Food Entrepreneurship Archives · Babson Thought & Action

Professor Marjorie Feld and Assistant Professor David Blodgett

Linking Science and Liberal Arts to Create a Unique Experience for Students and Faculty Professor Marjorie Feld and Assistant Professor David Blodgett have teamed up to create a new socio-ecological course, Feeding the Modern United States.

By Bryan Lipiner

Writer

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.

October 7, 2020

Tagged Food Entrepreneurship, Campus, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Faculty, Class of 2021

Posted in Community

When the Community Has Your Back Supermarket owner Jeffrey Brown ’86 has long supported his stores’ communities. When social unrest affected his supermarkets, those communities, in turn, supported him.

By 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.

August 25, 2020

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Food Entrepreneurship, Alumni

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Popped Water Lily Seeds Go Prime Time Nadine Habayeb is about to swim with the sharks as she attempts to seal a deal for her snack company, Bohana, on ABC’s Shark Tank on Friday night, March 20.

By Michael Chmura

March 20, 2020

Tagged Graduate, Alumni, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Food Entrepreneurship, Startups, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Rosine Ndayishimiye on becoming a farmer

She Wanted to Help. Becoming a Farmer Wasn’t What She Expected. After graduation, Rosine Ndayishimiye ’18 returned to her native Rwanda to make a difference. That path led her to the unexpected career choice of becoming a farmer.

By 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.

January 6, 2020

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Alumni, Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Global, Food Entrepreneurship, Sustainability

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

How Babson Dining Could Help Save New England’s Dairy Farms By winning the New England Food Vision Prize, Babson College is helping a local farm expand to making mozzarella cheese to increase locally sourced food and engage faculty and students.

By 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.

December 18, 2019

Tagged Food Entrepreneurship, Student Life, Sustainability

Posted in Community

Creating a Clear Path for Growth Juan Giraldo MBA ’18 came to Babson with an idea for a food business, but it was during the Cultivate Small Business program at Babson Executive Education that he was finally able to drill down, work out the kinks, and create a clear path for continued growth.

By Karl Klaussen

September 12, 2019

Tagged Food Entrepreneurship, Alumni, Executive Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Brewing a New Venture Tam Le MBA ’13 has always been an entrepreneur. But it was the Cultivate Small Business program at Babson that allowed him to extend his business and break new ground.

By Karl Klaussen

September 10, 2019

Tagged Food Entrepreneurship, Alumni, Executive Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Alumni Who Pitched Ideas on 'Shark Tank' Return to Babson At this year's Babson Connect: Worldwide, part of the College’s Centennial Celebration, four Babson alumni shared their experiences pitching on ABC’s "Shark Tank."

By Bryan Lipiner

Writer

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.

September 3, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Campus, Centennial, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Food Entrepreneurship, Startups

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership