SPARK Boston, a City of Boston initiative that empowers the millennial generation to play a greater role in planning for the future, has announced its 2016 SPARK Impact Award finalists. Babson College alumni Sarah (Sherburne) Case MBA’17, founder of TechGen and Program Manager at New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA), and Ian So ’08, Co-founder…
Babson College’s Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab Miami is set to host its first-ever Demo Night on Thursday, October 27, 2016. Building on Babson’s leadership in advancing women-led entrepreneurship, the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson launched the WIN Lab in Boston in October 2013 as a first-of-its-kind program designed to help women entrepreneurs launch successful…
Babson College’s Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab will help launch Boston’s Women Entrepreneurs Week (WE BOS) as the college partner of the third annual Mass Innovation Nights Women Founders event on Monday, October 17. “We’ve been a partner of Mass Innovation Nights Women Founders events since their inception,” said Ashley Lucas, Director of the Boston WIN Lab. “Events…
Business school graduates are increasingly using their degrees to make a difference not only in the corporate world, but also across society. Babson College alumna Savitha Sridharan MBA’14, alongside 29 other change makers, was recognized today as part of the 2016 AACSB International (AACSB) Influential Leaders Challenge. Launched in 2015 to honor notable alumni from AACSB-accredited…
Babson College Professor Jay Rao will co-lead a session about Enterprise Venture Design at the upcoming Corporate Intrapreneur Summit, alongside IDEO Cambridge Portfolio Director Katherine Londergan. Summit participants, including industry experts and individuals looking to create new business value and respond to competitors, will share best practices on how intrapreneurs can scale innovation and deliver…
SmartAsset, a New York technology company focused on personal finance, has ranked Babson College No. 4 for Best Value in Massachusetts, above WPI, Tufts University, Boston College, and more. Babson is ranked fourth only to Massachusetts Maritime Academy (No. 3), Harvard (No. 2), and MIT (No. 1). Babson is also ranked No. 4 for average…
Recent alumna Isabella Soto-Rivera MBA’16 is a firm believer that if you live in a space you love, it can transform your mood, and life, for the better. She also knows how hard it can be to get just the right look and feel, all while staying on budget. With this in mind, Isabella created Dkora…
Update: As of May 2018, Gravyty has closed a $2 million round of funding and continues to grow. Babson’s Adam Martel MBA ’17, a major gifts officer who has helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars, and Rich Palmer MBA ’16, a product developer with eight years of experience in data and analytics, are helping nonprofits…
Babson graduate students Adam Martel M’17 and Rich Palmer M’16 of Gravyty, and Kazunori Kawanobe M’16, Abhinav Sureka M’16, and Mayuresh Soni M’16 of Load&Road LLC. – the maker of Teplo, participated in the 2016 SXSW MBA Pitch Competition at SXSW Interactive—landing top spots as 2nd and 4th place finalists. The cohorts competed against fifteen other MBA entrepreneur teams…
Babson graduate students Adam Martel M’17 and Rich Palmer M’16 of Gravyty, and Kazunori Kawanobe M’16, Abhinav Sureka M’16, and Mayuresh Soni M’16 of Load & Road Inc., will participate in the 3rd annual SXSW MBA Pitch Competition at SXSW Interactive on March 12 in Austin. Hosted at the University Of Texas McCombs School Of…
