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Advancing Entrepreneurial Thought and Action for the World: Banco de Chile and Babson College Chilean Entrepreneurship Educators Program, June 17-19, 2009, Santiago 6/11/2009
28 faculty members from 14 Chilean institutions learn the rigorous art of entrepreneurship case writing and teaching.

Alumni Business SailProud Earns Place in ‘Top Ten Greenest’ by Startup Nation 11/13/2009
Started by 2008 alumni SailProud Apparel earns another recognition, this time by Startup Nation.

Author of New Book “How Remarkable Women Lead” at Babson 10/02/2009
Babson's CWL hosts McKinsey partner and author Joanna Barsh on October 22nd.

Babson Alum, Founder of PCBuild, Starts New Company in Portsmouth, NH 7/01/2009
Babson Alum, Michael Healey is opening YEOMAN Technology Group in Portsmouth, NH

Babson Businesses Named America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs By BusinessWeek 11/09/2009
Founders of Emergent Energy Group and IdeaPaint are among the top entrepreneurs under age 25

Babson Celebrates Entrepreneurship at Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Event 10/16/2009
Matthew Coffin, Internet Entrepreneur, and Carlos Mattos, Founder, Hyundai Colombia Automotiz, S.A., Named to Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame; Carl Schramm, President/CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Receives Honorary Degree

Babson College and the Wellesley Centers for Women Partner to Launch: The U.S.-Saudi Women’s Forum on Social Entrepreneurship  7/01/2009
30 Female College Students from Saudi Arabia Learn Social Entrepreneurship at Babson this Summer

Babson College Graduate Program Featured In The Princeton Review's "The Best 301 Business Schools: 2010 Edition" 10/06/2009
The Princeton Review also ranks Babson as the #1 graduate school in its 2010 Entrepreneurial Programs: Business Schools ranking.

Babson College Holds Latin American Family Summit: Developing Entrepreneurship Across Generations In Family Firms 11/07/2009
Participants included 24 academics representing 10 leading universities in Latin America and 59 family members representing 15 entrepreneurial Latin American families.

Babson College Hosts 8th Annual Student-Run Babson Entrepreneurship Forum “Action Drives Results” October 16th 9/23/2009
This year’s Forum features the "Ideas into Action" Business Plan Competition at 2:30pm in Knight Auditorium.

Babson College Is #1 Nominating School in The Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Student Entrepreneur Awards 7/29/2009
Applications are still being accepted (Aug. 1 deadline).

Babson College Named “Changemaker Campus” by Ashoka U 8/26/2009
Will Set Standard for Social Entrepreneurship Education

Babson College:  23 Teams of Student Entrepreneurs Grow Their Businesses in The Summer Venture Program 7/08/2009
Demo Day--Wed., July 29th-- student entrepreneurs formally present business plans to VC, angel investors, friends and family.

Babson Cosponsors Leading Cleantech Forum 8/31/2009
Babson College is cosponsoring the leading clean technology event, the Cleantech Forum XXIII, September 8-10, 2009, which will be held in Boston for the first time.

Babson Freshmen Student Businesses Earned Over $33,000 for Local Charities 7/16/2009
FME student businesses have donated more than $350,000 in the last ten years.

Babson Holds First Global Academic Summit on Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses--June 1-3, 2009 5/27/2009
Universities from Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and North America Participate in STEP: Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices for Family Enterprises.

Babson Hosts Ethos Alliance Film About “Amazon Chernobyl” Case -- CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil -- And Talk By Cofounder of The Men’s Wearhouse, Richie Goldman 10/07/2009
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Wednesday, October 14th.

Babson Hosts Screening of Ten9Eight by Entrepreneur Filmmaker Mary Mazzio 11/19/2009
Creator Mary Mazzio will introduce her film that dares to 'imagine': “In America, a kid drops out of high school every 9 seconds. Imagine if they didn’t.”

Babson Hosts Social Entrepreneurship Conference on October 23 10/15/2009
President Schlesinger will deliver a keynote speech at the Forum for Social Entrepreneurship on Friday, October 23.

Babson Hosts Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators for Santander Fellows 10/02/2009
Entrepreneurship educators from around the globe learn to be more effective and innovative teachers of entrepreneurship.

