There is all this vanity stuff about how much experience you have in an industry, wether you have access to people in that industry, it goes on forever. If I told you a taxi (ride sharing) company could be worth $60+B would you believe me? What is one of the first things we are taught…
We are excited to announce Ruthie Davis MBA’93, founder, designer and president of luxury shoe brand Ruthie Davis, as our featured speaker for Babson Connect San Francisco on April 12. Ruthie is a distinguished entrepreneur and founder of the only luxury female American shoe designer label in the fashion industry. She earned her MBA in entrepreneurship from Babson’s…
Guest post by Phillip Kim, Associate Professor and Faculty Director, Babson Blended Learning MBA Program Our students in the Blended Learning MBA program come to Babson because of its reputation as the leading school for entrepreneurship education. The recognition by U.S. News & World Report that Babson continues as the No. 1 graduate school for…
More than 130 Babson College alumni, family, and friends gathered throughout the month of February in Boston, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Charlotte for Babson’s 5th Annual Day of Service. The first effort spanned four cities itself, in support of Project Glimmer—a nonprofit that inspires at-risk teenage girls and women to believe in themselves…
This month, I’ll be in San Francisco to guest lecture at Stanford University in its graduate-level Food, Health and Nutrition Entrepreneurship course and to facilitate the monthly THRIVE event at Babson San Francisco (thank you, Kim Bryden for the shout-out on Tidbit!) Everyone in food knows that San Francisco is one of the U.S. hotbeds…
This summer, we’re excited to offer Babson entrepreneurs another experience in San Francisco at Babson’s location in SoMa, the hub of the startup ecosystem. Babson Summer Catalyst is a 10-week pre-accelerator experience in San Francisco designed to help early-stage seed-level entrepreneurs through co-working and access to the SF/Silicon Valley ecosystem. Throughout the experience, Summer Catalyst teams are…
Four weeks ago twenty-two Babson undergrads flew into the San Francisco Airport to begin their “Semester Away” in the City by the Bay. The cohort hails from Hong Kong, Switzerland, Virginia, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, and many more places. I am lucky enough to count myself among these students and I look forward to sharing…
Although most students, alumni, and friends of Babson understand that the college’s main campus is located in Wellesley, the college has two additional campuses – one in Boston (at a brand new location on Federal Street) and a second in San Francisco, California located in the SoMa district (South of Market) which has provided a…
Alexander Debelov ’10, cofounder of Virool, and Polina Raygorodskaya ’08, cofounder of Wanderu, are among the members of the 2016 Forbes 30 under 30. Alexander Debelov ’10, cofounder, Virool – Marketing & Advertising Category As a student at Babson College, Debelov cofounded the Kairos Society, the world’s largest student entrepreneurship organization. Two years after graduating,…
Babson Undergraduate student Emily Levy ’16 didn’t let her diagnosis take control of her life – she used it to empower others in similar situations. Here’s her ‘PICC’ perfect story:
