Scott Shane

SCOTT SHANE is the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve University. The author of 96 scholarly articles and 12 books, Dr. Shane was the 2009 winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, the most prestigious award in this academic field. According to a study by John Ioannidis at Stanford University, published in PLoS Biology, Dr. Shane the 1,137th most impactful scientist out of 7 million living scientists and the second most impactful scientist at Case Western Reserve University.

He is also Managing Director of Comeback Capital, a pre-seed stage venture capital fund that has now fully deployed three funds. He is also a Venture Partner for Right Side Capital Management, a San Francisco-based pre-seed stage micro VC fund, and an advisor to Ivy Cap Ventures, a $150M Indian venture capital fund. He is an active angel and limited partner and mentor at the Iconyc, Acceleprise and gener8tor accelerator funds, and an LP in Refinery Ventures and Illuminate Ventures.

Dr. Shane has also written extensively for popular audiences, penning regular columns for Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc., Entrepreneur and the New York Times. Dr. Shane has served on the faculty at the University of Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Georgia Institute of Technology, and as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. He serves currently as senior advisor to the Youngstown Business Incubator. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of six startups. Dr. Shane received his PhD in Applied Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.