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Request to ChatGPT: Write an article about how Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck could use Disciplined Entrepreneurship. Actual Response from ChatGPT: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck may be cartoon characters, but that doesn't mean they can't benefit from the principles of disciplined entrepreneurship.

This past week, you have probably seen that Prince William and Princess Kate visited Boston for their big Earthshot Prize and what a week it was. President Biden and scores of others were on hand for this enormous event. The hoopla from the visit was really quite amazing. What does this have to do with Disciplined Entrepreneurship? Well actually a lot.

Very sad to see the passing of truly one of the most impactful (and often overlooked for the magnitude of his impact) and greatest people in the history of the the computer industry, Fred Brooks, but happy to see him acknowledged with a robust obituary in The New York Times.

This past week I took a trip to Monterrey, Mexico for the 10th Anniversary of the INCmty Festival to support the amazing Monterrey REAP Team. MIT REAP (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program) was started by Scott Stern, Fiona Murray, Ed Roberts, and I in 2011 to bring a systematic and disciplined approach to the question we got all the time, “How do we build an entrepreneurial ecosystem like you have at MIT?” Over the years we have had many participants; 51 regional teams in 7……

A Critical Analysis Through the Lens of the Oct 31, 2022 Pitchbook’s Ranking of Universities Based on Entrepreneurial Output

Teach The Teachers (T^3) Workshop for Disciplined Entrepreneurship to be held Nov 17-18 in Mexico City – Seats just released to public

delta v Demo Day 2022 happened on September 9th in from of 1,500 energized MIT students live and thousands more online. What you all are probably most interested in is that the videos are now available for viewing at https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/accelerator/2022-delta-v/ (there is also a very nice digital version of our Demo Day book summarizing all the teams and the program). Every year, the student teams improve and this year was certainly no exception. We could not be prouder of this…

It is a new year and every year we like to continue to updated the teaching materials we make available to all Disciplined Entrepreneurship educators.

Many entrepreneurs we have come across used to believe the myths rigorously, and they took a path leading them to abject failure. To counter the problem, we started guiding the entrepreneurs through the framework laid out in the book Disciplined Entrepreneurship (DE) authored by Bill Aulet in our recent incubation program.

What creates revenue? This should be very simple as in the example I have provided. It should be some “units” time average selling price (ASP). ASP is the average amount of revenue that you receive per unit. This is after discounts and commissions you pay to resellers. It is the actual money that flows into your bank account.