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Technology has evolved. The economy has shifted. The world has changed. And today's entrepreneurs do more than just start businesses. The world needs a new definition of entrepreneurship. We're writing it here.

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Corey (Friend of Babson, Fashion Designer, Empire State, NY)

Turning something into something big.

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Alfonso (Undergraduate Student, Student, Mexico)

The art of making everything new--creating economic value.

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Sharon (Babson Family Member, President/publisher, Melrose, MA)

Elite Innovative Entrepreneurship is really why you are in a grad school like Babson rather than an MBA program elsewhere. You're not here to simply to run your own life by having yet another pizza shop, yet that person is independent and there is overlap. The EIE is discovering a void in the market place, and with ONE QUESTION at a time, acquiring all the details to make the vision a reality. That person also must have tenacity framed in maturity. It is like the captain at sea. This differs from the Managerial Entrepreneur, ME, who takes a company along a second curve of growth. They are not the same skill sets, yet they both wear the captain's hat. The second person takes a company in a stronger direction such as globally.

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Ken (Babson Staff, Associate Technical Director, Newton, MA)

The state of taking on the responsibility and ownership of a possibly risky endeavor, in *any* currency or economy, with the goal of creating or improving value.

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Geoff (Interested in Babson, Financial Analyst, Boston, MA)

Engaging the floors above and below you.

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Susan (Graduate Student, Student, Boston, MA)

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Steve (Business consultant, Meridian, ID)

A passionate commitment to drive toward a market-valued improvement, often against insurmountable odds.

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Rob (Babson Alumnus, Attorney, Hartford, CT)

Having the courage to act on aspirations to be an employer instead of an employee. www.rickettslegal.com Rob Ricketts '94

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Jiayi (Undergraduate Student, China, People's Republic of)

Find the blank spot of the society and fill it with our passion

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Matthew (Undergraduate Student, student, Southboro, MA)

Expressing true creativity and sharing it with others

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