Youth Entrepreneurship

Babson and The BASE Awarded $100K Grant to Amplify Urban Youth Empowerment

We’re thrilled to announce that Babson College, in a special partnership with The BASE, is one of 100 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s “$100K for 100” program. The partnership was chosen from a total of 574 applicants during a competitive review process. Funding from the Cummings $100K for 100…

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Activating Social Innovation Through Badging

by Janai Mungalsingh I’m happy to report that the next generation is ready to start creating innovative solutions for the future. For the past five years, I’ve developed a holistic curriculum approach to teaching entrepreneurship in Babson’s Summer Study for High School Students. I have listened firsthand to the reasons young people from around the…

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Meet Our Summer Study Faculty Director, Katrin Fischer

Babson’s Summer Study program allows rising high school juniors and seniors to live like college students and learn like entrepreneurs. Working closely with our curriculum designer, the Summer Study Faculty Director helps to create engaging classroom learning environments with workshops, guest lectures, and more. This year’s Summer Study Faculty Director is Katrin Fischer—a faculty member in…

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Activating Youth from Baltimore to Babson

On April 13th, Sha-Shonna Rogers and Kayla Woolford clinched first place at the Babson Baltimore Cup, the inaugural Babson sponsored high school pitch competition in Baltimore. I Am OKah!, youth community leadership organization and educational partner of Babson College Youth Programs, is the first organization to host a qualifying round for the Babson Boston Cup…

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6 Reasons Why Entrepreneurship is a Match for Gen Z

By Erika Buckley, Communications and Development Associate for The Lewis Institute’s Youth Entrepreneurial Leadership Programs. As Generation Z heads off to college, a whole new cohort is poised to enter the workforce. These young people value creativity, admire innovation, and are not afraid to work hard. Sounds like all the ingredients necessary for an entrepreneurial…

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Why an Entrepreneurial Education Empowers Youth to ACTIVATE Their Futures

Every high school student is poised at a crossroad of possibilities. How can we, as educators, equip today’s youth with the confidence to define their sense of purpose and launch into their future trajectory in this ever-changing global climate? Working with more than 1,000 high school students who have experienced the transformative influence of our…

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Becoming a Teacherpreneur

By Kara Falcone (Ms. Falcone to our students!). Kara received her Master’s of Education and Social Policy from Northwestern University in 2016 and has been teaching High School Special Education in Boston since. Her passions include teaching, reading, working with people, putting honey mustard on everything, and a newfound love for entrepreneurship and social innovation.…

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