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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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Babson alumnus PepsiCo CEO Roger Enrico
Honoring the Late Roger Enrico PepsiCo legend, revered philanthropist, and Babson’s newest Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs® inductee, the late Roger Enrico ’65, H’86 leaves behind much more than a memory.
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November 20, 2018

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Andrew Zimmern at Babson Food Day
Andrew Zimmern's Advice for Young Entrepreneurs During the eighth annual Babson Food Day, Andrew Zimmern sat round a table with Babson students to share his story and his advice for aspiring food entrepreneurs.
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October 30, 2018

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Linda Rottenberg
Linda Rottenberg’s Advice: Go Crazy on Your Idea Linda Rottenberg has a message for aspiring entrepreneurs: If people aren’t calling you crazy, you aren’t dreaming big enough.
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May 7, 2018

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Caryl Stern
Caryl Stern’s Lessons on Life and Leadership In the story of Caryl Stern’s life, there’s a theme prevalent in each and every chapter: putting children first.
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May 3, 2018

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Stephen Ritz
Growing Plants to Grow Students with Stephen Ritz Stephen Ritz's Green Bronx Machine uses the power of a plant to transform communities that are fragmented and marginalized into neighborhoods that are inclusive and thriving.
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April 17, 2018

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Warren Buffett
Life Lessons from Warren Buffett An MBA student had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sit down with Warren Buffett. Here's what he learned.
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April 12, 2018

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Michelle Brooke-Marciniak
From Athlete to Entrepreneur Former WNBA star and collegiate standout Michelle Brooke-Marciniak leveraged the skills and mentality she developed as an athlete to guide her career as an entrepreneur.
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March 23, 2018

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Sheila Marcelo
3 Lessons from Distinguished Entrepreneurs What can we learn from the world’s most accomplished entrepreneurs? We look to the world's first entrepreneurship hall of fame to find out.
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November 20, 2017

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Arthur Blank
No Finish Line Arthur Blank ’63, H’98, built The Home Depot, one of the largest retail outlets in the world. For the second act of his amazing career, Blank has kept busy, pledging to give nearly all of his wealth to charity, and leading his NFL team, the Atlanta Falcons. 
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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 18, 2017

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