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abson is
continuously
advancing
entrepreneurial thought and action®
AS THE MOST POSITIVE FORCE ON THE PLANET.
Nearly half a century ago, Babson College was the first to
imagine the transformative impact of entrepreneurship
education. Today, we collaborate with businesses, educational
institutions, and policymakers on a global basis to advance
our model and export our expertise. We do this for one reason:
there is a critical need for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds.
organizations, and foundations in 57 countries to teach
entrepreneurship to tens of thousands of students each year.
Through the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Project,
we also partner with governments, private sector leaders,
and other stakeholders to create meaningful, rapid, and
measurable economic and social change in specific regions.
250
MILLION
250 million people
between the ages
of 18 and 64 are
actively engaged in
starting or running
new businesses in
59 economies.
global entrepreneurship
monitor (gem), 2010
For 35 years, our Executive Education program has been
helping corporate leaders and other professionals to develop
their leadership, influence change, understand and apply
strategies, and think and act more entrepreneurially to better
manage their businesses. In 2010, our custom programs were
ranked No. 5 in the U.S. and No. 12 worldwide by Financial Times.
We work with Goldman Sachs in executing its $500 million
10,000 Small Businesses initiative, which supports community
colleges in teaching entrepreneurship to small business owners.
We also are infusing our philosophy and content into the
curriculum of the Abu Dhabi School of Management; helping
the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi, Pakistan,
to establish its entrepreneurship program; and launching the
Since 1984, Babson’s Symposia for Entrepreneurship
Babson-Rwanda Entrepreneurship Center in Kigali.
Educators (SEE) have trained more than 2,400 academics and
entrepreneurs from 605 academic institutions, government