Last week I spoke at a reception for the Top 100 Woman-Led Businesses in Massachusetts.  It was a grand celebration and one which the chief executive women richly deserved.  The reception marked the fifth time that The Center for Women's Leadership at Babson and The Commonwealth Institute have collaborated to conduct the research on the [...]

The Princeton Review has named Babson College's MBA Program the “Best Opportunity for Women” for the third year in a row. The rankings are based on surveys of students and reflect the strong commitment that Babson has dedicated to advancing women in business. More on the MBA Program >>

I got a most disturbing message on Friday.  The word on the street is that the Federal Reserve Board recently voted to stop producing the Survey of Small Business Finances.  Losing this data is a bad thing.  This survey has been done every five years since 1988 and includes both the sources of financing sought [...]

Pick up any business periodical or publication and you will see a cover story about the latest business hero or heroine.   Bill Gates (Microsoft founder), Warren Buffet (CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com founder) are often thought of business heros who have pioneered new markets by innovating, and growing their companies. 
But, how [...]