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Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project

The Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project is an action research project to develop the entrepreneurial capacity in defined localities, by bringing together the policies, structures, programs and climate that foster entrepreneurship.

As described by Dan Isenberg, Professor of Management Practice, Babson Global, in the Harvard Business Review article “The Big Idea: How to Start an Entrepreneurial Revolution,” the project offers “rules for revolutionaries,” down-to-earth guidelines for leaders who want to foster entrepreneurship—rules such as:

  • Stop emulating Silicon Valley
  • Tailor an ecosystem around your own particular characteristics
  • Support the high potential entrepreneurs
  • Remove bureaucratic obstacles for entrepreneurs
  • Experiment relentlessly and holistically