The slide Bill Aulet used to give the Keynote Speech at the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Startup Competition Final Award Ceremoy held at the American University of Cairo on May 22, 2014. It was a meant to inform, inspire and motivate young entrepreneurs to think more ambitiously about how and why to scale their companies - and the imperative to do so. It was also the announcement of an Arabic version of the Disciplined Entrepreneurship expected in December of 2014.

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Bill Aulet
Managing Director,
Martin Trust Center
for MIT Entrepreneurship
FINAL AWARD
CEREMONY

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Being an entrepreneur
is the new “cool” thing.
But why?
Is this sustainable?

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BOJ S

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But is there sufficient
understanding of the topic?
Hmmm….

5. DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Definition of Entrepreneurship – 2 Types
Entrepreneurship
SME
(Small Medium Enterprise)
Regional Markets
Restaurants
Dry Cleaners
Services
IDE
(Innovation-Driven
Entrepreneurship)
Global Markets
Products for Export
Sustainable Competitive Advantage at
Core
• Δt is short
• Linear growth
• Less investment required
• Δt is long
• Exponential growth
• A lot of investment required

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

8. Importance of Spirit
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Spirit + Skills
Successful Entrepreneurship

10. 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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18. 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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“I'm actually as proud of the things
we haven't done as the things I
have done.”
—Steve Jobs

20. Examples of Disciplined
Entrepreneurship
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21. More info
The book
www.disciplinedentrepreneurship.com
Progress Dashboard
www.detoolbox.com
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22. Online course
www.bit.ly/e-101
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23. 1 Week Intensive Course at MIT
By application welcomes you to apply
Last week of January at MIT

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Spirit Skills+
Successful Entrepreneurship =

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