Three Business Professors and the Innovators They Inspired How educators are influencing a new generation of entrepreneurs
By Ericka Chickowski •
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The Professor: Ed Roberts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
![]() • Professor of technological innovation, entrepreneurship and strategic management and chair of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center • Bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from MIT, a master's of science in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a doctorate in economics from MIT • Co-founder of about 10 companies, on the board of about 20 companies and investor in more than 40 firms |