Andrew Zacharakis is John H. Muller, Jr. Chair in Entrepreneurship at Babson College. He is the Director of the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference and past president of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management. His writings and research focus on two major areas of entrepreneurship, the venture capital decision-making process and entrepreneurial growth strategies. Professor Zacharakis has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, the Bloomberg Small Business Report, and NPR Morning Edition.

Andrew C. Corbett is Paul T. Babson Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Faculty Director for the Butler Institute for Free Enterprise through Entrepreneurship at Babson College. His research examines behavioural aspects of the venturing process, corporate entrepreneurship and growth. Professor Corbett is also a Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at Nord University Business School in Bodo, Norway, and serves as a Director of the Board for the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE).

William D. Bygrave is Emeritus Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College, where he served as Director of The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies from 1993 to 1999. Bygrave founded a venture capital-backed high-tech startup, managed a division of a NYSE-listed company, co-founded a pharmaceutical database company, and sat on the investment committee of a venture capital firm. He has published more than 50 papers on venture capital, entrepreneurship, nuclear physics, hospital pharmaceuticals, and philosophy of science.