By Rahul Daryanani | April 30, 2014
1,460 days at a place you knew you would like but never knew you’d love. My experience at Babson has been nothing short of absolutely amazing and nowhere near what I expected. I came in as a freshman excited to start the 4 year journey that would be college career. My dad and I landed…
By Caroline Hayes | March 14, 2014
This post was written by Jaime Doherty and Caroline Hayes, Undergraduate Center for Career Development, Babson College March Madness with Sales! Google, Acquia, EMC, Fidelity Investments, Oracle, Tech Target and Yelp – Oh My! Over the course of 3 evenings, UG CCD hosted the following companies on our campus: Google, Acquia, EMC, Fidelity Investments, Oracle,…
By Guest Employers UG Center for Career Development | February 18, 2014
This post was written by Erica, Recruiting Specialist at Disney Worldwide Services, Inc.: Greetings from the #1 most admired entertainment company, Babson students! My name is Erica, I am a recruiting specialist for Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., and am excited to be a guest employer blogger for your undergraduate CCD! Dreaming of starting your career…
By Blair | February 13, 2014
Babson has introduced a new “study away” program to begin this fall. Twenty-five students will be traveling to San Francisco for a semester to study the tech start up environment there. San Francisco is a hot bed for Tech Entrepreneurship, and home to a Babson campus. Babson has appropriately identified this opportunity to further students’…
By Caroline Hayes | February 12, 2014
This post was written by Dominic Esposito ’15 Imagine going to San Franscisco, meeting with 5 of the most talked about tech companies, engaging with over 10 Babson alums, and doing it all in just 2 days. This dream became a reality for me and 9 other Babson students over winter break as we took the…
By Brenda Kostyk | January 29, 2014
Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) was launched in 1999 with a vision and a simple idea — “Startups make the world much better. We can help them by setting up and managing their office for them so they can focus on their business.” (cic.us) Since then, over 1400 companies have launched their ideas in CIC’s…
By Brenda Kostyk | December 9, 2013
So far this semester, I’ve blogged on a variety of topics related to new ventures. For those who aren’t interested (or at least not yet!) in launching their own gig; there are boundless entrepreneurial opportunities within existing ventures, such as start-ups, small businesses, or large companies. To start, let’s talk about the BIG “E” — Big…
By Brenda Kostyk | December 3, 2013
Hi Entrepreneurship Gang! I am currently working on a blog post regarding Big Company Entrepreneurship and hope to have it up and posted soon. In the meantime, I wanted to highlight a terrific example of Corporate Entrepreneurship featured in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal – All Caught Up in TJ Maxx’s Web. The TJX Companies –…
By Caroline Hayes | November 15, 2013
This post was written by Rolando Chinilla ’15. Google’s new terms of service update allows “Shared Endorsements” – meaning they can show your name and picture in their ads. This update has been regarded by many as the legitimate control of Facebook in the market of targeted advertising. Over the last years Facebook has certainly gotten…
By Caroline Hayes | October 28, 2013
How do I get started with my internship search? Many students over the past couple of weeks have come into the office and simply asked “How do I get started with my internship search”? Since many of you reading this blog could be asking the very same question, I thought I would give you a…