David J. Miller is the leading researcher on entrepreneurship at US campuses and high impact student entrepreneurs.

Miller has been researching the intersection of high growth firms, entrepreneurship and US higher education at GMU's School of Public Policy for 6 years. He is currently creating the first database of high growth firms created by students at US universities and completing in-depth case studies of two leading 'startup' Universities in the US (The University of Chicago and the University of Maryland). Miller covers and comments on these topics at CampusEntrepreneurship.com and I tweet via @campus_entre.

Miller teaches New Venture Creation at GMU's School of Management and is the Director of Entrepreneurship at the Mason Center for Social Entrepreneurship. He is a PhD Candidate in GMU's School of Public Policy, holds an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, an MSc in the International Politics of Asia from University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, and a BA in International Relations from the University of Michigan.

Additionally, he has participated full time in 6 new ventures over the past 15 years, including 2 during the Internet Boom and Bust. He has served as an advisor to more than 100 ventures during the last 15 years and is currently experimenting with Lean Startup methods through StartUp Mason -- a peer to peer entrepreneurship education group of George Mason University community members and friends.

David Miller

Universities, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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