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What Companies Have Babson Students Started
Excellent discussion on Quora on this question. Take a look.
Posted in Babson, Entrepreneurship
Tagged Babson, Companies, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship
US News ranks Babson #1 for Entrepreneurship
Eighteen years in a row! Proud of this. Link to US News Ranking.
UPDATE:
A tram trip in San Francisco
I was in San Francisco on a personal visit for spring break this week. I met Eric Bahn, the founder of Beat the GMAT and we had a blast hanging out! I also attended the Cleantech Forum where I met Babson Provost Shahid Ansari at the venue of the event. We (Prof. Ansari and I) started talking about entrepreneurship and the announcement of Babson’s #1 ranking in the latest US News publication. I asked Prof. Ansari what Babson’s consistent #1 rankings for entrepreneurship meant (coincidentally on the same day that I put up this post) and his take on the Babson philosophy that resonates in the academics and experiential learning here.
The hour that I spent with Prof. Ansari and his wife (Prof. Jan Bell, also a Professor at Babson) was time spent very well.
Through our discussion, I realized that Babson is not just “for entrepreneurs”. We spoke about the fact that Babson is a school that aims to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset amongst students and professionals and it is this mindset that Babson students carry into their later lives and careers. This mindset is applicable, whether you go to work for a startup, a family business or in corporate life. The combination of the hard technical skills, an entrepreneurial attitude, opportunity seeking and validation and willingness to DO is the cornerstone of Babson’s excellence in training future business leaders.
I buy into this philosophy. The Babson Way.
Sure, some may say I have drunk the Babson Kool-Aid, but what Prof. Ansari said to me resonated a lot with what my thought process had been what I wrote Pt. 1 in this post last year.
There are two significant people who contributed in shaping my decision to come to Babson and whom I thought about when writing that post.
5th Annual Babson Energy and Environmental Conference
Don’t miss the 5th Annual Babson Energy and Environmental Conference
“Entrepreneurship for a Sustainable Future”
Thursday, March 31, 2011 | www.babsonenergy.com
- Meet our dynamic lineup of keynote speakers and panelists (see below)
- Network with other like-minded students, professionals and entrepreneurs
- Learn about industry trends and opportunities in the energy/sustainability space
- Free lunch from Boloco, networking reception, drinks, prizes, giveaways, and more!
- Register TODAY: Early-bird pricing ends TONIGHT, March 1st!
Register here: http://beec2011conference.eventbrite.com/
More information at www.babsonenergy.com
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Dr. Bart Riley, Co-Founder, A123 Systems (NASDAQ: AONE)
- Sheeraz Haji, CEO, Cleantech Group
- Nancy Floyd, Founder & Managing Director, Nth Power
- Kathy Brown, Senior Vice President – Public Policy Development and Corporate Responsibility, Verizon
Other Featured Speakers
- Leonard Schlesinger, President, Babson College
- Mark Donohue, Clean Technology Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Babson College
- Peter Rothstein, President, New England Clean Energy Council
- Chuck McDermott, General Partner, Rockport Capital
PANEL SESSIONS:
Corporate Sustainability
- Cynthia Curtis, Chief Sustainability Officer, CA Technologies
- Rob Pratt, Chairman & CEO, GreenerU
- Johanna Jobin, Sustainability Programs Manager, EMD Millipore
- Jeramy Lemieux, Head of Climate Savers, Diversey, Inc.
- Cheryl Kiser, Managing Director, The Lewis Institute; Executive Director, Babson Social Innovation Lab
Innovations in CleanTech
- Greg Dixon, SVP of Marketing, EnerNOC
- Eric Graham, Director, Techbridge – Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems
- Michael Bakas, Senior Vice President of Renewable Energy, Ameresco
- Robert Gough, Founder, Port Meadow Tech
- Clint Wilder, Senior Editor, Clean Edge & Author, The Clean Tech Revolution
New Energy Policy & Implications
- Patrick Cloney, Executive Director, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
- David O’Connor, Senior Vice President for Energy and Clean Technology, ML Strategies
- Kim Stevenson, Manager of New Technologies, CT Clean Energy Fund
Financing Strategies
- Chuck McDermott, General Partner, Rockport Capital
- Carry Bullock, CEO, ThermoEnergy Corp.
- Jon Abe, Senior Vice President, Nexamp
- Mark Donohue, Clean Technology Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Babson College
Advances in Food, Water and Waste
- Kathy Loftus, Global Leader for Sustainability Engineering, Maintenance & Energy Management, Whole Foods
- Bob Reese, President/Co-Founder, Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery
- Jonathan Nash, Director of Business Development, NewStream
Entrepreneur Showcase
- Frank Zammataro, CEO, Rentricity
- Frank van Mierlo, CEO, 1366 Technologies
- John Pepper, CEO, Boloco
- Dr. Bill Huss, Professor & Babson Energy Club Faculty Advisor, Babson College
Posted in Babson, Professional Events
Tagged 2011, Babson Energy Club, Babson Energy Conference, Entrepreneurship, Future, Sustainability
Entrepreneurship Reading Series – 1
This is a new series to share resources on entrepreneurship that I read about in the past week. It might be 2-3 links to articles from blogs, twitter feeds, new blogs or links to books. It is very important for an entrepreneur to read and be aware of what is happening in the world around them. This is my small contribution to the readers of this blog who wish to find more entrepreneurship resources to read from. Without further ado, here we go for this week:
- Mark Suster’s thought leading blog Both Sides of the Table.
- The Venture Hacks archive.
- Fred Wilson’s series “MBA Mondays” which simplifies entrepreneurial finance.
- “Should I get an MBA?” – Steven Blank’s brilliant post on the value of an MBA for entrepreneurs
This set of links can be said to be a starting point into the entrepreneurship journey. Though I have read these many times, not just in the past week, I feel any newbie reader will benefit immensely from reading these articles.
Happy reading!
Posted in ReadingList
Tagged Entrepreneurship, Fred Wilson, Mark Suster, Reading List, Steven Blank, Venturehacks
