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Babson JMCFE Team Honored With WTT Young Leader Award

A Babson Joint Management Consulting Field Experience (JMCFE) Team has earned a Third Place Prize in the field of marketing at the 2014 WTT Young Leader Competition ceremonies September 23rd in Saint Gallen, Switzerland. Professor Dwight Gertz, Babson program faculty advisor, accepted the award on behalf of Babson team members Santiago Quinones, Mustafa Ozkanli, and Anibha Singh.…

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Escape From Alcatraz: Using Everyday Entrepreneurship to Unlock Innovation

By Craig Bida, Senior Fellow in Social Innovation at The Lewis Institute and independent marketing, communications and strategy consultant focused on creating economic and social value. As a strategist and consultant, I work with organizations of all kinds and across all sectors, from companies to non-profits, social enterprises, foundations even government agencies. One thing I’ve…

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Test It Out – we did it again!

Last year, we introduced a new program for part-time students interested in getting a firsthand experience of the Babson MBA before they apply. Our prospective students loved the idea and the demand exceeded all expectations! Therefore this fall, we are offering another opportunity to participate in a Babson Blended Learning: Test It Out course focused…

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Six Reasons to Consider Babson’s Evening MBA Program

1)      The Evening MBA program allows you to take advantage of Babson’s globally recognized curriculum while still remaining in the work force. 2)      It gives you an opportunity to take the new concepts and frameworks you learn in the classroom and apply them in your current job right away. 3)      The flexibility of the curriculum…

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Live from Babson’s San Francisco campus!

Greetings from Babson’s San Francisco campus, where today we are hosting a large group of current students, alumni and of course prospective students for a Babson Connect event. Here is what happens at a Babson Connect event. The current students go on company treks to visit organizations aligned with their career interests. Yesterday, the Undergraduate…

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The End of the Taxicab

The Taxi industry is a rare case that, until today, has gone relatively unchallenged and undisrupted since its inception in the 17th century. Unlike most industries – where firms gain a competitive advantage through innovation and superior products/service – the proliferation and dominance of the taxicab is solely due to city-imposed regulation. To be fair,…

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Don’t Intern Only to Learn About an Industry, but Also Where It’s Heading

It’s hard to believe I’m more than half way done with my summer internship at the branding/advertising firm Mechanica. I’ve learned a lot about the industry and the responsibilities of the different departments/positions within a firm. However, one of the highlights of my internship was the day I was fortunate enough to attend BostInno’s State…

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Nothing + Technology = Something

Till date, we wore glasses only to improve our eyesight. However, with Google Glass, Google is offering you something more – vision. Now, with just a pair of glasses, you can take pictures, record videos, share content, get directions, send texts and do much more. That’s how technology can transform nothing into something! Not to…

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