When faculty members are guest speakers at our Deming Board breakfast meetings, their presentations consistently inspire some very intense and lively discussions.
One of my favorites was a presentation entitled "Do Venture Capitalists Really Matter?" by Professor Sharon Matusik. I won't go so far as to state how the debate came out.
Her talk underscored the notion that the Leeds School of Business has some of the most highly respected faculty in the field publishing entrepreneurship-focused research in leading academic research journals. We also have a thriving Ph.D. program, one of the most prolific in the country with more than 20 graduates, who are now established as leading scholars in entrepreneurship at universities around the country.
To learn more, take a look at our 2009 Academic Report, hot off the press.
Some takeaways from this report:
Since the creation of the Deming Center in 1995, more than 1000 students have taken our business-planning course. This, too, is a tribute to the quality of our faculty and to their ability to bring entrepreneurship alive in the classroom.
As stated in the report, our faculty had nearly 30 research papers selected for publication in leading journals from 2006 to 2009. Another 20 papers are currently in the works.
Not only are these research efforts advancing the theoretical understanding of the creation and successful management of entrepreneurial companies - they are of relevance and interest to members of our entrepreneurial business community and Deming Center board.
And just for the record, I do believe that venture capitalists really matter.
One of my favorites was a presentation entitled "Do Venture Capitalists Really Matter?" by Professor Sharon Matusik. I won't go so far as to state how the debate came out.
Her talk underscored the notion that the Leeds School of Business has some of the most highly respected faculty in the field publishing entrepreneurship-focused research in leading academic research journals. We also have a thriving Ph.D. program, one of the most prolific in the country with more than 20 graduates, who are now established as leading scholars in entrepreneurship at universities around the country.
To learn more, take a look at our 2009 Academic Report, hot off the press.
Some takeaways from this report:
- During 2008-09 academic year more than 500 undergraduates took one or more of our entrepreneurship courses.
- Our MBA program has grown by 140% in the past three years, with more than 50% of this year's incoming class identifying entrepreneurship as their number one area of interest.
- Almost 300 MBA students took at least one of our entrepreneurship courses during the year, representing almost 33% of all of the elective courses taken by Leeds MBA students.
Since the creation of the Deming Center in 1995, more than 1000 students have taken our business-planning course. This, too, is a tribute to the quality of our faculty and to their ability to bring entrepreneurship alive in the classroom.
As stated in the report, our faculty had nearly 30 research papers selected for publication in leading journals from 2006 to 2009. Another 20 papers are currently in the works.
Not only are these research efforts advancing the theoretical understanding of the creation and successful management of entrepreneurial companies - they are of relevance and interest to members of our entrepreneurial business community and Deming Center board.
And just for the record, I do believe that venture capitalists really matter.
