Ilya Strebulaev

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About Ilya Strebulaev

I post here my team's research results on venture capital, startups, and innovation, and insights from my Stanford classes, Angel & VC and Private Equity. Follow to get updates. All my posts on unicorns and their founders (more than 200 posts) are available in one place at Ilya Strebulaev is a tenured chaired Professor of Finance and Private Equity at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is an expert in venture capital, private equity, entrepreneurial finance, innovation, corporate finance, and financial decision-making. His work has been published in major academic journals and received numerous prizes and awards. His research has also been featured in a variety of public media, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Ilya is the founder and faculty director of the Stanford GSB Venture Capital Initiative that brings together academic researchers and practitioners to advance and promote research and teaching on innovation and venture capital. At Stanford, Ilya teaches on venture capital, angel financing, and private equity. He has been honored with the GSB MBA Distinguished Teacher Award, the highest award Stanford MBA students can bestow on a professor. Ilya often leads executive workshops to business leaders on venture capital, the ecosystem of Silicon Valley, corporate innovation, strategic financial decision-making, funding of innovation, and investing in the VC industry and VC-backed companies. He frequently gives keynote speeches on these topics around the world. He also has been actively consulting global companies and private equity investors.