Babson is Midway Site for Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk September 13 8/13/2009
Babson students are among the walkers and volunteers, including a "Green Team"

Babson Joins 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative 11/17/2009
$500 million initiative will unlock the growth and job-creation potential of 10,000 small businesses across the US through greater access to business education, mentors and networks, and financial capital.

Babson Launches Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) with EMLYON Business School (France) and Zhejiang University School of Management (China) 9/01/2009
First Students Leave to study Entrepreneurship in France.

Babson MBA Grads Among Top According to Employers Worldwide 7/29/2009
The QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009 report gives Babson high marks naming it #36 in North America, and #9 in entrepreneurship worldwide.

Babson Names New Director of the Family Enterprising Global Project 9/28/2009
Pramodita Sharma is named visiting professor and Director of the STEP Global Project for Family Enterprising.

Babson Professors and Entrepreneurs Featured in New Biz Book—Upstarts! 9/28/2009
Author Donna Fenn will discuss the book on Tuesday Oct. 6, 5-9 pm in Babson’s Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship.

Babson Program for Entrepreneurship Educators Certification in Guadalajara, Mexico 7/23/2009
Mexico's Tec de Monterrey hosts final module of the Babson Program for Entrepreneurship Educators Certification.

Babson Student and Social Entrepreneur Wins Fellowship to “Opportunity Collaboration” 7/06/2009
Babson junior Dan Catalano will go to Mexico in October on a Collaboration Fellowship.

Babson Students Teach Entrepreneurship in South Africa 6/26/2009
Eight Babson students earn academic and social 'credit' for teaching entrepreneurship to high school students in So. Africa.

Babson Team Returns from Hong Kong Competition with Bronze Prize 11/19/2009
Four Babson undergrads competed in a business plan competition at Hong Kong Baptist University on November 13.

Babson To Host 29th Annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference  5/28/2009
BCERC, widely considered the premier conference for entrepreneurship research, was established in 1981 to provide a dynamic venue where academics and real-world practitioners link theory and practice, and to encourage and increase quality research in entrepreneurship.

Babson Women Host Career Talk With Serial Entrepreneur 11/05/2009
A Conversation with CWL Executive in Residence, Debra Facktor Lepore

Babson Women Participate in 2009 Ernst & Strategic Growth Forum 11/13/2009
Jan Shubert, CWL director, and four Babson women alumnae are in California for the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum.

Babson's Glenn Kaplus Addresses Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, Nov. 20 11/19/2009
Entrepreneurship lecturer Glenn Kaplus is in Mexico to speak at Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum at Tecnologico de Monterrey.

Babson’s Dean Hanno to Speak on New Venture Creation at The University of the Andes, Aug. 10-12, 2009 8/06/2009
Participates in Launch of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) National Report

Babson’s Mark Albion Delivers Three Sessions at Net Impact's North American Conference at Cornell University 11/11/2009
Albion will speak at the 2009 Net Impact Conference where the theme is "Advancing Sustainable Global Enterprise: Changemakers, Innovators, and Problem Solvers."

Babson’s Mark Albion Hosts 2009 Social Venture Network Innovation Awards 10/21/2009
Mark Albion, Office of the President for the Lewis Initiative, will emcee SVN's social innovation awards in California October 23rd.

Celtra Raises $1.2 Million Series A Financing 5/28/2009
Biz Established at Babson by Mihael Mikek M'06 and Maja Drolec M'07

Chile 2008 GEM Report:  Chileans See Entrepreneurship as Desirable Career Option 6/10/2009
80% of the country’s economically active population considers entrepreneurship a desirable career option.

Dana Farber Benefits from Babson Entrepreneurship Students’ Fundraising of $20,000+ 11/05/2009
Len Green's entrepreneurship class gave Dana Farber Cancer Research money, videos, a poster, and marketing help!

Entrepreneur Magazine And Princeton Review Name Babson #1 In Undergraduate And Graduate Entrepreneurship Programs 9/22/2009
Babson College First Ever to Rank #1 in Undergrad and Graduate Programs

Entrepreneur Shainoor Khoja Promotes Doing Good When Things are Really Bad 10/22/2009
Khoja will have a conversation at Babson October 27 that is free and open to the public.

