Erik Simanis

Erik is an authority on new venture creation, having led or guided over a dozen corporate ventures and start-ups across five continents over the past 25 years. His frameworks and insights are published in leading journals, including the Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Sloan Management Review, and the journal Innovations.

Erik holds a PhD in Management from Cornell, an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received the Norman Block Award for highest academic achievement, and a BA magna cum laude from Wake Forest University.