James Theroux

Flavin Family Chair in Entrepreneurship

Telephone: 413-545-5677
Email: theroux@som.umass.edu
Office: SOM 307B

Personal web site: intra.som.umass.edu/theroux
Currently Teaching: MGMT 301, MGMT 446 / SOM 795
Previously Taught: SCH-MGT 492E, SCH-MGMT 497A

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
M.B.A., Harvard University
B.A., University of Wisconsin

Jim Theroux came to UMass in 1990 following a successful career as CEO in a cable television company, a company he himself started with venture capital. He describes himself as a “teaching practitioner” who enjoys helping students start businesses of their own.

Selected Publications:

Analyzing Risk in New Ventures
A Framework for Allocating Shares in New Ventures
Efficient Ways to Raise Capital for New Firms
The Real Time Case Method: A New Approach to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Academic and Professional Activities:

Advisor to numerous startups
Board member for several high-tech companies

Awards:

Appel Award for Outstanding Contributions to Entrepreneurship Education, 2005. Presented by the Babson Entrepreneurship Program.
Best New Online Teaching Method, 2003, U.S. Distance Learning Association
Innovative Pedagogy of the Year, 2002, U.S. Small Business and Entrepreneurship Association
Finalist, Innovative Teaching, 2002, DSI
Outstanding Achievement in Online Teaching, 2003, Sloan World-Wide Consortium
Top Ten Entrepreneurship Educator, a national award of the Kauffman Foundation and Ernst & Young, 1998