On behalf of Babson College and the Latin America Forum Committee, we thank you for participating and making the first Latin America Entrepreneurship Forum a great success.

A very special thank-you to the speakers, moderators and panelists for expressing their helpful perspectives and contributing to this regional forum. The views expressed were insightful, the debates productive, and we know we have all learned valuable knowledge about entrepreneurial opportunities in Latin America.

We want also to congratulate again our Rocket Pitch winners and wish them the best of luck in implementing their ventures. The winners were:

1. Yo Reciclo – Hector Elizondo
2. PayFacile – Marc Saint Clair
3. New Venture Development – Luis Soto

Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors, without whom we would be unable to create this event:

• The William .F. Glavin Center for Global Management
• The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
• Babson Career Center for Development
• The Student Government Association
• The Graduate Student Council
• Pneus Levorin
• Office of Campus Life

We hope next generations will maintain this initiative in the years to come. We really hope you have enjoyed the event and we look forward to seeing you in other events organized by Babson College.

Best Regards,

The Latin American Entrepreneurship Forum Committee

With its Sovereign Bancorp purchase, Santander takes its strong acquisitions record to the American market.

Link to the article in BW

You have to be present at the Networking Cocktail to be eligible to win.

Grupo Santander

Babson College and Grupo Santander have a commited relationship of collaboration since 2007 that seeks to “foster entrepreneurial spirit amongst universities”. The financial giant and Babson have several initiatives together, but perhaps the most interesting from the Latin American point of view is the following:

Banco Santander’s contribution is also used to fund some or Babson College’s research. In particular, the GEM report on entrepreneurial culture and attitudes in Latin America, the most recent issue of which was published in Chile.

We’ll follow closely the relationship between this important bank and our school. An official press release can be found here.

NPR Logo

Our good friend Peter Rovick was so kind to point us to this NPR show about how the crisis is hitting Latin America, with all its own problematic issues. The show is hosted by Tom Ashbrook and guests are Joby Warrick, intelligence reporter for The Washington Post, Ricardo Avila, editor-in-chief of Portafolio, a daily financial paper published in Colombia and John Price, managing director for business intelligence at Kroll Associates.

You can listen to the show online: http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2009/03/latin-america-and-the-global-crisis/

Each one of us can learn something from Warren Buffet. Here is part of one of his 2009 letters.

…Every new year, I adopt a couple of old maxims as my beacons to guide my future. This self-prescribed therapy has ensured that with each passing year, I grow wiser and not older. This year, I invite you to tap into the financial wisdom of our elders along with me, and become financially wiser.

* Hard work: All hard work bring a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
* Laziness: A sleeping lobster is carried away by the water current.
* Earnings: Never depend on a single source of income. [At least make your Investments get you second earning]
* Spending: If you buy things you don’t need, you’ll soon sell things you need.

Read the complete blog post in Fun-learn-share blog

I found some interesting videos about Babson College that I would like to share with the team.

Enjoy and feel proud of being part of this dream.

Babson College video #1

http://www.babson.edu/internal/james/video_editing/babson_flash/looping.html

Thought and Action at Babson College

http://www.babson.edu/video/thoughtAndAction/thoughtAndAction.html

Campaign video

http://www.babson.edu/video/campaign/video.html

We are most definitely proud of both Babson College PR and Len Schlesinger, our president.

The members of the Latin America Business Club at Babson are also fans of Tina Fey.

Enjoy the article…

Release Date: 1/14/2009

Babson President Schlesinger Invites Tina Fey To Be Commencement Speaker

We now reach the end of another year. Time is kind enough to give us an opportunity to look back and learn  from each of the decisions we made throughout the year; the start of an MBA program, the election/search for an internship, the initiative to meet new people and learn new things…

Dear all, we thank you for the support and energy you brought to the club; we surely expect to see the same engagement for next semester.

Please enjoy this break and keep sharing with us those ideas or events that you’d like to see organized by your club.

Wishing you a joyful holiday and expecting to see you in January 2009,

The Babson Latin America Business Club

Welcome to our site. If you want to learn more about us, please go to our About Us page.

This website aims to communicate with the Babson community and with our 120+ club members. It will be the central repository for all information related with our club.

Please come often and participate in our online effort.

Sincerely,

The Babson Latin America Business Club