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Entrepreneurship and finance have been at the heart of London Business School for the last 20 years. In 2021, we launched the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital (IEPC), born from a timely merger of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Centre for Private Equity.
Both the Institute and Centre were already hugely significant, within London Business School and as parts of the wider business ecosystem. Together, we will aim to become an unparalleled centre for education, policy shaping and events covering all aspects of entrepreneurship, from idea generation to financing, and private markets investing. The IEPC will help create and finance the companies of the future and shape the people who will lead them.
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To have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world, by inspiring entrepreneurs and investors as well as equipping them with the expertise, experience and insight to drive economic growth and prosperity.
In recent years, governments and organisations have realised the importance of entrepreneurship to drive growth, create wealth, improve well-being and tackle many of the world’s chronic problems.
Vast amounts of private funding, as well as corporate and public resource, are invested each year to generate and scale new ideas. We want to ensure that this investment creates real impact by providing evidence-based outcomes, outputs, insights and strategies to people working in this space.
Companies are staying private longer, ensuring that their growth and value creation benefits an increasingly large set of investors in private capital markets such as venture, growth, buyout or private credit funds. Private capital markets not only offer long term fundamental growth opportunities but also diversification to many institutional investors. As a result, the growth of private capital over the last decade has been dramatic.
We leverage our educational resources and research to support entrepreneurs and their investors in private markets, implement best practices on governance, reporting or operational value creation; thereby facilitating a more effective capital allocation.
Our cutting-edge research enables us to develop tools and guidance for businesses and investors across the globe. These insights and activities enrich entrepreneurs and private capital investors within the LBS community, as well as a large and diverse audience of executives, innovators and policymakers who can influence real outcomes.
Our leading world-class faculty deliver a range of entrepreneurship and finance courses designed to equip you to succeed whether you’re starting a business, joining a start-up or becoming an investor. The growing number of courses reflect the increasing demand from these respective audiences.
Associate Professor of Management Practice in Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Academic Director, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital
Professor of Accounting, Chair Accounting Faculty, Academic Director at Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital
Professor of Finance; Alexander M. Knaster Chair;Fellow of the British Academy, Academic Director at Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital
Executive Director, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital
Senior Programme and Communications Manager, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital
Senior Programme and Communications Manager, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital
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The Entrepreneurs' penalty | Innovations born in crisis | Juggling founders
Innovation In The Pharmaceutical Industry
Innovate like a start-up | Ecosystems revolution | Voting open for the Real Innovation Awards
Optimising your exit, An unlikely disruptor, Start-up diaries
Gender gap in entrepreneurship, Launchpad winner, Real Innovation Awards
Social enterprises, Entrepreneur's journey, Real innovation awards
Innovators to watch and more from our incubator entrepreneurs
Start-up, entrepreneurship and innovation stories
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Journeys of entrepreneurs and more
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