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.
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.
He founded and chaired for 15 years EOâÂÂs executive program called the âÂÂBirthing of GiantsâÂÂ, 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.