As Babson’s Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration comes to a close, we wanted to share some entrepreneurial quotes that some of our community members live by. These quotes were collected as part of the Blank Center’s “Entrepreneurial Quotes to Live By” Instagram Contest. Enjoy! “A true entrepreneur is a doer. Not a dreamer.” “The best time…
The Fashion Entrepreneurial Initiative (FEI) will be hosting its second event of the semester, The Future of Fashion, as part of Babson’s Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration. Speakers will include representatives from TJX, Life is Good, Baycrew’s Group (one of the largest fashion retailers in Japan), and Wolverine to talk about the future trends in the Fashion…
Today marks the start of Babson’s 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Week! Babson will be celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2017 from November 9-16 with a series of events and activities. The Babson events are a part of the thousands of events in 170 countries celebrating innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity during GEW. Here are this year’s events!…
Our last #How2Tuesday of the semester is on Tuesday, November 28 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room: How to Raise a Seed Round with David Chang! Join David Chang, entrepreneur, angel investor, and director of the Summer Venture Program, for a practical session on how to pitch and land your first investors. David…
As part of the Butler Launch Pad, the Blank Center awards about a dozen entrepreneurs each semester with access to professional and semiprivate workspace to grow their ventures. The undergraduate and graduate hatcheries provide a vibrant atmosphere conducive to sharing ideas and information amongst student entrepreneurs. Read more about the fall 2017 hatchery businesses: Graduate…
The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, November 7 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room: How 2 Read a Term Sheet with Angelo Santinelli! So you’ve decided to start dating (raise money) and things are getting serious with several suitors (potential investors). One has already popped the question and others are sure…
Today marks the 18th annual Rocket Pitch, sponsored by the Blank Center, Pierce Atwood LLP and Samuel Goldstein and Co. There are 48 presentations scheduled today from Babson students (ugrad, MSEL, MBA, CAM) and alumni, each with only three minutes and three slides to clearly and succinctly deliver the critical differentiating elements of their business…
The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, October 31 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room: How 2 Build a Successful Company Culture with Bryan Burdick! Every company has a culture – some by design and some by happy or unfortunate accident. Whether intentional or not, an organization’s leadership team is the primary…
This is a guest blog post from Josh Gershon, Founder of Startup Island. Startup Island is a personal and professional development program, designed to connect entrepreneurial-minded students through a travel experience. Since the companies first trip in March 2016, Babson students have become an integral part of the Startup Island community, and have been largely…
The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, October 24 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room: How to Make a Prototype with SOLIDWORKS! Looking to create a hardware prototype? Our friends at SOLIDWORKS will be coming to campus to share their experiences and resources available to Babson entrepreneurs! Some of the topics that…
