New research from Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management finds that when victims of disasters can and must be involved in shaping their own recovery, and they can be very successful, particularly when they have strong, established social connections in place. The study explores venture creation by locals after the Haiti earthquake, detailing how many of those new ventures alleviated suffering and generated transformational change for residences experiencing chronic poverty.
Six Babson alumni, undergraduate, and graduate student businesses have been named finalists in the 2016 MassChallenge accelerator program. This year’s cohort was chosen from over 1,700 applicants and represent a diverse range of industries and geographies, including nine countries and 16 states.
New research from Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management finds that, in the aftermath of a disaster, individuals can successfully overcome adversity by focusing on new venture creation.
The University of Adelaide will run a business incubator in France using South Australian expertise for the next five years thanks to an agreement with the French city of Châlons-en-Champagne.
Babson College has selected 27 new entrepreneur teams to join the 2016 Summer Venture Program at its Wellesley, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California campuses—a signature initiative of the institution’s Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship.
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The 36th annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), co-sponsored by Nord University Business School and Nordland Research Institute, in Bodø, Norway, will be held at Nord University Business School on June 8-11, 2016.
Manizales-Más, Babson’s entrepreneurship and economy-boosting collaboration with the Colombian city of Manizales, has made impactful strides and seen record success since its full-scale launch in 2012.
Through Babson College’s Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, the Human Freedom Entrepreneurial Leadership Program held its first annual Human Freedom Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Competition on May 13, 2016 at Babson’s Wellesley campus.
Twelve student-led entrepreneur teams at the University of California, Irvine garnered top prizes in the 2016 Paul Merage School of Business Business Plan Competition on Friday, May 6. The event was held at The Cove, home to UCI Applied Innovation and the epicenter of a growing innovation district in Orange County.
Babson College Professors James M. Hunt and Joseph R. Weintraub have released the 3rd edition of The Coaching Manager: Developing Top Talent in Business.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) President Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., has announced that the Institute has received a significant gift from The Lemelson Foundation to establish the Burt Swersey Inventor’s Studio, reinforcing the next generation of inventors and entrepreneurs. The studio will be formally dedicated on Friday, May 6, beginning at 1:30 p.m. on the Rensselaer campus.
Venture Expo is a daylong showcase of “Investor-Ready” startups from UT Austin and Central Texas. The event will feature the Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) finals and TVL Accelerator company presentations.
New entrepreneurship research from Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management offers a “rock bottom” model for generating a new positive work identity after experiencing significant job loss. In “Hitting rock bottom after job loss: Bouncing back to create a new positive work identity,” Trenton Williams, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at Whitman, and his co-author, Dean Shepherd (Indiana University) provide a deeper understanding of why some people recover after losing their work identity, while others languish and develops interventions that facilitate recovery from job loss.
A futuristic farming model that uses 90 percent less water and 80 percent less fertilizer than traditional farms by HomeGrown Farms won first place at this year’s New Venture Competition sponsored by the George Washington University.
Nearly $60,000 in cash and legal services was awarded to teams of Skidmore students exhibiting a remarkable range and creative approach to starting a new business.
Babson College’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL) announced a partnership with leading business organizations in a new initiative - WE Decide 2016 - created to encourage women in business to raise their voice this election season, and monitor issues of importance to them and their business from now until November 2016.
Khanjan Mehta and then Penn State undergraduate student Rachel Dzombak and graduate student Sally Mouakkad studied the reasons men and women involved with HESE cited as their top motivations for participating in the program with a goal of better understanding why women are drawn to the program.
With a $1.2 million gift from the family of Dr. John D. Baxter, the Endocrine Society today established the John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship to recognize scientists and clinicians who have demonstrated innovation and entrepreneurship by furthering the translation of endocrine research into patient care.
The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College is hosting the annual B.E.T.A. (Babson Entrepreneurial Thought and Action®) Challenge, recognizing major milestones Babson businesses have achieved by taking action.
Volumes have been written about successful business, political and historical leaders.
Angelo Mastrangelo, adjunct assistant professor of entrepreneurship and leadership at Binghamton University, dives deeper than any other into the characteristics, behaviors, values and attitudes that make great leaders in his new book “Entrepreneurial Leadership.”
The book offers a practical guide to being the kind of leader that creates a new business, instead of rehashing an old one.
Babson College will host the first-ever Babson India Symposium on April 16, 2016. The new event will provide a stage for global business leaders, entrepreneurs, and academicians alike to share in their experiences about India’s emergent business world, burgeoning opportunities, and how to further unlock the country’s potential.
Innovative entrepreneurial intentions – or the aim to create new products and bring them to market, rather than replicating existing products – are boosted by college experiences, according to research by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
When Joseph Hyman ‘11, mechanical engineering, was a student at UMBC, he was sitting in the library craving a fresh, hot cup of coffee, when an idea struck him: Wouldn’t it be great if a travel mug could brew its own coffee?
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will help three small businesses reduce the cost of hydropower, cut building energy use, and make adhesives from plants through new projects announced today by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Small Business Vouchers program.
Fifty years ago it was nearly impossible to find women in executive leadership positions. Now, nearly half of the labor force is female. 51 percent of management and professional occupations are held by women. Yet, women hold only about 17 percent of corporate board seats. Despite positive changes over the years and rhetoric supporting the advancement of women in business leadership roles, over the last decade, there is meager evidence of significant progress in U.S. corporate boardrooms.
While many students returned from the semester break with stories of vacations taken or jobs worked, Boston College freshman Branick Weix had something unusual and inspiring to share: his weeklong trip to Costa Rica to help researchers track endangered sea turtles. Through his company, SkyLink Productions, the Minnesota native partnered with the nonprofit group Seeds of Change and used an array of drones to help researchers study nesting turtles on a remote peninsula of the Central American country.
Entrepreneurial companies are disrupting the food chain through product innovation, storytelling and home delivery services. In the February issue of Food Technology Magazine, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), writer and nutritionist David Despain examines the factors revolutionizing the food industry.
Entrepreneurs statistically fail more often than not, but new research suggests that the financial risk is not as great as previously thought, as failed entrepreneurs can return to the salaried workforce and recover their earnings quickly.
A team of female students in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, are developing kits to teach young girls the fundamentals of engineering.
University of Texas System graduates earned $147,910 more in salary over 10 years than students who enrolled at a UT System academic institution but did not graduate.
The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine ranked the undergraduate Entrepreneurship program at Temple University’s Fox School of Business No. 8 in the country, a three-spot climb from the 2015 rankings. Fox’s graduate-level Entrepreneurship program also made the top-10. Its No. 10 ranking marked a six-spot improvement from last year.
Educators will connect their students, campus communities and alumni to Women’s Entrepreneurship Day on Nov. 19 and a new movement to create a worldwide network of women leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs igniting startups, driving economic expansion and advancing communities around the globe.
When Wes Schroll moved from a dorm into an apartment and began grocery shopping, he hated it. “Every single one had the same issues,” he says. “I had no idea how much I'd spent until I checked out. Coupons were a pain in the butt, so I never used them. And the checkout was inefficient." Pointing to his smartphone, he adds, "I figured there had to be some way to utilize these pieces of technology that everyone has to streamline the process.”
Office workers who are fed up with sitting down can now discreetly work out at their desks thanks to University of Chicago alumnus Arnav Dalmia’s invention, Cubii. A smart under-the-desk elliptical, Cubii is being launched in connection with Chicago Ideas Week, Oct. 12 to 18.