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A serial entrepreneur, MIT professor, and author, Bill Aulet is changing the way entrepreneurship is taught and practiced around the world.

Bill Aulet

A longtime successful entrepreneur, Bill is the Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and Professor of Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is changing the way entrepreneurship is understood, taught, and practiced around the world.

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Ed Roberts: A Singular Figure in Field of Entrepreneurship and the World’s Greatest Mensch Ever

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As many of you may have already heard, the most singular figure in the field of innovation-driven entrepreneurship passed away this week suddenly at the age of 88. He was also my mentor, protector and dear friend. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all the people who reached out to offer their thoughts and check in. It was a tough week.

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For over 20 years now in January, entrepreneurs gather at MIT for EDP and they are put through an intense and fully immersive experience they will never forget.

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The time to take on a new BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) is upon us, and in fact, it is one that we have been working on for a while but now we can bring it front and center.

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In my mind, entrepreneurs are the “grittiest” types of people around – I’ve been one and I’ve taught entrepreneurship to hundreds of students through the entrepreneurship programs at MIT, including my five years as the director of MIT’s delta v…

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Quick thoughts after arriving home from an exhausting week in Europe, at the University of Luxembourg, and the MIT GSW in Athens, Greece

Observations From the Just Completed MIT Exec Ed Entrepreneurship Development Program

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It is Sunday, February 5, 2023. Two weeks ago at this time, our annual January EDP kicked off IN PERSON for the first time in 3 years. We had experimented with EDP+ last June in conjunction with our MIT delta v cohort and that went well (see EDP+…

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Every year it is fun to look back and see what your favorite articles of the year were. Often, we have a feeling of confidence in some but there are always surprises when we look at the year-end data. This year it is no different.  At a high level,…

The State of Entrepreneurship via LinkedIn Live Event December 2022 (Video or Podcast)

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Recently (December 7, 2022), MIT Exec Ed ask Paul Cheek and I to sit down and talk with the Dean of MIT Executive Education, Peter Hirst, about the current state of entrepreneurship and basically produce content that will help get people to apply to…

So Bittersweet, the End of the Semester … But ChatGPT Brings Us Back to Reality and Explains It Perfectly

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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…

Disciplined Entrepreneurship Helps Bring Prince William and Kate to Boston

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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…

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