Deepak Hegde

Deepak Hegde is a renowned figure in the field of entrepreneurship and technology, specializing in the challenges faced by innovators in commercializing their ideas.

His research and insights have been widely acknowledged and published in top-tier journals like Science, Journal of Finance, and Management Science, and featured in prestigious outlets such as Nature, Harvard Business Review, and the Wall Street Journal.

Deepak Hegde holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, a Master of Science in Public Policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.E. in Industrial Engineering from the National Institute of Engineering.

He has had a distinguished career, having held positions such as Professor of Management, Director of Berkley Innovation Labs, Founding Director of Endless Frontier Labs, Director of Creative Destruction Lab-New York City (CDL-NYC), and Associate Professor Of Management at NYU Stern School of Business.

Deepak Hegde was recognized as a Thomas Alva Edison Scholar at the US Patent and Trademark Office and named one of the top 40 business school professors under 40 by Poets & Quants.

He is also the Founding Director of Endless Frontier Labs, a program aimed at propelling the success of startups in the science and technology domains.

With a background that includes experiences at organizations like Abt Associates and Robert Bosch as an intern and a software engineer respectively, Deepak Hegde brings a wealth of practical knowledge to his academic and entrepreneurial endeavors.