Bill Aulet is the Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship at MIT and Professor of the Practice at the

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and MIT Sloan Executive Education. He is also the author of ''Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup''.

Career

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, Entrepreneurial Product Marketing and Development, Energy Ventures, Applications of Advanced Entrepreneurial Techniques) and student initiatives (MIT Clean Energy Prize, MIT Entrepreneurship Review) to accelerators (Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator, Beehive Cooperative) and thought leadership initiatives (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program or REAP). In April 2013, Aulet was awarded the Adolf F. Monosson Prize for Entrepreneurial Mentoring at MIT. Prior to joining MIT, Aulet worked for more than a decade at

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before launching a series of startups, including 3-D imaging company SensAble Technologies Inc. His writings on entrepreneurship have been published by

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, the Kauffman Foundation, MIT Sloan Experts, and the MIT Entrepreneurship Review.

Personal life

A former professional basketball player, Aulet lives in

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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. Aulet holds a bachelor’s in engineering from

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and an SM from the

Educational activities

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

References

External links

Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship

A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs: Understanding Differences in the Types of Entrepreneurship in the Economy
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Teaching Entrepreneurship Is in the Startup Phase
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Startup Stories Are Great Narratives, But Not Blueprints for Success
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Driving Innovation In Large Corporations II: Three Case Studies
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Entrepreneurship Development Program
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