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.

1. What Does
DISCIPLINED
ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
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Really Mean Today?
Bill Aulet
Managing Director,
Martin Trust Center
for MIT Entrepreneurship

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Being an entrepreneur
is the new “cool” thing.
As a result,
demand for
entrepreneurship
is blowing up!

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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

5. Other Questions for
Entrepreneurship Education
1. Can
2. Why
3. How
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Crisis in
entrepreneurial education
Demand
Supply of
quality
Time
Storytellin
g

7. Importance of Spirit
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Successful Entrepreneurship
Spirit + Skills

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)
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11. How 24 Steps Was Put Together 11

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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
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21. Entrepreneurship 101 Quiz
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What is the singular necessary
and sufficient condition to have
a company?
1.

22. What Should We Be?
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Market-Driven
Target Customer-
Driven
Customer-Driven

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24. Spiraling Innovation
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25. Linkage of Various Steps Is Critical
and Underlies the Integration
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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

26. Product Development Must be a
Rapid & Continuous Process
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©
Ash
Maurya,
“Running
Lean”,
www.ashmaurya.com

27. Search for Truth?
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“I'm actually as proud of the things
we haven't done as the things I
have done.”
—Steve Jobs

29. Examples of Disciplined
Entrepreneurship
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30. More info
The book
www.disciplinedentrepreneurship.com
Progress Dashboard
www.detoolbox.com
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31. Free Online course
www.bit.ly/e-101
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32. 1 Week Intensive Course at MIT
By application welcomes you to apply
Last week of January at MIT

33. Successful Entrepreneurship
=
Spirit
of a pirate
Skills
of a Navy Seal
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Illustrations done by the great Marius
Ursache - @mariusursache on twitter