Ted Ladd Explained

Ted Ladd
Occupation:Entrepreneur and professor
Spouse:Laura Hewitt Ladd

Ted Ladd is an American entrepreneur and academic at Harvard University and Hult International Business School.

Career

Ladd is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Hult International Business School.[1] Based on its San Francisco campus, he was the former Dean of the campus, Dean of Global Research, and founding Academic Director of the Doctorate in Business Administration. He also teaches students on Hult's campuses in Boston, New York, London, Shanghai, and Dubai. He also is an instructor on platform entrepreneurship at Harvard University.[2] He was a visitor professor at Stanford University, Copenhagen Business School and the lead faculty member for social entrepreneurship at the Bainbridge Graduate School, now part of Presidio Graduate School.

Ladd was the Director of Ecosystems at WIMM Labs, which was acquired by Google as the foundation for its WearOS,[3] powering smart watches from dozens of international brands. Ladd was the platform evangelist and company spokesman for Palm Inc. to describe the future of handheld mobile technology. He was the VP of Business Development at HOMER energy, which was acquired by UL.[4] He founded, led, secured funding, sold, or otherwise participated in several other startups.[5]

Ladd is a director of Lower Valley Energy,[6] which serves electricity and natural gas to businesses and residents in northwestern Wyoming, as well as portions of eastern Idaho and southern Montana. He is on the Advisory Board[7] of the Wyoming Small Business Development Center, which is jointly funded by the U.S. federal Small Business Administration, the University of Wyoming, and the Wyoming Business Council. He was a director of the latter from 2003 to 2009, appointed by Governor Freudenthal and confirmed by the Wyoming Senate. He served as a director of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. He was a candidate for Wyoming's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004. Following that race, Ladd was named one of Wyoming 40 under 40.[8]

He is a member of the Advisory Board at Nth Venture,[9] a venture studio that incubates early-stage start-up businesses. He is also a Strategic Advisor to Ethical Compass Advisors,[10] a consulting firm that helps technology embed ethics into their governance structures. Clients include Meta, Anthropic, and several other large technology companies.

Research

Ladd focuses on the processes by which entrepreneurs design and test new ideas to create new companies, especially as multi-sided platforms (e.g. Lyft and AirBnb). His recent publications include:

A complete list can be found at ORCID.[22]

Awards

Education

Ladd received a PhD in management from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a joint master's degree in international economics with honors from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) from Johns Hopkins University, a BA from Cornell University[29] [1] cum laude as a triple major in biology (focused on ecology and systematics), government and technical sociology, and a farrier's certificate at the Oklahoma School of Horseshoeing.

