Entrepreneurship Research Scholar & Academic Leader; Author of "The Founder's Dilemmas"; Former Dean at Sy Syms School of Business

New York, NY, USA
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Noam Wasserman Biography

Dr. Noam Wasserman is an academic leader in entrepreneurship research, recognized for his work on the critical decisions that influence startup success and failure. Wasserman holds a PhD and MBA from Harvard University, a BSE from Penn Engineering, and a BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He served as a professor at Harvard Business School, where his research centered on founders' early decisions that impact startups and their teams. At the University of Southern California, Wasserman was the inaugural holder of the Lemann Chair in Entrepreneurship and founding director of the university's Founder Central Initiative.

Wasserman is the author of two books on entrepreneurship. His first book, "The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup," achieved bestseller status in Management and received the Academy of Management's annual Impact on Practice Award. His second book, "Life Is a Startup: What Founders Can Teach Us about Making Choices and Managing Change," applies entrepreneurial best practices to decision-making and change management in everyday life and careers. Wasserman's research has appeared in academic journals such as Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, and Organization Science. He has contributed features and columns to the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Inc.

Wasserman developed Harvard Business School's entrepreneurship elective, "Founder's Dilemmas," for which he received the Faculty Teaching Award, USC's Golden Apple teaching award, and the Academy of Management's Innovation in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award. He was named to Poets&Quants' "Favorite Professors of Business Majors" list. Wasserman is known for making organizational and strategic concepts accessible to students and practitioners in the business community.

As dean of Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business, Wasserman led a strategic-planning process that resulted in the development of a new MBA program, a revised undergraduate curriculum, strengthened faculty, increased enrollment, and improved job outcomes. After his tenure as dean, Wasserman became head of school at the Ramaz School. In this role, he has shared his leadership expertise broadly, including leading sessions at the annual Torah Umesorah conference on leadership issues for principals, heads of school, and executive directors. Wasserman's career spans venture capital, academia, and educational leadership, demonstrating the application of entrepreneurial thinking across multiple sectors.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/13/2026.

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