FUBU founder Daymond John, Babson Lecturer Elizabeth Thornton and I taught a Management Consulting Field Experience course at Babson College with 11 MBA students last semester. Now that Daymond is beginning his second semester at Babson, I have been inundated by emails and phone calls asking, “What is it like to teach with a Shark?”…
Our Made By Survivors team was just starting our visits to our local partners and production centers in Mumbai and Kolkata, and our first stop was the Rescue Foundation, Boisar, two hours from Mumbai, to participate in the joyous occasion of five survivors’ weddings. The youngest girls were on the roof, waving to us as…
Nan Langowitz, chapter author, The New Entrepreneurial Leader Book (www.newleaderbook.com) , discusses the importance of self-awareness in shaping entrepreneurial leaders and building their unique competencies.
Professor Donna Kelley discusses the results of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2011 report on entrepreneurship worldwide in this talking powerpoint presentation.
Professor Donna Kelley discusses the findings of Global Entrepreneruship Monitor 2010 Women report. The number of women entrepreneurs worldwide is about equal to the population of Brazil.
The women of WIPP rocked last week. WIPP (Women Impacting Public Policy) held their annual conference this week in Washington, DC. I attended in my role as the Board Chair for the Center for Women’s Research. The sessions began at the conference hotel – and then moved to Capital Hill for the WIPP Congressional Luncheon…
Babson Professor Heidi Neck tells how in this Special Report from Fox 25 TV Boston. Neck is the Jeffry A. Timmons Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Babson College.
Herein lies the problem. If we are really going to have a healthy national environment for starting and growing businesses we seriously have to address the educational system when it comes to • the economy, • our financial institutions, and • how they actually work. Here is a FAQ I just found on the Small…
Greetings from the annual NAWBO conference in San Diego. I had the privilege last night of moderating an after dinner panel with the inaugural inductees of the new NAWBO Hall of Fame. What an amazing group of women. • Koni Kim, President & CEO of the Koni Corporation, • Maria de Lourdes Sobring, Founder and…
“What can Israeli and Palestinian students learn from a Denzel Washington movie?,” Professor Ted Grossman writes in Stanford Social Innovation Review. “If that movie is Remember the Titans, the lessons are numerous. The film is one of my favorites and is based on the true story of a racially integrated football team in Alexandria, Virginia.…