Verne Harnish

Verne C. Harnish is an American business writer, who founded the Entrepreneurs' Organization. He also founded Scaling Up, the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs, and Growth Institute.

Education Harnish received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and an M.B.A. from Wichita State University, where he founded and chaired the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs.

Career He founded and chaired for 15 years EO’s executive program called the “Birthing of Giants”, held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the MIT/WEO Advanced Business Program for entrepreneurs over 40. Harnish is a Global Scaleup Fellow at The Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard.