On Wednesday, March 1, Babson College’s Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab®, SheStarts, WEBos (Women Entrepreneurship Boston) and Peach will host an ‘Honest Stories From Women Leaders’ panel discussion with: Janet Kraus, CEO and Co-Founder of Peach, Jody Rose, Executive Director of the New England Venture Capital Association, and Nicole Sahin, CEO and Founder of Globalization Partners.…
KYBOE! has launched a first-of-its-kind Babson college edition watch. It was inspired by Babson College alumnus, President’s Advisory Council member, and entrepreneur Marc Bell ’89 who, after falling in love with KYBOE!, its products, and founders, jumped on the opportunity to help the Netherland-based company launch in North America in 2015.
Babson College Professor Frederick Douglass Opie has authored Southern Food and Civil Rights: Feeding the Revolution—his latest book which exposes readers to the importance of food in fueling a movement. From the publisher: Food has been and continues to be an essential part of any movement for progressive change. From home cooks and professional chefs…
TORq Interface, founded by Babson graduate student Joanna Geisinger MBA’17, has been selected as a participant of PULSE@MassChallenge–a new six-month digital health lab accelerator that matches startups with relevant corporate ‘Champions’. According to BostInno, ‘Unlike MassChallenge’s main accelerator program, which accepts 128 startups every year, [the 31 PULSE participants were] accepted through a match-making process…
During her time as a surgical device representative, Babson graduate student Joanna Geisinger MBA’17 spent the majority of her time driving to a surgery that she would later find out had been rescheduled, or waiting at a hospital for hours because they were behind schedule. The solution? Torq Interface—a HIPAA-compliant, automated platform which exports real-time,…
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently ranked Babson Professor Joel Shulman’s EntrepreneurShares Large Cap Growth Fund No. 5 among 698 similar funds on a YTD basis. The December 2 WSJ’s Category Kings shows that EntrepreneurShares’ Large Cap Growth Fund generated 8.13 percent net performance (after fees) compared to 1.34 percent for the category average. This accomplishment follows…
Babson College is the top undergraduate business school in New England and No. 18 nationwide in Poets & Quants’ inaugural Best Undergraduate Business Programs of 2016. Babson is also the only college in the top 20 institutions ranked—all others are business schools within larger universities. According to Poets & Quants: Babson College is the only…
Babson College has been named No. 3 in the Northeast when it comes to the percentage of international students enrolled—this according to The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education 2017 College Rankings. With an international student population of approximately 27 percent, Babson places third only to Berklee College of Music and The New School. In another…
Babson College undergraduate student Danielle Rubenfeld ‘18 is the Founder and President of Bread Run Corp., a 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to feeding the hungry and homeless in local communities. She is also the youngest co-author of the new book Journeys To Success: Millennial Edition. In the book, 21 millennial authors recount their personal experiences about…
Babson College hosted its first-ever Miami-based Rocket Pitch competition at CIC Miami on Thursday, November 17, 2016. The event was sponsored by the Babson Alumni Club of South Florida, Miami Finance Forum, and CIC’s nonprofit partner organization Venture Café Miami. Babson’s signature event—a unique, fast-paced pitch competition now held annually in Wellesley, MA, San Francisco,…
