Post by Rashik Hyder ’17 Attending Hacktech 2016 was my first time in California and it would not have been possible with out the Undergraduate Professional Accelerator Fund. After I switched my academic focus from finance to product design at the end of my sophomore year, I needed to really find a way to gain experience,…
Post by Samina Baig ’16 Participating in Babson’s Undergraduate San Francisco Program has opened up a new array of opportunities for me. The Silicon Valley culture promotes “out-of-the-box thinking.” People are encouraged to take unique and seemingly impossible approaches to tackling pain points in our everyday lives. Startup Grind’s Global Conference brings a lot of…
Post by Melissa Tong ’18 This year’s conference focused on “productive failure” and the ways it inspires and challenges designers and how design processes improve to overcome different types of failures. Designers of different backgrounds, education levels, and industries came together with students to engage in and reinterpret the design process. Speakers represented a wide…
Post by Kenneth Mun, Class of 2019 Coming to Babson from California was quite a change for me, but I am grateful that I have had the chance to connect at college through my involvement. My parents are without a doubt the biggest supporters in my life. They raised me very liberally and let me…
Post by Trevor Grode ’19 One week ago I traveled with the rest of our team to the Food+City Challenge in Austin, Texas. It’s an annual event aimed at spotlighting innovation and sustainability in the food industry. I was accompanied by the rest of my team, who along with myself make up our company: J.W.…
Post by Alexis Ierardi ’16 Traveling to the Principled Business Leadership Institute (PBLI) conference in Alexandria, VA this weekend was a perfect addition to my last semester here at Babson. I learned many wonderful things about training the way I think and how to better communicate with others. Being a part of this experience helped me…
Post by Emily Levy ’16 Over Winter Break I flew to Toronto, Canada to participate in The Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition. My business is PICCPerfect, and we create stylish and functional medical accessories and our first product is the PICCPerfect PICC Line Cover. “The QEC is an international business pitch competition held in Toronto, Canada, with…
Post by Michael Brady ’16 Growing up, one of my passions was space exploration. As I have grown, my interest in space has only deepened. With the increase in commercial companies joining an industry historically reserved for wealthy government organizations (US, Russia, and EU), my childhood passion has intersected with my education. When I learned…
Post by Alejandro Caldera ’18 I’m very glad I attended to the MIT VC & Innovation Conference 2015 because it made me feel like I’m on the right track on my path to success, being an entrepreneur. Multiple speakers emphasized on the fact that “this is the age of entrepreneurs”. Attending Babson and knowing that there…
Post by Fabio Jaime ’17 I was raised in Connecticut, and am originally from Peru. I am studying strategic management, and currently spending my junior-year abroad at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). I am currently a member of the Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) Career Preparation Program. MLT, a leading non-profit,…
