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Ted Ladd

Ted Ladd is an American entrepreneur and academic at Harvard University and Hult International Business School.

Ted Ladd
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Education
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur and professor
SpouseLaura Hewitt Ladd

Career

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Ladd is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Hult International Business School.[1] Based on its San Francisco campus, he was the former Dean of the campus, Dean of Global Research, and founding Academic Director of the Doctorate in Business Administration. He also teaches students on Hult's campuses in Boston, New York, London, Shanghai, and Dubai. He also is an instructor on platform entrepreneurship at Harvard University.[2] He was a visitor professor at Stanford University, Copenhagen Business School and the lead faculty member for social entrepreneurship at the Bainbridge Graduate School, now part of Presidio Graduate School.

Ladd was the Director of Ecosystems at WIMM Labs, which was acquired by Google as the foundation for its WearOS,[3] powering smart watches from dozens of international brands. Ladd was the platform evangelist and company spokesman for Palm Inc. to describe the future of handheld mobile technology. He was the VP of Business Development at HOMER energy, which was acquired by UL.[4] He founded, led, secured funding, sold, or otherwise participated in several other startups.[5]

Ladd is a director of Lower Valley Energy,[6] which serves electricity and natural gas to businesses and residents in northwestern Wyoming, as well as portions of eastern Idaho and southern Montana. He is on the Advisory Board[7] of the Wyoming Small Business Development Center, which is jointly funded by the U.S. federal Small Business Administration, the University of Wyoming, and the Wyoming Business Council. He was a director of the latter from 2003 to 2009, appointed by Governor Freudenthal and confirmed by the Wyoming Senate. He served as a director of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. He was a candidate for Wyoming's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004. Following that race, Ladd was named one of Wyoming 40 under 40.[8]

He is a member of the Advisory Board at Nth Venture,[9] a venture studio that incubates early-stage start-up businesses. He is also a Strategic Advisor to Ethical Compass Advisors,[10] a consulting firm that helps technology embed ethics into their governance structures. Clients include Meta, Anthropic, and several other large technology companies.

Research

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Ladd focuses on the processes by which entrepreneurs design and test new ideas to create new companies, especially as multi-sided platforms (e.g. Lyft and AirBnb). His recent publications include:

A complete list can be found at ORCID.[22]

Awards

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  • Best Conceptual Paper at the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship annual conference[23]
  • Fulbright Scholarship: SyCip Distinguished Lecturing Award in the Philippines[24]
  • Research Fellow with the Engaged Practitioner-Scholar program at Case Western Reserve University[25]
  • Best Teacher in the Program at Hult: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.[26]
  • Paper "most relevant to practicing entrepreneurs" at the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship[27]
  • Best paper in Social Entrepreneurship at the Academy of Management[28]

Education

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Ladd received a PhD in management from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a joint master's degree in international economics with honors from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) from Johns Hopkins University, a BA from Cornell University[29][1] cum laude as a triple major in biology (focused on ecology and systematics), government and technical sociology, and a farrier's certificate at the Oklahoma School of Horseshoeing.

Personal

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Ted Ladd and his wife, Laura Ladd,[30] live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with their dog, The Project.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Faculty | Hult International Business School". Hult Business School. Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  2. ^ "Faculty | Harvard University". Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  3. ^ "Wear OS by Google | The smartwatch operating system that connects you to what matters most". wearos.google.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  4. ^ "HOMER - Hybrid Renewable and Distributed Generation System Design Software". www.homerenergy.com. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  5. ^ "Ted Ladd". Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  6. ^ "Board Of Directors – Lower Valley Energy". www.lvenergy.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  7. ^ "Wyoming SBDC :: Our Advisory Board". www.wyen.biz. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. ^ "40 Under Forty: Ted Ladd". Casper Star-Tribune Online. 27 February 2005. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Our People". nth Venture Inc. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  10. ^ "Ethical Compass Advisors". www.ethical-compass-advisors.com.
  11. ^ "Forbes Column". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  12. ^ "Innovating With Impact website". www.InnovatingWithImpact.com.[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ "Platform Canvas". Platform Innovation. Archived from the original on 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  14. ^ "Building success: Dual Degree students win at USASBE". 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  15. ^ Ted Ladd. "How To Reinvent Your Business To Thrive After The Coronavirus". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  16. ^ "Success and Self-Confidence Through Rejection | Ted Ladd | TEDxHultAshridge". YouTube. 2017-10-10. Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  17. ^ Ladd, Ted (7 March 2016). "The Limits of the Lean Startup Method". Harvard Business Review. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  18. ^ "The Embedded Enterprise (SSIR)". Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  19. ^ "Early Content". mtr.sagepub.com.[dead link‍]
  20. ^ "Content". proceedings.aom.org.[dead link‍]
  21. ^ Ted Ladd. "How To Reinvent Your Business To Thrive After The Coronavirus". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  22. ^ ORCID (2021-02-27). "ORCID". ORCID. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  23. ^ "Building success: Dual Degree students win at USASBE". January 31, 2020. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  24. ^ "Ted Ladd Concludes Fulbright-SyCip Distinguished Lecturing Series in the Philippines | Fulbright Commission in the Philippines". April 11, 2017. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  25. ^ "EPS Research Fellows | Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University". weatherhead.case.edu. 5 December 2022. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  26. ^ "Professor of the Year Awards 2017: Ted Ladd, PhD". September 26, 2017. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  27. ^ "Ted Ladd wins". weatherhead.case.edu. April 2022. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  28. ^ "2014 Content". proceedings.aom.org.[dead link‍]
  29. ^ "Ted Ladd". www.tedladd.com. Archived from the original on 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  30. ^ "Laura Ladd - Managing Director - THE 1911 TRUST COMPANY, LLC".
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