Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership | Illinois

The 13th V. Dale Cozad Lecture in Entrepreneurship
April 12, 2011

Bill Tai, the partner at venture capital firm Charles River Ventures, a serial entrepreneur, and angel investor, spoke on Venture Capital Investing Themes: What’s Hot, What’s Not, at the 13th Annual V. Dale Cozad Lecture on Entrepreneurship.

Exploring the Start-up Nation
March 20-25, 2011
Photo credit: Melissa Chua, AEL intern

The Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership took a group of University of Illinois students to Israel in order to to study, document, and film its amazing startup community.

Innovators Improv - Community Impact
November 16, 2010
Photo credit: Caitlin Riederer, AEL intern

Dr. John Clarke and Illinois Launch students attended Innovators Improv on Community Impact.

BADM 395 Social Entrepreneurship
Spring Semester, 2010

The class on Social Entrepreneurship invited six social entrepreneurs to campus to share their professional ideas and practices and their personal interests in social entrepreneurship.

TEDxUIUC
April 10, 2010
Photo credit: TEDxUIUC

TEDxUIUC aims to provide a venue for some of the world’s top thinkers and most remarkable doers to inspire and create a better world.

TEDxUIUC Talk: Hybrid Business Models
April 10, 2010
Produced by TEDxUIUC

John Clarke, Executive Director of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, was invited to speak at the first annual TEDx conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

TEDxUIUC Talk: Bottom-Up Solutions for Subsistence Marketplaces
April 10, 2010
Produced by TEDxUIUC

Madhu Viswanathan, AEL Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Marketing, spoke about his research on subsistence marketplaces at the first annual TEDx conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
March 1, 2010

Muhammad Yunus, the receipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, delivered a public talk on social entrepreneurship in the 21st Century.

Business and Social Responsibility: Finding the Bottom Line
February 26, 2010

John Clarke, Executive Director of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, discussed the current challenges and opportunities of incorporating social values into business objectives.

The Eighth Annual Graduate College Symposium
February 25, 2010

The Symposium offers an opportunity for graduate students, faculty, and alumni to learn about and discuss current challenges and opportunities distinctive to graduate education.

The Eighth Annual Graduate College Symposium: Introductory Remarks
February 25, 2010
Produced by the Graduate College

Debasish Dutta, Dean of the Graduate College, gave the welcome and introductory remarks during the 8th Annual Graduate College Symposium.

The Eighth Annual Graduate College Symposium: Keynote Address
February 25, 2010
Produced by the Graduate College

Keynote anddress "Entrepreneurial Thinking in Graduate Education: A National Need?", presented by Lee T. Todd, Jr., President of the University of Kentucky

Dr. Karen Bantel from Michigan State University
December 18, 2009

Dr. Karen Bantel, Special Assistant to the President of Michigan State University and the former Managing Director of the University of Michigan's Zell Lurie School of Business, visited University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in December 2009.

Spotlight on the Entrepreneur - Jimmy John Liautaud
Fall 2006

Jimmy John Liautaud, founder of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches, spoke to students at the "Spotlight on the Entrepreneur" lecture series.

Ideas to Enterprise Workshop
June 8, 2005

Check out the videos from the "Ideas to Enterprise Workshop"