{{Short description|Author and managing director}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:Bill Aulet}} [[File:Secretary Kerry Shakes Hands With Business Leaders Before Speaking About the Future of Job Creation at MIT's Innovation Forum (32063649352).jpg|thumb|Aulet (right) with Julie Shah and Secretary of State John Kerry.]] '''Bill Aulet''' is the Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship at MIT<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/about/team/ |title=Team | About | Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship |accessdate=2013-10-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194341/https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/about/team/ |archivedate=2013-10-29 }}</ref> and Professor of the Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/detail.php?in_spseqno=9118|title = William Kenneth Aulet| date=4 January 2023 }}</ref> and MIT Sloan Executive Education.<ref>[https://executive.mit.edu/faculty/profile/58-william-aulet MIT Sloan Executive Education]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://executive.mit.edu/course/Entrepreneurship-Development-Program/a056g00000URaMsAAL.html|title=Entrepreneurial Development and Education | MIT|website=executive.mit.edu}}</ref> He is also the author of ''Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.d-eship.com/|title=Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup|website=Disciplined Entrepreneurship}}</ref>
== Career == Since Aulet became Managing Director in 2009, he has conceived, designed and overseen the implementation of numerous innovative programs, from new courses (Linked Data Ventures,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2011/Courses/6.932/|title=6.932 - Linked Data Ventures |website=dig.csail.mit.edu}}</ref> Entrepreneurial Product Marketing and Development, Energy Ventures,<ref>[http://executive.mit.edu/openenrollment/program/clean_energy_ventures/6 Clean energy ventures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191244/http://executive.mit.edu/openenrollment/program/clean_energy_ventures/6 |date=2013-10-29 }}</ref> Applications of Advanced Entrepreneurial Techniques) and student initiatives (MIT Clean Energy Prize,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cep.mit.edu/|title=ClimateTech and Energy Prize @ MIT|website=MIT Climate and Energy Prize}}</ref> MIT Entrepreneurship Review<ref>[https://miter.mit.edu Archived copy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928002355/http://miter.mit.edu/ |date=2013-09-28 }}</ref>) to accelerators (Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator,<ref>[https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/our-resources/mit-global-founders-skills-accelerator MIT Global Founders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701173921/https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/our-resources/mit-global-founders-skills-accelerator/ |date=2014-07-01 }}</ref> Beehive Cooperative<ref>[https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/our-resources/beehive-cooperative/ Beehive cooperative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193716/https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/our-resources/beehive-cooperative/ |date=2013-10-29 }}</ref>) and thought leadership initiatives (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://reap.mit.edu/|title=Home|website=MIT Reap}}</ref> or REAP<ref name="auto"/>).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/faculty/bill-aulet |title=Bill Aulet | faculty | Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship |access-date=2013-10-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217191028/https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/faculty/bill-aulet |archive-date=2013-12-17 }}</ref> In April 2013, Aulet was awarded the Adolf F. Monosson Prize<ref>[http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/2004-monossonprize.php 2004 Monosson Prize] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112200657/http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/2004-monossonprize.php |date=2015-01-12 }}</ref> for Entrepreneurial Mentoring at MIT.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/our-resources/awards-and-scholarships/ |title=Awards | Resources | Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship |access-date=2013-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205555/https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/our-resources/awards-and-scholarships/ |archivedate=2013-10-29 }}</ref>
Prior to joining MIT, Aulet worked for more than a decade at IBM before launching a series of startups, including 3-D imaging company SensAble Technologies Inc.<ref name="wsj13aulet">{{cite web |last1=Korn |first1=Melissa |title=Lessons in Entrepreneurship |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/lessons-in-entrepreneurship-1378337839 |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=4 September 2013}}</ref>
