Ben Spigel
@benspigel.bsky.social
He/him. Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College. I study entrepreneurial ecosystems, how firms grow, and why kittens are the best form of cat.
Ahh Harry's Pizza, and the place Harry opened later after losing Harry's to his ex-wife in the divorce. Good times.
Your city is not a pizza city unless at least one restaurant has a complex generations-long family drama behind which locations are the good ones and which other seemingly distinct restaurant is actually the same one but owned by the children of divorced wife etc
September 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Ahh Harry's Pizza, and the place Harry opened later after losing Harry's to his ex-wife in the divorce. Good times.
Lord, I have seen what you've done for others.......
BC has a new time zone abbreviation: PCT.
PCT stands for Pacific Time, BC’s single year-round time zone. It replaces PST and PDT, providing a consistent way to refer to BC’s time zone in schedules, systems and communications.
No falling back this November.
PCT stands for Pacific Time, BC’s single year-round time zone. It replaces PST and PDT, providing a consistent way to refer to BC’s time zone in schedules, systems and communications.
No falling back this November.
September 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Lord, I have seen what you've done for others.......
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Just in case you ever have impostor syndrome, remember that in 2011, workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory brought six kilograms of plutonium together to take a picture to show their management. The amount was enough to start a chain nuclear reaction if they had been slightly closer.
September 11, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Just in case you ever have impostor syndrome, remember that in 2011, workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory brought six kilograms of plutonium together to take a picture to show their management. The amount was enough to start a chain nuclear reaction if they had been slightly closer.
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With help by some great editors at EIX, I've published a write-up of some of my recent research on how entrepreneurs learn in strong and weak entrepreneurial ecosystems. They even used this crazy thing called 'graphic design' to make my figures look really nice! eiexchange.com/content/what...
What Makes a Great Startup Ecosystem? Entrepreneurs Learning From One Another
Two neighboring cities offered entrepreneurs many of the same resources—but produced very different outcomes. The difference may lie in how often founders exchange hard-won lessons, challenge one anot...
eiexchange.com
September 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
With help by some great editors at EIX, I've published a write-up of some of my recent research on how entrepreneurs learn in strong and weak entrepreneurial ecosystems. They even used this crazy thing called 'graphic design' to make my figures look really nice! eiexchange.com/content/what...
I want her back to take my classes!!
“The federal appeals court will hear arguments this fall in the case of a Babson College student who was deported to Honduras despite a court order temporarily blocking her removal, according to a scheduling order.”
Deported Babson College student gets Oct. court date in fight to return to US
A court date has been set for arguments in the case of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a Babson College student deported to Honduras in November 2025 despite a court order blocking her removal.
www.masslive.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I want her back to take my classes!!
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“The federal appeals court will hear arguments this fall in the case of a Babson College student who was deported to Honduras despite a court order temporarily blocking her removal, according to a scheduling order.”
Deported Babson College student gets Oct. court date in fight to return to US
A court date has been set for arguments in the case of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a Babson College student deported to Honduras in November 2025 despite a court order blocking her removal.
www.masslive.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“The federal appeals court will hear arguments this fall in the case of a Babson College student who was deported to Honduras despite a court order temporarily blocking her removal, according to a scheduling order.”
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen:
Aqubats
Rockapella
The Conard High School Jazz band
That is all.
Aqubats
Rockapella
The Conard High School Jazz band
That is all.
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live:
Kiss
Yes
King Crimson
ELP
Slayer
Megadeth
Billy Idol
Agent Orange
Jethro Tull
Punk Floyd
Kiss
Yes
King Crimson
ELP
Slayer
Megadeth
Billy Idol
Agent Orange
Jethro Tull
Punk Floyd
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen Live
David Bowie
REM
Guns n Roses
Prince
Faith No More
The Pixies
L7
Soundgarden
Midnight Oil
Babes in Toyland
David Bowie
REM
Guns n Roses
Prince
Faith No More
The Pixies
L7
Soundgarden
Midnight Oil
Babes in Toyland
August 30, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen:
Aqubats
Rockapella
The Conard High School Jazz band
That is all.
Aqubats
Rockapella
The Conard High School Jazz band
That is all.
