Tag: Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Juliette Swann MSEL’19, founder of the dating app Birdy

How a Breakup Spurred a New Venture After leaving an unhappy relationship, Juliette Swann MSEL’19 founded Birdy, a dating app that aims to help users find better matches.

By John Crawford

February 12, 2021

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Alumni, Women's Leadership, Startups

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-09 22:00:49

New Program Accelerates Black Women Entrepreneurial Leaders Babson’s Black Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership program fills the need of coaching and mentorship among Black women entrepreneurs.

By Bryan Lipiner

January 26, 2021

Tagged Inclusive Excellence, Entrepreneurship Education, Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Women's Leadership

Posted in Community

2026-04-12 05:55:16

Planting the Seeds for Financial Empowerment Through her nonprofit, Seeds of Fortune, Nitiya Walker ’14 seeks to empower young women of color through financial knowledge.

By John Crawford

January 22, 2021

Tagged Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Nonprofit, Inclusive Excellence, Women's Leadership, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Alumni

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-04 17:28:34

Her Hometown Is in Her Heart Her Brazilian hometown is often on the mind of Giullia Jaques Caldeira ’24, who works to support her mom there and founded an organization aiding women in an area prison.

By John Crawford

November 23, 2020

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Social Innovation, Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit, Global, Undergraduate

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-03-23 22:07:25

Babson MBAs Asini Wijewardane and Colleen Leung

Seizing the Moment to Help People Wade Through the Mental Health System Tapping into Babson resources, two recent MBA graduates launched a platform based on the premise that finding a therapist should not be difficult.

By Karl Klaussen

November 19, 2020

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Entrepreneurship, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Posted in Community

2026-04-11 14:38:00

An Entrepreneur Pursues a Passion for Education As a high school tutor, Maxine Anderson ’22 developed a passion for education. Now, as the co-founder of Arist, she’s helping create learning opportunities around the world.

By John Crawford

November 13, 2020

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Women's Leadership, Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Startups, Global, Undergraduate, Class of 2022

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-12 02:28:29

Esther Greene MBA ’21 while serving in the Marine Corps and today.

5 Questions with Marine Corps Veteran Esther Greene MBA’21 Babson Veterans Club President Esther Greene MBA’21 reflects on how military service helped shape her into the entrepreneurial leader she is today.

By Bryan Lipiner

November 11, 2020

Tagged Graduate, Advice, Career, Entrepreneurship, Student Life, Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Class of 2021

Posted in Community

A sketch of Nobel Prize-winning scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna.

‘Quantum Leap’: Nobel-Winning Scientists Advance Women’s Leadership Two women scientists won the Nobel Prize collectively for the first time Oct. 7, inspiring women for years to come, says Smaiyra Million and Susan Duffy.

By Bryan Lipiner

October 26, 2020

Tagged Women's Leadership, Advice, Career, Inclusive Excellence, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-11 21:00:31

Three Colleges. Six Student Leaders. One Project W. Through Project W, innovators, artists, engineers, and critical thinkers from Babson, Olin, and Wellesley colleges unite to start high-level projects and foster meaningful relationships.

By Scott Dietz

October 2, 2020

Tagged Undergraduate, Student Life, Campus, Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Class of 2021

Posted in Community

2026-04-12 02:28:29

A Chance to Change a Life Inspired by the story of her mother, Aria Mustary ’21 founded the Mai Soli Foundation, which works in Bangladesh to empower girls and end child marriage.

By John Crawford

September 23, 2020

Tagged Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Women's Leadership, Undergraduate, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Global, Nonprofit, Class of 2021

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-09 07:21:50