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.
A perfect Tracy Jordan line if there ever was one.
Brandon Bird@brandonbird.bsky.social · 2w agoMy sister knew the elephant that played the Banthas in Star Wars.
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.
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...
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...
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Minor academic victory: realizing that even though I *can* write some script to port all the research notes in my DevonThink database to my Obsidian database, I don't *need* to.
Imagine being the Property Brother who *wasn’t* invited to be part of Peter Theil’s weird secret society.
maia arson crimew 🏴@crimew.gay · 2mo agoHere are all 113 alleged members we were able to successfully extract. This data can also be verified via versions of the site captured by the Wayback Machine, even if it doesn't properly render the website.
The Eisenhower Square for busy academics (and therefore, for much of Bluesky):
Getting really into phenomenology and Husserl's notions of potentiality in order to enact revenge on Reviewer 2.
The last time the Knicks were in the NBA Finals, CPSC was monitoring for products on the "World Wide Web" to concentrate on the "growing number of products for sale in cyberspace." The team was doing this using, "computers and telephone lines." www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/New...
CPSC Announces Initiative to Monitor E-Commerce for Unsafe Products
CPSC Announces Initiative to Monitor E-Commerce for Unsafe Products
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I am absolutely here for @oliver.ie 's motion at tonight's Cork City Council meeting (referred to a relevant committee).
Man, two all-timers in the space of a month. Nice job, New Yorker cartoon editors. The idea of this one is brilliant, but the execution is maybe even more so—getting the figure in the coffin to read both ways like it’s supposed to is something.
Hacking canvas? What do they think this is, the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in 1990.
Woah, the Academy of Management just accounced that all its annual meetings (giant, 20K+ conferences) are not going to be held in the US anymore (after this year's Philly barnburner). Totally the right decision and I'm sure it's costing them a lot of extra money.
I still can't beleive David Simon bought the TV rights to this book.
Rachel Cole@rmartincole.bsky.social · 3mo ago
Not giving Chewy a medal after the Battle of Yavin IV shows that the rebellion is just as xenophobic as the empire. Related: Akbar only got to be admiral because he bought his own fleet.
Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉@observer46664.bsky.social · 3mo agoENGAGEMENT BAIT! What is your MOST CONTROVERSIAL Star Wars opinion? And I don't want embarrassingly lukewarm takes like "Jabba The Hutt was actually a good employer". I need opinions that could land you in jail. GO!
I'm beyond thrilled to see Watermelon Truck in the @chicagotribune.com. Thanks @ninametz.bsky.social for highlighting this really special part of our collection. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/08/t...
At Northwestern, a flashback to a time when government reports were works of art
The Transportation Library at Northwestern is a repository of old state and federal reports with creative graphic art on their covers.
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They’d rather the country be poorer and whiter than rich and diverse. Of course when the pie shrinks, the rich will demand the same amount and will tell you the crumbs you’re left with are because of immigrants or trans people or DEI. bsky.app/profile/apne...
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 4mo agoGreen-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy.