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Hall Of Fame Celebrating entrepreneurship.

By Laura Tiffany

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It's about time entrepreneurs got what was coming tothem--an exhibition hall celebrating their efforts. Last October,the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship opened at BabsonCollege in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

"It's a celebration of entrepreneurship," saysWilliam D. Bygrave, the center's director. Members ofBabson's Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs, Babson alumni,and winners of Babson's John H. Muller Jr. Business PlanCompetition, among others, are featured in product exhibits andvideo interviews in the exhibition hall. Current exhibits include aLEGO model, an L.L. Bean canoe and the first Bose hi-fi speakers."It's not just a series of stagnant exhibits, but storylines about entrepreneurs getting started and about how they createwealth," says Bygrave.

In addition, the new center will house a 40-seat lecture hallwired for satellite broadcasting to allow remote teaching, andeventually there will be an archive of entrepreneurs' importantpapers, such as business plans and initial public offerings."The purpose of the center is to get young people excitedabout entrepreneurship," says Babson, "and to [showforeign] professors and policy makers how we teachentrepreneurship." A little inspiration for seasonedentrepreneurs couldn't hurt, either.