His writings on entrepreneurship have been published by The Wall Street Journal,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323324904579042773539825050.html|title=Bill Aulet: Teaching Entrepreneurship Is in the Startup Phase|first=Bill|last=Aulet|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=September 11, 2013|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref> TechCrunch<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/01/our-dangerous-obsession-with-the-mvp/|title=Our Dangerous Obsession With The MVP|date=March 2014 }}</ref> The Boston Globe,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/|title=The Boston Globe|website=BostonGlobe.com}}</ref> The Huffington Post, Xconomy, the Kauffman Foundation, MIT Sloan Experts,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mitsloan.mit.edu/press|title=MIT Sloan Experts Series|website=MIT Sloan|date=12 December 2023 }}</ref> and the MIT Entrepreneurship Review.<ref>[https://miter.mit.edu/ Archived copy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928002355/http://miter.mit.edu/ |date=2013-09-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/08/11/mit-bill-aulet-charts-steps-start-success/bfwVKBE7TT4LceDrh1zb8O/story.html | title=Entrepreneurship can be taught, writer says - the Boston Globe | website=The Boston Globe }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-aulet/ | title=Bill Aulet | HuffPost | website=HuffPost }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2013/06/27/6-reasons-why-the-mit-blackjack-team-became-entrepreneurs/ | title=Xconomy: 6 Reasons Why the MIT Blackjack Team Became Entrepreneurs | work=Xconomy | date=27 June 2013 }}</ref><ref>[https://miter.mit.edu/articledriving-innovation-large-corporations-ii-three-case-studies/ Three case studies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030005830/https://miter.mit.edu/articledriving-innovation-large-corporations-ii-three-case-studies/ |date=2013-10-30 }}</ref>
== Personal life == A former professional basketball player, Aulet lives in Belmont, Massachusetts with his wife; they have four grown sons. One of Aulet's sons is Tom Aulet, founded the company Ergatta, which makes gamified indoor rowers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fedeli |first=Kristen |date=2023-02-14 |title=Ergatta CEO Tom Aulet on Gamified Fitness |url=https://insider.fitt.co/tom-aulet-co-founder-ceo-of-ergatta/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Fitt Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> Aulet holds a bachelor’s in engineering from Harvard University and an SM from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
== Educational activities == Bill Aulet teaches the MIT massive open online course (MOOC) on entrepreneurship: "Entrepreneurship 101: Who Is Your Customer?"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edx.org/course/entrepreneurship-101-who-is-your-customer|title=Entrepreneurship 101: Who is your customer?|website=edX|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413112305/http://www.edx.org/course/entrepreneurship-101-who-is-your-customer|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is Instructor at MIT Bootcamps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bootcamps.mit.edu/bootcamps/innovation-leadership/|title = MIT Bootcamps | MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130829234539/https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/ Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship] * [http://hewhoenters.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/97324344/AuletMurray_KauffmanPaper_a-tale-of-two-entrepreneurs.pdf A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs: Understanding Differences in the Types of Entrepreneurship in the Economy] * "[https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323324904579042773539825050 Teaching Entrepreneurship Is in the Startup Phase]," Wall Street Journal * "[https://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/2013/08/09/weekend-read-startup-stories-are-great-narratives-but-not-blueprints-for-success/ Startup Stories Are Great Narratives, But Not Blueprints for Success]," Wall Street Journal * "[https://miter.mit.edu/articledriving-innovation-large-corporations-ii-three-case-studies/ Driving Innovation In Large Corporations II: Three Case Studies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030005830/https://miter.mit.edu/articledriving-innovation-large-corporations-ii-three-case-studies/ |date=October 30, 2013 }}," MIT Entrepreneurship Review * "[https://executive.mit.edu/openenrollment/program/entrepreneurship_development_program/#.Wc1AoGiPKUk Entrepreneurship Development Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627121329/http://executive.mit.edu/openenrollment/program/entrepreneurship_development_program/#.Wc1AoGiPKUk |date=June 27, 2017 }}," MIT Sloan Executive Education, Professor of the Practice * [https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/why-climate-and-energy-entrepreneurs-need-their-own-playbook "Why climate and energy entrepreneurs need their own playbook"] MIT Sloan
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