Japan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs
“Entrepreneurial Thought and Action” is a key aspect of our strategy at Babson College (http://www.babson.edu). These concepts imply that entrepreneurship is a mindset, an approach and that ideas not...
View ArticleGlobal Mega City Vs Small Regional City
I had been with Professor Brush to attend the JASVE conference in Niigata, Japan.(See her two recent blog entries – #1 and #2).The conference’s theme for this year was “New Venture Creation and...
View ArticleMaking A Difference With Customer Service
New Zealand is the country of small businesses and the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. This past week I traveled from Auckland, to Wellington, to Dunedin and up through the lake country of...
View ArticleFly Fishing With Gemvara Founder
Ugrad alum Matt Lauzon, founder of Gemvara, talks fly fishing with the Boston Herald.
View ArticleWhere Are The Women Entrepreneurs?
Wednesday we released the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Women’s Report on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. This report is the most comprehensive research on attitudes and behaviors of men and...
View ArticleWhy Women Entrepreneurs Don’t Receive Funding
I recently completed a webinar reporting the findings of our Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Women’s Report. This study compared women’s and men’s entrepreneurship in 59 economies around the...
View ArticleIt’s Not Just Full Time Jobs That Matter
The recent reports about jobs raises a question about how entrepreneurial businesses actually grow. Traditionally, policy-makers, academic researchers, entrepreneurs and governments measure the number...
View ArticleStill A Glass Ceiling For Women Seeking Equity Capital
Last week I had the pleasure of teaching a seminar for the top Entrepreneurial Winning Women who have been recognized by Ernst and Young. These women are successful in every way, at the top of their...
View ArticleAre You An Entrepreneur?
Most people would say “no” to this question- but this is largely because entrepreneurship is narrowly defined as ‘starting a business’- by this definition, a comparatively small population of people...
View ArticleHow Women Entrepreneurs Are Transforming Economies and Communities
This post originally appeared on Forbes. By: Candida Brush Chair, Entrepreneurship Division For the first time in 13 years, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study of 59 economies shows that...
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Professor Candida Brush Receives Karl Vesper Entrepreneurship Pioneer Award
Babson Entrepreneurship Division Chair and Professor Candida Brush has received the Karl Vesper Entrepreneurship Pioneer Award. The Vesper award is given each year in conjunction with the Experiential...
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A Research Agenda for Women and Entrepreneurship Published
A Research Agenda for Women and Entrepreneurship has been published by Edward Elgar publishing Elgar Research Agendas. Candida Brush The publication is edited by Candida G. Brush, the Franklin W. Olin...
View ArticleHow We Live Our Work Lives
I spent last week in Elsinore, Denmark with Candy Brush at the USE (Understanding Small Enterprises) conference and would like to follow up on Candy’s latest blog as well. Three main things stood out...
View ArticleRocket Pitch Day At Babson
On October 30th – we held our signature event at Babson – Rocket Pitch Day. This was the 10th consecutive year for this event- and, this is absolutely the BEST of what Babson has to offer – and it...
View ArticleWomen Entrepreneurs In Japan
I arrived in Narita Airport in Tokyo yesterday and was met by Yuka Nakatsumi, CEO of a new company named Miths. Miths produces and distributes organic matcha green tea in powdered form that can be...
View ArticleJapan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs
“Entrepreneurial Thought and Action” is a key aspect of our strategy at Babson College (http://www.babson.edu). These concepts imply that entrepreneurship is a mindset, an approach and that ideas not...
View ArticleGlobal Mega City Vs Small Regional City
I had been with Professor Brush to attend the JASVE conference in Niigata, Japan.(See her two recent blog entries – #1 and #2).The conference’s theme for this year was “New Venture Creation and...
View ArticleWomen Entrepreneurs In Japan
I arrived in Narita Airport in Tokyo yesterday and was met by Yuka Nakatsumi, CEO of a new company named Miths. Miths produces and distributes organic matcha green tea in powdered form that can be...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs – Nature Or Nurture?
“Research in entrepreneurship has come a long way past trait psychology popular in the 1960’s that suggested entrepreneurs were risk-taking, achievement-oriented heroic individuals. Instead, more than...
View ArticleLiving The Entrepreneurial Experience
I am on my way back from Elsinore, Denmark which is the home of the Kronborg Castle, thought to be the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Hamlet. I attended a conference with the theme of “Understanding...
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