On November 16, 2009, the OEM (Organizing for Effective Management) class met in Knight Auditorium for a challenge and hands-on lesson. They were told that NASA is their new client and that they must create a safe, cost-effective landing device for NASA’s spacecrafts. They were placed in teams, given a bag of…
Babson’s Center for Information Management Studies—better known as CIMS—and Boston Society for Information Management (SIM) held a Year Up ‘Class Field Trip’ today in Knight Auditorium. About 100 young people participated in a workshop to learn: About Babson from undergraduate admission dean Grant Gosselin, The meaning and value of networking and interviewing for a job…
On Tuesday I attended a talk by visiting artist Elshafei Dafalla Mohamed in Sorenson Theater. Then yesterday I was able to spend time talking to, and learning from, this remarkable man. I was captivated by the artist/activist and fortunate for the opportunity to talk one on one. The downside is that I can’t possibly…
“The surest way to live forever is through the giving of love, time, and money. To live today, we must earn and save; to live forever we must serve and give.” —Roger W. Babson The third and final talk in the Wellesley Chamber of Commerce 2009 Babson College/Wellesley Bank Business Series was held this morning.…
Name of business: Trade Show Internet; http://www.tradeshowinternet.com/about.html Founder/s: Seth Burstein, MBA 2011; and Ian Framson The beginning: January 2009 Initial Investment: $500 Employees: 2 full time, 3 contractors Founder’s Past Life: Seth Burstein was living the awe inspiring life of an actuary (statistician for the insurance industry) Initial Preparation to Germinate Idea: There is a…
Name of business: Emma Graham Designs; www.emmagrahamdesigns.com The beginning: We began in June 2009 and we are Boston based, but sell online and through college campuses. We come to you to sell our product through trunk shows, events, or in home parties. Initial Investment: Babson’s 4 F’s: Friends, Family, Fools, Faculty Employees: Me, Jackie Graham,…
Babson is proud to be a generous supporter and home to two founders of The Diana Project. So naturally we’re honored to draw attention to their new website: www.dianaproject.org. The award winning Diana Project was established in 1999 because the growth of women’s businesses is central to wealth creation, innovation and economic development in all…
Undergrad dean Dennis Hanno remarks on the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine’s ranking of Babson’s entrepreneurship program as #1 in both undergrad and graduate schools.
Raghu Tadepalli, dean of Babson’s graduate school, chats with NECN news anchor R.D. Sahl on being named #1 for entrepreneurship by Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine in both the undergrad and graduate programs.
A partnership between Babson College, Olin College of Engineering, and Wellesley College was announced by the three college presidents on September 9. This collaboration is a natural outcome of the presidents’ teaching in a 3-college lecture series on leadership and ethics held last spring on the Olin campus. The presidents agree that this is…
