Presented at Business of Software 2014, Bill Aulet, MIT, looks at the state of entrepreneurship today as it is popularly understood. Using many years of experience as an entrepreneur and academic he looks for a path that disciplined and successful entrepreneurs follow.
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Lessons learned from teaching entrepreneurs. Bill Aulet at Business of Software 2014
1. What Does
DISCIPLINED
ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
1
Really Mean Today?
Bill Aulet
Managing Director,
Martin Trust Center
for MIT Entrepreneurship
2. 2
Being an entrepreneur
is the new “cool” thing.
As a result,
demand for
entrepreneurship
is blowing up!
3. 3
But is there sufficient
understanding of the topic?
Hmmm….
4. Definition of Entrepreneurship – 2 Types
Entrepreneurship
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SME
(Small
Medium
Enterprise)
Regional
Markets
Restaurants
Dry
Cleaners
Services
IDE
(Innova=on-‐Driven
Entrepreneurship)
Global
Markets
Products
for
Export
Sustainable
Compe==ve
Advantage
at
Core
• Δt
is
short
• Linear
growth
• Less
investment
required
• Δt
is
long
• Exponen=al
growth
• A
lot
of
investment
required
9. But What is Happening
Crisis in Entrepreneurship Education
“Education by Storytelling”
Gets the Spirit but Not the Skills
Makes it Sound Easy
It is Not! Requires Discipline
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10. How
How should entrepreneurship be
taught?
1. Open (common language & best tools)
2. Systems Approach (integrated &
prescriptive)
3. Rigorous but Practical (mens et manus)
10
20. Benefits of Approach
Comprehensive yet Practical
Integrated
Proven & Tested – To Stand the Test of Time
Sequential/Prescriptive
Creates Common Language for Knowledge Transfer
and Accumulation
20
21. Entrepreneurship 101 Quiz
21
What is the singular necessary
and sufficient condition to have
a company?
1.
22. What Should We Be?
22
Market-Driven
Target Customer-
Driven
Customer-Driven
25. Linkage of Various Steps Is Critical
and Underlies the Integration
25
Persona
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2. Bbbbb
3. Ccccc
4. Ddddd
Quantified Value Proposition
As Is State
------------------------------------ X
Possible State
------------------------------------ Y
Value Prop = Δ of X & Y
Measured in dimension of Priority #1
Competitive Positioning
Priority #1
Bad Good
YOU
Alt #4
Alt #1
Alt #2
Alt #3
Bad Good
Priority #2
“Core” Supports
Competitive Position
Resource Plan
Supports Building Core