Paul Cheek is a serial tech entrepreneur, educator, author, and software engineer. He is the Executive Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics.
In his role as the Executive Director of the Trust Center, Paul is responsible for the development of the Trust Center’s strategy and operational plans for MIT’s entrepreneurship programs and courses. He serves as an ambassador of entrepreneurship education to students, alumni, and members of the local and global entrepreneurship ecosystems.
Paul was MIT’s first Hacker in Residence and has since taught, mentored, and advised thousands of entrepreneurs around the world. Paul designed and now leads a new advanced course he developed to help student entrepreneurs build their businesses called “Venture Creation Tactics”. Additionally, Paul teaches hundreds of MIT and Harvard undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students each year in the historic "New Enterprises" course.
Paul’s book, Disciplined Entrepreneurship Tactics, will be released on April 2nd, 2024. The book provides a systematic approach for entrepreneurs to learn the skills needed to turn their ideas into businesses. It details much of the content covered in his esteemed Venture Creation Tactics course.
Prior to his work at MIT, Paul was the co-founder of Oceanworks and Work Today. Oceanworks is a for profit company with a mission to end plastic pollution. Work Today is a venture backed digital staffing and recruiting company. Through his leadership at these companies, Paul was recognized in 2021 by Forbes 30 Under 30, the definitive list of young people changing the world. Paul has also built technologies for and consulted with LogMeIn, BlackRock, Prudential, Mazda, and more. Paul serves on the CNBC Disruptor 50 Advisory Board and the MIT Sandbox Funding Board.
You can learn more about Paul on his website, PaulCheek.com, or follow him on LinkedIn.
Paul Cheek is a serial tech entrepreneur, entrepreneurship educator, software engineer, and patented inventor. He is the Executive Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the MIT Sloan School of Management.