Getting ready for a new semester in this crazy world of ours.
August 28, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Getting ready for a new semester in this crazy world of ours.
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A gritty comic reimagining of the Toy Story franchise would feature an extended storyline around toys that escape from the CPSC testing facility.
August 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM
A gritty comic reimagining of the Toy Story franchise would feature an extended storyline around toys that escape from the CPSC testing facility.
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Others have said it previously, but I love how this promotional image from the 1990 Stephen King's IT looks like a prestige drama courtroom show, that just so also happens to involve a clown.
August 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Others have said it previously, but I love how this promotional image from the 1990 Stephen King's IT looks like a prestige drama courtroom show, that just so also happens to involve a clown.
The heuristic that all Silicon Valley tech is designed to replace your mom hasn’t failed yet.
A consistent pitch by the makers of ai wearables is that they solve the problem of getting to know your child. www.businessinsider.com/parents-brea...
August 25, 2026 at 11:16 AM
The heuristic that all Silicon Valley tech is designed to replace your mom hasn’t failed yet.
Uuuup. That's me coming to terms with the fact that most of my students were born after I started my PhD.
First day of classes!! This semester’s freshmen were mostly born in 2008. Have a good day!
August 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Uuuup. That's me coming to terms with the fact that most of my students were born after I started my PhD.
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On this day in 2018.
Kieran @kjhealy.co ‘s obituary will include the MacArthur essay and “Fuck Nuance,” but for a particular niche audience of connoisseurs, this is his masterpiece.
Kieran @kjhealy.co ‘s obituary will include the MacArthur essay and “Fuck Nuance,” but for a particular niche audience of connoisseurs, this is his masterpiece.
August 24, 2026 at 12:46 PM
On this day in 2018.
Kieran @kjhealy.co ‘s obituary will include the MacArthur essay and “Fuck Nuance,” but for a particular niche audience of connoisseurs, this is his masterpiece.
Kieran @kjhealy.co ‘s obituary will include the MacArthur essay and “Fuck Nuance,” but for a particular niche audience of connoisseurs, this is his masterpiece.
No to this. Because the fun part of teaching is actually talking to students.
August 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
No to this. Because the fun part of teaching is actually talking to students.
me and my wife.
August 20, 2026 at 3:43 PM
me and my wife.
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this is my new favorite diagram
July 31, 2026 at 9:59 PM
this is my new favorite diagram
A perfect Tracy Jordan line if there ever was one.
My sister knew the elephant that played the Banthas in Star Wars.
July 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
A perfect Tracy Jordan line if there ever was one.
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I thought this was about something very, very different.
From a fascinating new NBER working paper exploring the economics and geopolitics of shipping
www.nber.org/papers/w35449
www.nber.org/papers/w35449
July 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I thought this was about something very, very different.
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well okay so the english won against the norwegians but in only a few days theyll have to face the french. anyway thats quite enough about September 25th 1066, lets look at some football news
July 11, 2026 at 11:54 PM
well okay so the english won against the norwegians but in only a few days theyll have to face the french. anyway thats quite enough about September 25th 1066, lets look at some football news
I don't know what's gone wrong in my life, but I'm reading papers from the Continental Philosophy Review.
July 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I don't know what's gone wrong in my life, but I'm reading papers from the Continental Philosophy Review.
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New paper alert! Learning to grow in entrepreneurial ecosystems. entrepreneurs learn about entrepreneurship from other entrepreneurs. Not from accelerators, not from textbooks, not from their very handsome entrepreneurship professors — from each other. 🧵 1/7
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Learning to grow in entrepreneurial ecosystems - Small Business Economics
The entrepreneurial ecosystems literature lacks a clear explanation for how ecosystems influence firm growth. To address this gap, this paper examines learning as a way to link the structure of ecosys...
link.springer.com
July 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
New paper alert! Learning to grow in entrepreneurial ecosystems. entrepreneurs learn about entrepreneurship from other entrepreneurs. Not from accelerators, not from textbooks, not from their very handsome entrepreneurship professors — from each other. 🧵 1/7
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Had to dig up a hard copy for this one.
June 30, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Had to dig up a hard copy for this one.