Erin L Scott, draws upon her two decades of academic and practical experience to partner with groundbreaking innovators to successfully navigate the entrepreneurial journey from initial idea to commercialization. Her research focuses on Strategy for Startups, has been published in leading journals such as Harvard Business Review, Management Science, Strategy Science, and a new textbook, Entrepreneurship, Choice and Strategy (Gans, Scott, and Stern), available from Norton and booksellers worldwide. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scott mentors early-stage entrepreneurs and teaches the award-winning Entrepreneurial Strategy course (MBA and EMBA), the popular Entrepreneurial Founding & Teams course (MBA and Undergraduate), and the new Executive Education course Strategy for Startups. 

Prior to MIT Sloan, Scott was an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore Business School. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Innovation Policy and the Economy Group. A recipient of the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship, she earned her PhD in strategy from Washington University in St. Louis in 2013. Dr. Scott also holds an MBA-MS and BE in biomedical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and Vanderbilt University, respectively. She previously evaluated and consulted for early-stage ventures in the medical device and biotechnology sectors.