Bill Aulet

Summary

Bill Aulet is the Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship at MIT[1] and Professor of the Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management[2] and MIT Sloan Executive Education.[3][4] He is also the author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup.[5]

Audet (right) with Julie Shah and Secretary of State John Kerry.

Career edit

Since Aulet became Managing Director in 2009, he has conceived, designed and overseen the implementation of numerous innovative programs, from new courses (Linked Data Ventures,[6] Entrepreneurial Product Marketing and Development, Energy Ventures,[7] Applications of Advanced Entrepreneurial Techniques) and student initiatives (MIT Clean Energy Prize,[8] MIT Entrepreneurship Review[9]) to accelerators (Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator,[10] Beehive Cooperative[11]) and thought leadership initiatives (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program[12] or REAP[12]).[13] In April 2013, Aulet was awarded the Adolf F. Monosson Prize[14] for Entrepreneurial Mentoring at MIT.[15]

Prior to joining MIT, Aulet worked for more than a decade at IBM before launching a series of startups, including 3-D imaging company SensAble Technologies Inc.[16]

His writings on entrepreneurship have been published by The Wall Street Journal,[17] TechCrunch[18] The Boston Globe,[19] The Huffington Post, Xconomy, the Kauffman Foundation, MIT Sloan Experts,[20] and the MIT Entrepreneurship Review.[21][22][23][24][25]

Personal life edit

A former professional basketball player, Aulet lives in Belmont, Massachusetts with his wife; they have four grown sons. One of Aulet's sons is Tom Aulet, founded the company Ergatta, which makes gamified indoor rowers.[26] Aulet holds a bachelor’s in engineering from Harvard University and an SM from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Educational activities edit

Bill Aulet teaches the MIT massive open online course (MOOC) on entrepreneurship: "Entrepreneurship 101: Who Is Your Customer?"[27] and is Instructor at MIT Bootcamps.[28]

References edit

  1. ^ "Team | About | Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "William Kenneth Aulet". January 4, 2023.
  3. ^ MIT Sloan Executive Education
  4. ^ "Entrepreneurial Development and Education | MIT". executive.mit.edu.
  5. ^ "Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup". Disciplined Entrepreneurship.
  6. ^ "6.932 - Linked Data Ventures". dig.csail.mit.edu.
  7. ^ Clean energy ventures Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "ClimateTech and Energy Prize @ MIT". MIT Climate and Energy Prize.
  9. ^ Archived copy Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ MIT Global Founders Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Beehive cooperative Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ a b "Home". MIT Reap.
  13. ^ "Bill Aulet | faculty | Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  14. ^ 2004 Monosson Prize Archived 2015-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Awards | Resources | Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  16. ^ Korn, Melissa (September 4, 2013). "Lessons in Entrepreneurship". The Wall Street Journal.
  17. ^ Aulet, Bill (September 11, 2013). "Bill Aulet: Teaching Entrepreneurship Is in the Startup Phase". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.
  18. ^ "Our Dangerous Obsession With The MVP". March 2014.
  19. ^ "The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com.
  20. ^ "MIT Sloan Experts Series". MIT Sloan. December 12, 2023.
  21. ^ Archived copy Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ "Entrepreneurship can be taught, writer says - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.
  23. ^ "Bill Aulet | HuffPost". HuffPost.
  24. ^ "Xconomy: 6 Reasons Why the MIT Blackjack Team Became Entrepreneurs". June 27, 2013.
  25. ^ Three case studies Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ^ Fedeli, Kristen (February 14, 2023). "Ergatta CEO Tom Aulet on Gamified Fitness". Fitt Insider. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  27. ^ "Entrepreneurship 101: Who is your customer?". edX.
  28. ^ "MIT Bootcamps | MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp".

External links edit

  • Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
  • A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs: Understanding Differences in the Types of Entrepreneurship in the Economy
  • "Teaching Entrepreneurship Is in the Startup Phase," Wall Street Journal
  • "Startup Stories Are Great Narratives, But Not Blueprints for Success," Wall Street Journal
  • "Driving Innovation In Large Corporations II: Three Case Studies," MIT Entrepreneurship Review
  • "Entrepreneurship Development Program," MIT Sloan Executive Education, Professor of the Practice