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Steve Case: Collaboration Will Be Key to New Era of Entrepreneurship AOL co-founder Steve Case challenged the undergrad Class of 2019 to lead innovation in regions outside of today’s startup hubs at Centennial Commencement.
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May 22, 2019

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2026-05-14 05:47:54
Experts talk Scaling Female Founders at eMerge Americas
To Scale Startups, Female Founders Think Beyond VC Despite a microscope being placed on the lack of capital received by women entrepreneurs, there has been no upward movement. But, as the challenges continue, women founders are blazing new paths toward startup success.
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May 20, 2019

Posted in Insights

2026-05-02 07:44:13
Polina Raygorodskaya and Gustavo Trindade
How Solving 1 Problem Led to Millions in Revenue Wanderu founder Polina Raygorodskaya ’08 illustrated to the growing startup community of Miami how solving a problem led to more than $100 million in revenue.
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May 16, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-10 05:16:28
Mega Mentoring
At the Founders Summit, Mentoring Goes Mega 100 alumni founders. 100 student entrepreneurs. 200 conversations. 1 afternoon. The Blank Center takes mentoring to the next level at Babson’s first Founders Summit.
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April 19, 2019

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2026-05-12 13:43:40
Tim DeMello
Ideas and Inspiration at Babson’s First Founders Summit Babson’s first Founder’s Summit was a day filled with inspiration, advice, and ideas from entrepreneurs of all kinds, including successful serial entrepreneur Tim DeMello ’81, P’18.
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April 17, 2019

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2026-05-14 08:24:04
B.E.T.A. Challenge
Babson Startups Win Big at B.E.T.A. Challenge More than $300,000 in cash and prizes was awarded at the esteemed Babson Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® (B.E.T.A.) Challenge.
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April 16, 2019

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2026-05-12 13:43:40
Matthew Mottola
The Corporate Entrepreneur: Matthew Mottola at Microsoft Matthew Mottola MS’17 is obsessed with fixing both the way we work, and the way we feel about our work. He used his make-it-happen mindset to tackle this problem at Microsoft.
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April 9, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-14 08:24:04
Michael Ioffe of Arist
Michael Ioffe’s Conversation Became a World-Changing Idea A series of conversations with students in Yemen left Michael Ioffe ’21 with an idea—that text messages could be used to bridge the digital learning access gap.
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April 8, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-08 21:35:51
B.E.T.A Challenge 2019
One Day. All Access. Founders Summit 2019. Entrepreneurial power houses from Babson’s global community will come together for the first Founder’s Summit on Thursday, April 11.
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April 8, 2019

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2026-05-14 08:24:04
Rachel Pardue
B.E.T.A. Challenge Semifinalists Pitch Their Startups Undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni pitched their businesses at the 2019 B.E.T.A. Challenge Semifinals, in hopes of ultimately competing for $300,000 in cash and in-kind services during the finals on Thursday, April 11.
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April 5, 2019

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2026-05-11 16:07:14