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.

2021 Babson Connect: Worldwide insignia

Five Regions, Five Days: Entrepreneurial Leadership Everywhere Featuring an impressive list of esteemed speakers, the sixth edition of Babson Connect: Worldwide takes the College community around the world in five days.

March 29, 2021

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Family Entrepreneurship, Household Names, Social Innovation, VC & Investing

Posted in Community

Compilation of Sarah Girouard and Eric Girouard each holding products from their companies

The Pandemic Sparks an Entrepreneurial Boom The tumult of the past year has not scared away entrepreneurs from pursuing their startups. On the contrary, entrepreneurial activity has seen a sharp uptick.

By John Crawford

March 5, 2021

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Alumni, Faculty, Startups, Family Entrepreneurship

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Entering the Family Business

5 Things the Next Gen Should Do When Joining a Family Business How can a next-generation leader successfully enter the family business? Lauri Union of the Institute for Family Entrepreneurship interviewed Babson alumni to find out.

November 25, 2020

Tagged Advice, Alumni, Company Culture, Family Entrepreneurship, Global, Leadership

Posted in Insights

Family entrepreneurs meet at IFE in 2019

Why Family Entrepreneurship is the New Family Business Many think of family businesses as passed down from one generation to the next. Findings from the first ever Family Entrepreneurship Report by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) debunk that assumption.

November 13, 2020

Tagged Family Entrepreneurship, Career, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Entrepreneurship Finds Roots in Families, Reveals GEM Report Worldwide, 75% of entrepreneurs and 81% of established business owners are entrepreneurs, co-owning or managing their businesses with family members.

By Alexandra Dunk

October 26, 2020

Tagged Family Entrepreneurship, Alumni, Social Innovation

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Tarsadia Foundation

Babson, Family Foundation Partner to Build Economic Inclusion for All Angeli Tarsadia Reddy ’09 and her family foundation have partnered with a Babson-led venture to uplift underserved populations from financial fragility.

By Brianna Radicioni

October 7, 2020

Tagged Alumni, Faculty, Family Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit, Social Innovation, Women's Leadership

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Lauri Union

The Power of the Entrepreneurial Family Running her family business taught Lauri Union the power of family entrepreneurship. Now, she is working to strengthen entrepreneurial families at Babson.

By John Crawford, Shannon Sweeny Curran

September 16, 2020

Tagged Family Entrepreneurship, Faculty

Posted in Community

Babson College has set out to galvanize budding entrepreneurs around the world through its new summer programs

Ready to Entrepreneur, Young Students Spend Summer with Babson The time for innovation is now. Babson has set out to galvanize budding entrepreneurs around the world through its new, virtual summer programs.

By Bryan Lipiner

June 18, 2020

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Entrepreneurship Education, Family Entrepreneurship, Finance, Leadership, Sustainability, Women's Leadership

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White Mountain Puzzles

The Joy of the Jigsaw Puzzle White Mountain Puzzles, co-owned by Colin Wroblewski ’03, has seen a spike in sales as people seek an uplift from an unlikely source: jigsaw puzzles.

By John Crawford

May 29, 2020

Tagged Alumni, Family Entrepreneurship

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Boyd Technologies

To Fill a Drastic Need The family manufacturing firm of Matthew Boyd MBA’07 is shifting production to make urgently needed medical masks. “We feel an obligation to help,” says Boyd.

By John Crawford

April 7, 2020

Tagged Alumni, Babson Heroes, Family Entrepreneurship

Posted in Community