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Great ideas regarding entrepreneurship come out of Silicon Valley.  After all, it is one of the key centers of innovation-driven entrepreneurship, however, the product is often specific to that context.  The entrepreneurial process should be studied.  You can learn from anyone, but it should not be thought of as unassailable or the only way. In fact, I have seen firsthand that when Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship models like “Blitzscaling” (it is not the only one!) are transported to other…

MIT delta v 2024 (the 13th cohort) is now in the books and here are all the videos of the different teams who graduated from it along with some musing about this year’s edition.

Entrepreneurs must understand finance, but I didn't fully grasp its importance until I took MIT’s Entrepreneurship 104: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Finance. This course was my starting point, preparing me for MIT’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Bootcamp and ultimately setting me toward my PhD at the University of St. Gallen.

Bill Aulet discusses the profound impact of MIT's entrepreneurship boot camps, noting that participants from war-torn countries found paths to economic freedom.

In my new Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Expanded and Updated book, the example I use to track all the steps in the book through in a continuous manner is a company that was called Bloom in the book—but has emerged as a real company now called Livvi.

Imagine a world where every aspiring entrepreneur has a seasoned co-founder in their pocket, capable of doing 80% of the upfront R&D by creating market segmentation, crafting pricing strategies, and developing product pipelines —all in a matter of minutes. This isn't a futuristic concept; it's the reality created by MIT's latest innovation, a generative AI code-named the Entrepreneurship Jetpack.

With three tech start-ups under my belt and currently working on no. 4, I can honestly say this is the best “business building” book on the planet. The advice, guidance, and insights are so good, that it’s not only my “go-to” start-up bible, but I’ve also purchased numerous copies for fellow entrepreneurs and colleagues. The first edition was certainly a hard act to follow, but now that I’ve read (cover to cover) the Expanded & Updated edition, Bill has knocked it out of the……

As we move deeper into the 21st century, Generation Z is emerging as a force to be reckoned with in the world of entrepreneurship. Born between the late 1990s and early 2010s, Gen Zers are redefining the future of work, balancing traditional jobs with side hustles, and actively building their own businesses.

I always find the summer solstice one of the most authentic and special days of the year.  Maybe because it is the longest day of the year, which feels important, but no one makes a big deal out of it these days.  For me, it is also the demarcation of shifting focus from one school year to the next. It is a time when I get some breathing room back.

As we are now in 2024, my colleague Paul Cheek and I, believe there is another important step forward we should take that builds off all we have done so far and will get entrepreneurship education to the next level. This is the mental model of a three-tiered approach of “theory, practice, tactics”.