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.

Sebastian Fixson
Seeking Insight from Babson Faculty? On the ground and on the airwaves, Babson’s faculty and thought leaders are sharing their expertise on leadership, innovation, and family entrepreneurship.
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Bryan Lipiner
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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.
May 16, 2019

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Akio Toyoda
But First, A Look Back at Toyoda’s Time at Babson In anticipation of addressing Babson’s graduate Class of 2019 at this year’s Centennial Commencement, Akio Toyoda MBA’82, P’14 shares some of his favorite Babson memories and advice.
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May 6, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Nick Ragland
Behind the Curtain of a Family Business Babson’s Live Case Study series takes attendees into the inner workings of family enterprises, which often are tight-lipped about the challenges they are facing.
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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.
April 18, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Cathy Hughes
Entrepreneurship in Her Family Dates Back to 1844. Today, Cathy Hughes Runs the Largest Black-Owned Broadcast Company in the Nation At the 21st annual Black Affinity Network Conference, the Babson community awarded Cathy Hughes with a Pioneer Award for her unique contributions in changing the entertainment industry.
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February 28, 2019

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Akio Toyoda, Babson's 2019 Graduate Centennial Commencement Speaker
Global Business Leader Akio Toyoda MBA’82 to Deliver Graduate Centennial Commencement Address Global business leader and Babson alumnus Akio Toyoda MBA’82, president of Toyota Motor Corporation, will address Babson’s graduate Class of 2019 as their Centennial Commencement speaker on Saturday, May 18.
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February 26, 2019

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IFE Board at Babson
New Advisory Board Begins Work with Babson's Institute for Family Entrepreneurship A newly-formed Board of Advisors, composed of global family entrepreneurship leaders, will guide Babson’s Institute of Family Entrepreneurship.
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January 31, 2019

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Why Entrepreneurship Research Matters
Entrepreneurship Research and Why it Matters For 20 years, the Babson-sponsored Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) has raised awareness about the power of entrepreneurship to create economic and social value, and hopes to continue to enact change in the way entrepreneurs are supported worldwide.
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January 22, 2019

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sustaining family business in the uae
For the UAE, a New Approach to Sustaining Family Business What's the key to sustaining family businesses and catalyzing transitions between generations? It starts with shifting to a family entrepreneurship mindset.
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January 17, 2019

Posted in Insights

Married Entrepreneurs Sara Blakely and Jesse Itzler
Advice from Married Entrepreneurs Sara Blakely and Jesse Itzler Sara Blakely and Jesse Itzler are an entrepreneurial power-couple. She founded Spanx and is a self-made billionaire, he has sold multiple businesses, authored best selling books, and is a former rapper. Together they have four children and say marrying one another has been the best decision they ever made.
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November 21, 2018

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Hanson Grant and Ken Zhang
“Life as an Entrepreneur? It’s Pretty Freaking Exciting” Two years after college, Hanson Grant ’16 is celebrating the success of his startup, Think Board, and a strategic new partnership with Rocketbook.
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October 3, 2018

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership