HigherMe ─ a Babson tech startup that makes it easier for retail employers to hire qualified workers ─ took home the $15,000 first prize in Startup Rounds business contest held recently through the Babson Entrepreneurship Club (BEC).
Babson College is one of the 332 most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review.
Babson’s Tom Davenport has been recognized as one of the "21 Thought-Leader Professors in Data Science" by the website Master's in Data Science. He is the President’s Distinguished Information Technology & Management professor at Babson College.
Three startups ─ Vedavoo, Lilypad Scales, and HigherMe ─ are the 2014 winners of the Babson College B.E.T.A. (Babson Entrepreneurial Thought and Action®) Challenge. The entrepreneur winners in three categories ─ alumni, undergraduate student, and graduate student ─ competed to win a grand prize of $20,000 each in cash and “services in kind” donations from corporate sponsors.
Nine businesses will compete as finalists in Babson College’s B.E.T.A. (Babson Entrepreneurial Thought and Action®) Challenge on April 10, 2014 during Founder’s Day activities on the Wellesley, MA campus.
The 6th annual Babson Latin American Entrepreneurship Forum, hosted by F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and the Babson Latin American Club, will take place Friday, April 4th, 2014.
Twelve Babson College students will participate in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) 2014 Annual Meeting at Arizona State University in Tempe, March 21-23.
Babson College and Santander International Entrepreneurship Center (CISE) recently presented the second offering of the CISE-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators. The program, supported for Banco Santander, through its Santander Universities Global Division, was taught to a group of 40 academics and entrepreneurs from multiple institutions at the University of Cantabria in Spain.
Babson College will host the 2nd International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance on March 20-21, 2014, where researchers, practitioners, and academics from around the world will present the latest research and case studies in their academic fields.
Babson’s Energy and Environmental Club (BEEC) will hold the Babson Energy & Environmental Conference: Fifteen Shades of Green, on Thursday, March 27, 2014 from 9 am to 7 pm at the Wellesley, MA campus.
Ten Babson startups from a pool of 77 have advanced to make their final pitch in Startup Rounds, a new business competition. The top 10 startups will pitch to an expert judge panel followed by an awards ceremony on Feb. 27, 2014 at the Microsoft New England Research & Development (NERD) Center in Cambridge. Visit www.startuprounds.com.
Babson College, the world’s leading institution for entrepreneurship education, has developed the first Entrepreneurship Policy and Development Program specifically designed to guide public and private sector leaders and policy makers in creating and applying entrepreneurship policy in their societies, using the most advanced concepts, methods, cases and practices in the field. The ground-breaking program will be offered from March 10 – 13, 2014.
Babson College Entrepreneurship Professor Joel Shulman is launching a new mutual fund that invests in “Entrepreneurial” companies. The new fund (ticker IMPAX), considered the first-of-its-kind, has been funded with over $120M in institutional capital.
Babson College today announced that it has renamed its market-leading blended online/offline MBA program the Babson MBA Blended Learning Program. The new name reflects the unique delivery model this program features for students who prefer to access Babson’s top-ranked curriculum through a blend of Web-based, virtual, and face-to-face interactions.
Students from Babson, Olin College of Engineering, and Mass College of Art showcase their innovative products and creative solutions during the Babson College Product Design Events on December 5 & 12, 2013 on the Wellesley campus.
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is in the midst of an entrepreneurial revolution that is invigorating the region with new opportunities, increased employment, and a robust rise in gross domestic product to one of the highest in the world, according to the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Sub-Saharan African Regional Report launched this week in Lusaka, Zambia.
More than 500 innovators, visionaries, thought leaders and Entrepreneurs of All Kinds™ will gather at Babson College on November 15th for the annual Babson Entrepreneurship Forum.
Babson College’s Asian Business Club will host its annual Asia Entrepreneurship Forum on Saturday, November 2nd, at Babson’s Wellesley campus, to discuss the expanding markets in Asian countries.
Babson College undergraduate and graduate Hatcheries, part of the John E. and Alice L. Butler Venture Accelerator Program, are provide a vibrant atmosphere conducive to sharing ideas and information among student teams, faculty, executives-in-residence and visiting entrepreneurs.
Babson Global has partnered with Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Wow Labs and the U.S. State Department to establish a social innovation incubator serving the youth of Malaysia.
Babson President Kerry Healey and Babson’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership will host a webinar discussion - Advancing Women’s Entrepreneurship: Why Gender Parity Is Key to Economic Growth - to explore theories and tactics that will further the cause of women’s entrepreneurship worldwide.
Babson College has launched the Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab business accelerator - the first of its kind - designed specifically to support women entrepreneurs in their startup and early-stage ventures.
Babson College is among the 25 founding colleges of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Champions.
Investment seeking entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to learn how to acquire small businesses with Babson College’s new web-based open enrollment program, “Buying a Small Business - Online” beginning October 7, 2013.
The groundbreaking book, Worthless Impossible and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value, has been authored by Daniel Isenberg, Professor of Entrepreneurship Practice at Babson Executive and Enterprise Education and founding Executive Director of the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project.
Babson College has been named one of the top colleges for entrepreneurship by Her Campus in its 2013 College Rankings.
Babson College is the educator, convener, and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds™, propelling its students and graduates to make a difference. Daquan Oliver and Alexander Debelov are examples of two such persons - finalists in Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year contest.
Babson College’s 2013 New Student Reading Program selection is Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right, by Babson’s own Mary Gentile.
Babson Marketing Division Chair and Professor Victoria Crittenden has received the 2013 Pearson Prentice Hall’s Solomon-Marshall-Stuart Award for Innovative Excellence in Marketing Education (American Marketing Association Teaching and Learning SIG).
Babson College is bringing teams of volunteers, including students, staff, faculty, alumni, parents, and friends, to Ghana and Rwanda this summer to teach and develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
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