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Babson student businesses Play Business and HubCharge are among the 15 college startup finalists of the RECESS Pitch Competition in Los Angeles. Babson is the only college to place two startups among the finalists of this national competition. Startup: Play Business Babson Graduate Student Joan Segura Emerging markets and mostly Latin American countries have nearly…
The Sloane Family, founders of family-owned Century Bank, discussed pointers, tips, and tricks to self-financing ventures successfully, during the recent kickoff of the Babson Alumni & Friends Network and the Alumni Club of Boston May Third Thursdays speaker series. Generously sponsored by Century Bank, the panel of speakers included Founder and Chairman Marshall M. Sloane,…
Angeline UyHam MBA’16 is founder of the Cambridge Educators Design Lab, which, provides an opportunity for communities to collaborate on bold ideas that make a difference in the lives of students. By using design thinking matched with an entrepreneurial mindset, the lab collectively transform ideas into solutions. The lab serves as a new model for…
Babson and Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) will host the NFTE New England Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge for area students. Sponsors include the Citi Foundation and Microsoft. Young entrepreneurs have already won previous competitions to participate in the New England regional final event. Teenagers will demonstrate their command of the entrepreneurial mindset, the way entrepreneurs recognize…
A Babson College delegation is embarked on a visit with entrepreneurs, business leaders, academics and diplomats March 17-21, 2017 in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam. Highlights Babson College President Kerry Healey will discuss Entrepreneurship and Education during remarks at the American Center in Hanoi at 2 p.m. on March 20, 2017 —…
Three Babson undergraduates – Will Battel, Ben Ventura, Youcef Ziad – are developing the next big thing in social media: “Beacon, the app that’s changing the way we interact with the people around us. Start by activating your very own beacon to see your nearby friends. Want to check another location? Drag and drop additional…
Babson College is one of only 5 schools with both men’s basketball and women’s basketball in NCAA Division III Tournament semifinals. (The other four are Christopher Newport, Hope, Tufts and Whitman.) MEN Men’s Hoops (27-2), who are one of just two teams to advance to the Sweet 16 in each of the last three seasons,…
More than three dozen students and graduates competed in the Wearables Hackathon in the Butler Venture Accelerator at the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College, using wearable technology to experiment with creating new products. Creep Alert, featuring undergraduate students Tien Mai (Babson College Global Scholar), Jack Rokous (founder, ROKO Design & Clothing Co.), Mara Steiu (founder,…
Babson College has received this year’s Kira Talent People’s Choice Award for receiving the most overall votes in the popular voting category for Best Higher Education Recruitment Video. Kira evaluated videos based on five categories: recruitment effectiveness, emotional appeal, entertainment value, overall campaign effectiveness, and votes. All four finalists – York University, University of Phoenix,…
Alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends came together this weekend in fellowship and celebration at Babson College’s 19th Black Affinity Conference on the Babson Boston and Wellesley campuses. The event was organized by a committee of Babson students and the Babson Black Affinity Network, with a mission to advance diversity and inclusion, foster greater connections…
