag: Entrepreneurship

Babson student presenting her startup.
What FME Students Learned at Rocket Pitch Babson first-year students in Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship noticed several performance-boosting strategies to incorporate in their own pitches, and some to avoid, after attending this year’s Rocket Pitch.
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Hillary Chabot
Writer
Hillary Chabot
Hillary Chabot is a writer for Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. An award-winning journalist, she is known for her insightful reporting and dedication to detailed storytelling. With a career spanning over two decades, she has covered a wide range of topics, from presidential campaigns and government policy to neighborhood issues and investigative series. As a reporter for The Boston Herald, Hillary earned a reputation for tenacity and integrity. Her work at Babson College fuels her passions—to learn something new every day and conduct thoughtful, empathic interviews. She’s thrilled to be at Babson College, where students, faculty, staff members and classes provide compelling copy daily.
November 16, 2023

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

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John Jacobs and the Power of Optimism The co-founder and chief creative optimist of Life is Good delivers a powerful message of optimism in the keynote address for Babson’s Global Entrepreneurship Week.
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Eric Beato
Editor / Writer
Eric Beato
Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.
November 15, 2023

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

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New GEM Report Underscores Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs The new Women’s Entrepreneurship Report from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor focuses on recommendations to help further close the gender gap.
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November 14, 2023

Posted in Insights

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The Sneaker Business: A Behind-the-Scenes Look Got Sole holds packed sneaker conventions across the country. Jonathan DiModica ’21, the company’s co-founder, reflects on the marketing and social media, the celebrities and collectors, that have fueled its growth.
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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.
November 13, 2023

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Babson Again Named No. 1 for Entrepreneurship in the Northeast Babson College has been named No. 1 for Entrepreneurship in the Northeast for both undergraduate and graduate programs for the third year in a row by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
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November 7, 2023

Posted in Babson Briefs

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Carla Curiel ’05 Named New Director of Babson Miami Babson College has appointed Carla Curiel ’05 as the new director of Babson Miami. The announcement coincides with the College’s 20th anniversary celebration of its Blended Learning MBA program, located in Miami.
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November 1, 2023

Posted in Babson Briefs

People sit and stand around tables, listening to a speaker at an event of the Global Family Entrepreneurship Network
A New Global Network Focuses on Family Entrepreneurship On its fifth anniversary, Babson’s Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship has formed a global network of family entrepreneurs. The goal is to provide connections, education, and support.
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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.
October 31, 2023

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

A Look into the Experiential Learning Experience at Babson Experiential learning isn’t just a buzzword. In the second installment of our two-part series on experiential learning, hear from two students and two businesses who have made the most of this opportunity.
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October 30, 2023

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Sustainability Through Innovation: Meet the Global Student Challenge Winners The Babson Collaborative Global Student Challenge tasks students worldwide with generating new business concepts aligned with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. Here’s how the latest winners tackled the challenge.
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October 30, 2023

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Taylor Swift
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Taylor Swift’s Movie Tour Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour offers several entrepreneurial lessons, Beth Goldstein, director of Babson’s Youth Impact Lab, said.
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Hillary Chabot
Writer
Hillary Chabot
Hillary Chabot is a writer for Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. An award-winning journalist, she is known for her insightful reporting and dedication to detailed storytelling. With a career spanning over two decades, she has covered a wide range of topics, from presidential campaigns and government policy to neighborhood issues and investigative series. As a reporter for The Boston Herald, Hillary earned a reputation for tenacity and integrity. Her work at Babson College fuels her passions—to learn something new every day and conduct thoughtful, empathic interviews. She’s thrilled to be at Babson College, where students, faculty, staff members and classes provide compelling copy daily.
October 27, 2023

Posted in Insights