Authors

Leonard M. Lodish, Ph.D., is Samuel R. Harrell Professor Emeritus of Marketing at The Wharton School. He is cofounder and Leader of Wharton’s Global Consulting Practicum, and innovator of Wharton’s MBA Entrepreneurial Marketing course. His research focuses on marketing decision support systems, marketing experimentation, and entrepreneurial marketing. As an active venture advisor and investor, Len was the first outside board member and helped raise the first investments for Quidsi.com (diapers.com) and Milo.com, and other very successful ventures. He is a cofounder of Musketeer Capital and advisor to a number of venture funds.

Howard L. Morgan is cofounder and Partner of First Round Capital, a venture capital investment firm, and founding investor and board member of Idealab. He has served as Professor of Decision Sciences at The Wharton School, as Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, as Assistant Professor of Operations Research at Cornell University, and as Visiting Professor at the California Institute of Technology and Harvard Business School.

Shellye Archambeau is CEO of MetricStream, Inc., a recognized global leader in Governance, Risk, and Compliance. She also serves on the boards of directors for Verizon Communications and Nordstrom. She previously served as CMO and EVP of Sales for Loudcloud, Inc., responsible for all global sales and marketing activities. There, she led Loudcloud’s transformation into an enterprise-focused company while growing sales by 50% year over year. As President of Blockbuster, Inc.’s e-commerce division, she was recognized by Internet World as one of the nation’s Top 25 click-and-mortar executives.

Jeffrey A. Babin is Associate Professor of Practice & Associate Director of Engineering Entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania, and founder and Managing Director of Antiphony Partners, LLC, a strategy consulting firm that helps companies create sustainable value through innovation. He is Senior Project Advisor and Regional Manager of the Wharton Global Consulting Practicum, Advisor for the Wharton Venture Initiation Program, and founding member of the Mid-Atlantic Angel Group.