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Educating Entrepreneurial Leaders.

Aug 28th, 2009  |  Categories:  Entrepreneur, Featured Articles, Leadership
Paul Jerde
There are many myths and misconceptions about entrepreneurship; that it’s only for people with breakthrough ideas, or only about the individual, or only about short-term personal gain, or that it can’t be taught. These are all great subjects for discussion. One thing I know is that it is possible to teach the skills and impart the mindset of entrepreneurial leadership. Leaders who approach challenges, in any organization, as if they were opportunities, and who apply entrepreneurial problem s…

Paul Jerde

Paul Jerde is the Executive Director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder (www.Leeds.Colorado.Edu/Deming). Prior to joining the University Mr. Jerde co-founded Corboy and Jerde, LLC, an investment banking firm specializing in private transactions for emerging growth and medium sized businesses. Previously, he was CEO and Chairman of Requisite Technology, Inc., an early stage electronic commerce information services business and served as CEO of Cortech, Inc. a public biotechnology company. He received his MBA from the College of Business and Administration (now the Leeds School of Business) at the University of Colorado, Boulder and his A. B. in Mathematics from Dartmouth College.