Entrepreneurs Thrive During Hard Times: The Babson College/Baruch College U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report 2008 11/20/2009
Entrepreneurial activity shows positive signs during these hard times, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2008 National Entrepreneurial Assessment for the United States of America, produced by Babson College and Baruch College. 

Ernst & Young LLP Seeks High Potential Women Entrepreneurs for “Winning Women” Competition 7/30/2009
Deadline for applications is September 4, 2009.

exro Technologies and Johnson Controls Receive Cleantech Awards in Boston 9/11/2009
Distinguished companies in clean technology recognized at Cleantech Forum XXIII

For the 13th consecutive time, U.S.News & World Report magazine has named Babson the #1 undergraduate program in the U.S. for Entrepreneurship. 8/21/2009
Dean Hanno, “What is great about Babson is its unwavering dedication to providing the best entrepreneurship and business education in the world.”

Green Biz PURO Wins ‘Ideas’ Business Plan Competition at Babson 10/19/2009
The ‘Ideas Into Action’ Business Plan Competition held at Babson College on Friday awarded $27,500 to the PURO water filtration system team from Bryant.

GSEA Names Babson #1 Across the Globe in Number of Student Entrepreneurs 10/20/2009
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards announces that Babson College leads with almost double the number of nominations of any other school worldwide.

Ideas Into Action Business Plan Competition at Babson, October 16 10/13/2009
Three finalist teams will compete for over $30,000 by pitching their ideas to a panel of judges from the business world.

Imagine H2O And Babson Present: The Water Efficiency Startup: Markets Needs, Customers And Resources 9/10/2009
An intro to the water efficiency startup opportunity, including panels, small table breakout sessions, and networking

Mark Donohue, Babson Alumnus/Entrepreneur to Judge Clean Energy Business Competition Finals - Massachusetts State House - November 10 10/29/2009
2009 Ignite Clean Energy Business Competition November 10 includes Mark Donohue, Babson cleantech guru, as a judge.

Mass-Customization Leaders Convene for Live Panel Discussion 9/17/2009
Globe Columnist Scott Kirsner to Lead Interactive Discussion at Babson College

More Than 90 New Venture Ideas – Alumni and Students-- Participate in Babson’s 10th Annual Rocket Pitch Event 10/27/2009
Hear and assess more than 90 new venture ideas each pitched in three minutes or less by Babson alumni and students at Babson’s 10th Annual Rocket Pitch Event on Friday, October 30.

Babson College Joins Over 100 Groups Urging Congress to Support Obama’s Energy Education Initiative 8/19/2009
President Schlesinger, "This country has to lead the effort in alternative energies and clean technologies."

Opportunities Knocked But UK Business Start-Up Rates Hold Steady Says GEM Report 6/15/2009
Fewer people agreed there were good opportunities to start a business in 2008, but people were starting up and running new businesses at the same rate as in previous years according to a new report.

Professor Daniel Isenberg Speaks and Consults in Medellin Colombia 10/31/2009
Professor Isenberg gave several presentations on how to create entrepreneurship eco-systems at the regional and national levels, and worked with several of the public organizations to help accelerate their entrepreneurship programs.

Professor Daniel Isenberg Speaks on the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Buenos Aires 11/18/2009
Isenberg Speaks on the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Project HEALTH Founder Rebecca Onie, Harvard’s Judith Kidd To Discuss Social Entrepreneurship at Babson 11/17/2009
Social Entrepreneurs speak during John Whitman's class on December 2, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium.

Three Babson Businesses Named Finalists In BusinessWeek’s America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs Competition 10/13/2009
Emergent Energy Group, IdeaPaint, and VIVO Natural Products named finalists in the competition

Ugrad Alums-- IdeaPaint Founders-- Named to Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30:  America’s Coolest Young Entrepreneurs 10/01/2009
Vote for Goscha, Avallon, and Newman-- Babson UG Class of 2006 and IdeaPaint founders.

Unleashing the Global Power of Women’s Businesses – CWL Executive in Residence, Teri Cavanagh, December 3 11/16/2009
CWL Executive in Residence, Teri Cavanagh, will share her experiences with the Women's Global Banking Alliance December 3.




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