http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog News from the Babson College Community Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:33:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Friday - we held our signature event at Babson - Rocket Pitch Day. This was the 10th consecutive year for this event- and, this is absolutely the BEST of what Babson has to offer - and it symbolizes all that we are.  We had 75 student teams make their ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/05/rocket-pitch-day-at-babson/ Prof. William Bygrave says that "Entrepreneurship is the 'liberal arts' of a business education. It challenges students to behave both as generalists and specialists, to be creators and creative problem solvers, and to reason conceptually but to implement pragmatically."  Prof. Bygrave comments on this subject in the BusinessWeek story: "Business: ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/02/entrepreneurship-liberal-arts-of-a-business-education/ Today’s college students are admired for their generational ability to multi-task in numerous Web 2.0 technologies.  But how proficient are they in improving the soft skills--- personality traits, social graces, communication, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism—to make sound business decisions at work and at home? Babson College Professor Elizabeth Thornton’s new ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/02/%e2%80%9cin-treatment%e2%80%9d-babson-college-entrepreneurship-students/ Besides statistics, Babson colleagues Elaine Allen and George Recck are also intensely serious about baseball.  It was a natural for them to blend the two to look and speculate at the “what ifs” of managing baseball teams.  They spoke at the Babson College/Wellesley Bank Business Series at the Wellesley Chamber’s ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/10/30/babson-statistic-profs%e2%80%94elaine-allen-and-george-recck%e2%80%94share-baseball-stats-with-wellesley-chamber/ 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 ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/10/27/prof-patricia-g-greene-talks-entrepreneurship-the-babson-way-at-entrepreneurship-eco-system-conference/ 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 ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/10/26/how-we-live-our-work-lives/ 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 ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/10/26/mba-student-business-offers-internet-access-at-trade-show-booths/ 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 ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/10/25/living-the-entrepreneurial-experience-2/ 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 ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/10/19/babsons-meeting-with-microsofts-steve-ballmer/ 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, ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/10/18/closing-numbers-from-the-babson-entrepreneurship-forum/