Tom Eisenmann
Harvard Business School professor
Tom Eisenmann is a Harvard Business School professor who teaches entrepreneurship. He wrote Why Startups Fail.
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About Tom Eisenmann
Tom Eisenmann holds the Howard H. Stevenson chair in business administration at Harvard Business School and teaches entrepreneurship there. He earned his doctorate, MBA and BA at Harvard University. Before starting his doctoral program, he worked for eleven years at McKinsey & Company, co-leading its Media and Entertainment Practice. He has coauthored 130 case studies and, with colleagues, has launched 14 MBA electives, including Entrepreneurial Failure. He has put money into dozens of new ventures, served on startup advisory boards, and coached thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs. His book in our catalog is Why Startups Fail.