Babson Hosts Babson Entrepreneurship Forum On November 15th

More than 500
innovators, visionaries, thought leaders and Entrepreneurs of All Kinds™ will
gather at Babson College on November 15th for the annual Babson
Entrepreneurship Forum.

With a theme of
Shaping The Future, this year’s Forum will feature a prominent group of
speakers to consider the entrepreneurial opportunities with the power to
generate economic and social value everywhere in the world.

“Shaping The
Future” Speakers and Panelists include:

·        
David Fialkow, Co-Founder, General Catalyst Partners

·        
Yuchun Lee, Entrepreneur; Global Thought Leader;
Executive-In-Residence, General Catalyst Partners

·        
Robin Chase, Founder, Former CEO, Buzzcar.com and
Zipcar

·        
Albe Zakes, Global Vice President, Communication,
TerraCycle

·        
Carissa Reiniger, Entrepreneur & Small
Business Growth Expert, Founded Silver Lining Ltd.

·        
Twyla Garrett, Entrepreneur, Author, Corporate
Speaker who has been invited to speak at the White House on issues of job
creation and economic growth

·        
Sramana Mitra, Founder of One Million by One Million
(1M/1M), a global virtual incubator; Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and Strategy
Consultant, Author, Blogger, Columnist

·        
Caron Demars, Leads the Global Entrepreneurship
Program in the Economic Bureau, a U.S. State Department-led effort.

·        
Jenny Rushmore, Director of Responsible Travel,
TripAdvisor

·        
Zenobia Moochhala, Co-Founder & Vice
President and General Manager, U.S. Consumer Subscription Services

·        
Jules Pieri, Founder and CEO, The Grommet

·        
Nikhil Goyal, Author of a forthcoming book on
reclaiming the freedom to learn; named one of the “World Changers” for Dell
#Inspire 100

·        
Mike Cagney, Co-Founder and a Managing Partner of
Cabezon Investment Group, a global macro hedge fund

·        
Gene Miller, Executive Director of the game-changing
college access nonprofit, FUEL Education

·        
Gil Alterovitz, Director, Biomedical Cybernetics
Laboratory and Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

·        
Jon Carson, Serial Entrepreneur, CEO of BiddingForGood

This year the
Forum launches Futurepreneurs, a new initiative to encourage youth
entrepreneurship. Six teams of high school students will compete for the
opportunity to pitch their business ideas on stage.



The Forum’s daylong experience is Babson’s flagship student-led event, and
pulls in hundreds of business professionals, students, entrepreneurs and
interested neighbors.

Recently named #1 in Entrepreneurship by U.S. News and World Reports for
its 20th consecutive year, Babson College will host the event on its
Wellesley campus.

The Forum will livestream keynote
sessions.

Register
and view complete schedule and more information here.

Twitter@BabsonForum

About Babson College

Babson College is the educator, convener,
and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds™. The College is a dynamic
living and learning laboratory, where students, faculty, and staff work
together to address the real-world problems of business and society -- while at
the same time evolving our methods and advancing our programs. We shape the leaders
our world needs most: those with strong functional knowledge and the skills and
vision to navigate change, accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, and
motivate teams in a common purpose to create economic and social value. As we
have for nearly a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial
Thought and Action® as the most positive force on the planet for generating
sustainable economic and social value. For information, visit
www.babson.edu