A Research Agenda for Women and Entrepreneurship has been published by Edward Elgar publishing Elgar Research Agendas. The publication is edited by Candida G. Brush, the Franklin W. Olin Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship and Vice Provost of Global Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson, and Patricia G. Greene, formerly the Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at Babson.…
NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen and Citi announced this week the establishment of WE NYC (Women Entrepreneurs New York City), an initiative to expand female entrepreneurship in New York City, with a special focus on underserved women and communities. Over the next three years, WE NYC will…
What do the Goldman Sachs Builders + Innovators Summit, Zappos, and Babson College have in common: A shared mission of building entrepreneurial cultures. I was honored and excited to again attend the annual Goldman Sachs Builders + Innovators Summit, this time held at Dove Mountain in Tuscon. For this event GS gathers up 100 entrepreneurs (both…
By: Patricia Greene Professor of Entrepreneurship This month we kicked off a new component of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (10KSB) through a partnership between the Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Tory Burch Foundation. This program is complementary to our core program and uses an adaptation of the 10KSB curriculum content and our unique…
This post originally appeared on Forbes. I wear a lot of hats these days and they all represent something about entrepreneurship. The thing I love about this is that these hats are often passports to meet and learn from great people. Last week was an exceptional experience in my ongoing entrepreneurial exploration – it was…
Babson Professor Patricia Greene is interviewed by Myob Radio about Babson’s involvement in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. As part of the initiative, Babson helps accelerate small business ventures at local community colleges.
The recent study, Small Business: Lessons of the Recession, by Chase Card Services, NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) and the Center for Women’s Business Research (CWBR) reports on the types of responses business owners made to their businesses over the past years of the “Great Recession.” One of our interests was to see if…
The motto for small businesses used to be “location, location, location.” In this digital age in which geography is less important, I’d suggest it is more likely to be “network, network, network.” Last week I attended an event that is certainly one of more recent favorites. The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program and the…
How many angels? Patti Greene, Contributor Angel (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ecosystem. Ecosystem. Ecosystem. I admit I am obsessed with the idea of the ultimate entrepreneurship ecosystem. What does it really take in an environment to stimulate and nurture people in starting and growing businesses? We know a lot about the what…
The women of WIPP rocked last week. WIPP (Women Impacting Public Policy) held their annual conference this week in Washington, DC. I attended in my role as the Board Chair for the Center for Women’s Research. The sessions began at the conference hotel – and then moved to Capital Hill for the WIPP Congressional Luncheon…