Personal

Ted Ladd and his wife, Laura Ladd,[30] live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with their dog, The Project.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Faculty | Hult International Business School. Hult Business School. 2021-03-07. 2021-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20210306172041/https://www.hult.edu/en/faculty/. live.
  2. Web site: Faculty | Harvard University. Harvard University. 2023-10-16. 2023-10-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20231022075018/https://professional.dce.harvard.edu/faculty/ted-ladd/. live.
  3. Web site: Wear OS by Google | The smartwatch operating system that connects you to what matters most. wearos.google.com. 2023-12-20. 2022-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20220512233918/https://wearos.google.com/. live.
  4. Web site: HOMER - Hybrid Renewable and Distributed Generation System Design Software. www.homerenergy.com. 2021-03-07. 2021-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20210305065258/https://www.homerenergy.com/. live.
  5. Web site: Ted Ladd. 2017-05-06. 2017-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20170706095313/https://leanstartup.co/2016-conference/speaker/ted-ladd/. live.
  6. Web site: Board Of Directors – Lower Valley Energy. www.lvenergy.com. 2021-03-07. 2021-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20210413033143/https://www.lvenergy.com/about-us/board-of-directors/. live.
  7. Web site: Wyoming SBDC :: Our Advisory Board . www.wyen.biz . 25 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811063430/http://www.wyen.biz/about-us/our-advisory-board/ . 11 August 2014 . dead.
  8. Web site: 40 Under Forty: Ted Ladd. Casper Star-Tribune Online. 27 February 2005. 7 March 2021. 17 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231017091823/https://trib.com/business/40-under-forty-ted-ladd/article_ae3c1648-f65d-59b2-891d-943d002e8e3c.html. live.
  9. Web site: Our People. nth Venture Inc.. 2023-03-09. 2023-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20230309052738/https://www.nthventure.com/people. live.
  10. Web site: Ethical Compass Advisors. www.ethical-compass-advisors.com.
  11. Web site: Forbes Column. Forbes. 2023-10-16. 2023-10-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20231022184312/https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedladd/?sh=72efbfe012b4. live.
  12. Web site: Innovating With Impact website . www.InnovatingWithImpact.com .
  13. Web site: Platform Canvas. Platform Innovation. 2023-12-20. 2023-11-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20231113075124/https://www.theplatformcanvas.com/. live.
  14. Web site: Building success: Dual Degree students win at USASBE. 31 January 2020. 10 April 2020. 10 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200410170616/https://www.hult.edu/blog/platform-canvas-dual-degree-win-usasbe/. live.
  15. Web site: Ted Ladd . How To Reinvent Your Business To Thrive After The Coronavirus . Forbes.com . 2021-03-07 . 2021-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120150154/https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedladd/2020/03/26/how-to-reinvent-your-business-to-thrive-after-corona/#657822c943e2 . live .
  16. Web site: Success and Self-Confidence Through Rejection | Ted Ladd | TEDxHultAshridge . YouTube . 2017-10-10 . 2021-03-07 . 2023-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231017091821/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwnddav9Lc&t=11s . live .
  17. The Limits of the Lean Startup Method. Harvard Business Review. 7 March 2016. Ladd. Ted. 29 November 2016. 29 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161129145804/https://hbr.org/2016/03/the-limits-of-the-lean-startup-method. live.
  18. Web site: The Embedded Enterprise (SSIR). 2016-11-29. 2016-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20161129210614/https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_embedded_enterprise. live.
  19. Web site: Early Content . mtr.sagepub.com.
  20. Web site: Content . proceedings.aom.org.
  21. Web site: Ted Ladd . How To Reinvent Your Business To Thrive After The Coronavirus . Forbes.com . 2021-03-07 . 2021-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120150154/https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedladd/2020/03/26/how-to-reinvent-your-business-to-thrive-after-corona/#1871a83c43e2 . live .
  22. Web site: ORCID . ORCID . ORCID . 2021-02-27 . 2021-03-07.
  23. Web site: Building success: Dual Degree students win at USASBE. January 31, 2020. April 10, 2020. April 10, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200410170616/https://www.hult.edu/blog/platform-canvas-dual-degree-win-usasbe/. live.
  24. Web site: Ted Ladd Concludes Fulbright-SyCip Distinguished Lecturing Series in the Philippines | Fulbright Commission in the Philippines. April 11, 2017. May 6, 2017. March 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329195107/https://fulbright.org.ph/ted-ladd-concludes-fulbright-sycip-distinguished-lecturing-series-in-the-philippines/. dead.
  25. Web site: EPS Research Fellows | Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University. weatherhead.case.edu. 5 December 2022. 26 October 2019. 26 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191026044532/https://weatherhead.case.edu/centers/engaged-practitioner-scholars/fellows. live.
  26. Web site: Professor of the Year Awards 2017: Ted Ladd, PhD. September 26, 2017. April 11, 2019. April 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411235910/https://www.hult.edu/blog/professor-year-awards-2017-ted-ladd-phd/. live.
  27. Web site: Ted Ladd wins. weatherhead.case.edu. April 2022. 2017-09-22. 2017-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923050747/https://weatherhead.case.edu/news/2016/01/13/ted-ladd-wins-academic-paper-most-relevant-to-practicing-entrepreneurs. live.
  28. Web site: 2014 Content . proceedings.aom.org.
  29. Web site: Ted Ladd. www.tedladd.com. 2021-03-07. 2021-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20210303172915/http://tedladd.com/. live.
  30. Web site: Laura Ladd - Managing Director - THE 1911 TRUST COMPANY, LLC.

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