This past spring Babson Entrepreneurship Professor Patricia G. Greene presented at the Entrepreneurship Eco-System Conference, co-sponsored by Babson’s Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship researchers from schools in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. gathered to examine cases in each of their universities, and create a new teaching model that would catapult entrepreneurship [...]

I spent last week in Elsinore, Denmark with Candy Brush at the USE (Understanding Small Enterprises) conference and would like to follow up on Candy’s latest blog as well.  Three main things stood out for me:  1) LO Skollen (pronounced L O Skōllen) as a place and what it stands for, 2)  the emphasis conference [...]

Name of business: Trade Show Internet; http://www.tradeshowinternet.com/about.html
Founder/s: Seth Burstein, MBA 2011; and Ian Framson
The beginning: January 2009
Initial Investment: $500
Employees: 2 full time, 3 contractors
Founder’s Past Life: Seth Burstein was living the awe inspiring life of an actuary (statistician for the insurance industry)
Initial Preparation to Germinate Idea: There is a lot of price gouging in the [...]

I am on my way back from Elsinore, Denmark which is the home of the Kronborg Castle, thought to be the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Hamlet.  I attended a conference with the theme of “Understanding Small Enterprises”.  The topics included ways that small firms could ensure a healthy and safe lifestyle for their owner/managers and their [...]

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, was in Boston last Friday and graciously added an MBA roundtable to his agenda.  His team set up an hour for him to meet with a select group of MBA students and a faculty member from seven local business schools.  I readily admit that while I’m not a fan of [...]

For those who love facts and figures, here are some stats about the 2009 Babson Entrepreneurship Forum:
30 speakers shared some hard-earned wisdom on entrepreneurship
9 different panel discussios were featured throughout the day
3 keynote speakers delivered addresses
650 attendees took part in the discussion
In the words of Fast Company co-founder Alan Webber, “This is a phenominal achivement, [...]

A team of sophomores from Bryant University was awarded a $27,500 prize for developing a water purification business plan, as part of Babson College’s annual Ideas Into Action Business Plan Competition.
Led by Morgan Morris, the PURO team has designed a portable and customizable individual water filtration bottle.
The winner was selected from a group of three [...]

Timoty Prestero is the CEO and founder of Design that Matters, a Cambridge-based non-profit that works to improve services for the poor in developing countries.
 An inventor of three cholera treatment devices, and a former Peace Corps Volunteer, Prestero shared his four rules for success at the 2009 Babson Entrepreneurship Forum.
 Rule 1: Under-promise and over-deliver
 Rule 2: [...]

Starting as a surfer, peddling sandals in beach shops along the California coast, Doug Otto has had his share of wipeouts.
 
Otto, the co-founder of Deckers Outdoor Corp., gave the main address at the 2009 Babson Entrepreneurship Forum. In his remarks, he noted that success only happens when you aren’t afraid to fail.
 
“We always kept a new [...]

Sarah Beatty, the founder and President of Green Depot, calls herself an “accidental entrepreneur.” She’s also working to redefine the word “green.”
 
“Green today is not about being a martyr,” said Beatty, a Green Entrepreneurship panelist at the 2009 Babson Entrepreneurship Forum. “It is about saving ourselves and being smarter.”
 
Starting in 2005, Beatty set out to sell of green [...]