Babson's Global Symposium Explores Power and Promise of Entrepreneurship In London--April 26-27,...

Business Editors

WELLESLEY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2002

Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., U.S.A. presents the Babson Symposium on Global Entrepreneurship: From Promise to Prosperity, a two-day event to explore the power and potential of entrepreneurship, in London,

Leading industry executives and academic thinkers will examine such issues as:

- The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report (GEM)-- groundbreaking research
and analysis that demonstrates the power of entrepreneurship as one of the most
important roads to rapid and substantial economic development. Presented by the
study's principal researchers.

- Classic Venture Capital: From Ecstasy to Agony in Just 12 Months.

- Entrepreneurship Hatcheries: A look at Babson student businesses launched in
the supportive environment of on-campus hatcheries.

- Corporate Entrepreneurship: Two Perspectives

- Radical Innovation Discover, Development and Commercialization

- Youth Entrepreneurship: Stimulating Business Development in the United
Kingdom.

Keynote speakers include: Robert J. Davis, partner, Highland Capital, an early stage venture capital firm and former president and CEO, Lycos Inc. which merged in 2000 with Terra Networks; and Arthur M. Blank, chairman, president, and CEO, the NFL's Atlanta Falcons football team and cofounder of The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement retailer.

Symposium presentations will look at a variety of topics and issues around entrepreneurship including:

- The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report (GEM)-- groundbreaking research
and analysis that demonstrates the power of entrepreneurship as one of the most
important roads to rapid and substantial economic development. Presented by the
study's principal researchers.

- Classic Venture Capital: From Ecstasy to Agony in Just 12 Months.

- Entrepreneurship Hatcheries: A look at Babson student businesses launched in
the supportive environment of on-campus hatcheries.

- Corporate Entrepreneurship: Two Perspectives

- Radical Innovation Discover, Development and Commercialization

- Youth Entrepreneurship: Stimulating Business Development in the United
Kingdom.

U.S. News & World Report magazine's most recent rankings (April 2002) named Babson College the #1 school for entrepreneurship education for the ninth year in a row. Babson has one of the largest dedicated entrepreneurship faculties in the world, who bring a unique combination of scholarly and business accomplishment to their teaching.

Babson grants BS, MBA, and custom MS and MBA degrees through its Undergraduate Program and the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, and offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide through the Babson School of Executive Education. The College's venture, Babson Interactive LLC, develops distance learning programs and business simulations for executives and graduate students.

The Babson Symposium on Global Entrepreneurship is sponsored by Habib Bank AG Zurich, Hillsdown Holdings, Diageo, and the Alfadl Group.

Note to Media: For a complete schedule of the Babson Symposium, please visit events at the Babson website:www.babson.edu.