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Relationships Matter: How 2 Grow Your Services Business

By James Truslow | November 4, 2019

New services ventures face an uphill battle as they work towards building their credibility and winning early clients. In a competitive services landscape, what can founders do to ensure that their businesses have the best chance for growth? As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Babson Global Entrepreneur in Residence (GEIR) Akhil Suresh Nair MBA’18 led…

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GEIR Blog Series: Rapidly Testing your Startup Idea as a Student

By babsongeir | December 14, 2017

The following is a blog post from Joe Zhou. Joe is the founder & CEO of firstblood and a Global Entrepreneur in Residence (GEIR) at Babson College. This is the first in a series of posts by Babson’s GEIRs where they will share lessons and tips from their experience as startup founders.  As a GEIR…

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Welcome to Joe Zhou, Global Entrepreneur in Residence!

By Antonette Ho | December 9, 2016

The following post is from Ali Pincus Jacobs, a Blank Center team member. The Blank Center is excited to welcome Joe Zhou as the first Global Entrepreneur in Residence. Joe is the Founder & CEO of FirstBlood, an E-sports startup that recently broke the speed record for crowdfunding. Prior to founding Firstblood, Joe co-founded Alt-Options,…

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Boston Mayor Walsh Celebrates Babson’s Global Entrepreneur Program

By Michael Chmura | September 27, 2016

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh had high praise for Babson College’s new Global Entrepreneur in Residence program during remarks on September 27th before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs Forum at the Weston Copley Place Hotel. “Boston’s economy is thriving because we have become a hub in the global network of ideas, of…

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