Tag: Family Entrepreneurship

Babson’s commitment to family entrepreneurs recognizes that families, not just family businesses, drive entrepreneurial behavior. This includes the support of family foundations, startups supported by families, spousal startups, entrepreneurial family members embarking on separate ventures, and many other value-creating, family activities.

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Babson First-Year Students Learn to Navigate Family Legacies and Carve Their Own Path Babson’s First Year Family Entrepreneurship Mastermind program helps students strengthen family business relationships, develop leadership skills, and launch passion-driven ventures.
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Hillary Chabot
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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.
April 22, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

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The Riberas Family Honored with Babson-Camus Global Family Entrepreneurship Award Babson College, along with Maison Camus, presented the 2025 Babson-Camus Global Family Entrepreneurship Award to the Riberas family, founders and leaders of Gestamp.
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April 2, 2025

Posted in Community, Outcomes

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Lauri Union, William Gartner Named Among Top 25 Leading Global Academics in Family Enterprise Lauri Union and William Gartner, two leaders of the Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship at Babson College, have been recognized among the leading global academics in family enterprise by Family Capital. 
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December 13, 2024

Posted in Babson Briefs

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Inside the Blank School’s Seven Centers and Institutes With its world-class centers and institutes, the Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership continues to expand its impact and influence. Here’s a look at the Blank School’s seven centers and institutes.
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October 4, 2024

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Portraits of Eric Johnson and Erin Tolefree
A Father and Daughter Prepare to Speak at Babson’s Commencement In a historic first for Babson, the College’s graduate Commencement ceremony will feature a joint address, delivered by a father-daughter pair of business leaders: Eric Johnson ’72, P’08 and Erin Tolefree.
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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 2, 2024

Posted in Community

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Do You Own or Manage Your Business with Family Members? Here Are 3 Essential Tips to Create Value Together. In an article from Entrepreneur magazine, Lauri Union of the Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship shares how family entrepreneurship can create value across generations by drawing on a family's strengths to advance their business goals.
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April 1, 2024

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

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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

Two Babson College Teams Receive Faculty Research Angel Fund Awards Two Babson College research teams were selected as recipients of Faculty Research Angel Fund awards by Babson's Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
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November 8, 2022

Posted in Babson Briefs

Ernesto Bertarelli speaks at a podium
Celebrating the Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship Successful entrepreneur and philanthropist Ernesto Bertarelli ’89 returns to Babson’s campus to formally dedicate the Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship.
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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.
October 28, 2022

Posted in Community

Woman and man with award
How to Serve Up Success, Family Style Gustavo Cisneros ’68, H’19, who recently received the Babson-Camus Global Family Entrepreneurship Award, reflects on his business, his family, and building a legacy.
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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 6, 2022

Posted in Community