Henrik Scheel

Henrik Scheel is a Danish serial entrepreneur, investor and Professor of Practice at Thunderbird School of Global Management. While building several companies of his own Henrik developed a strong passion for training and mentoring innovation teams and startups at various stages. Henrik is always studying the latest tools in innovation and entrepreneurship and has become a thought leader in the field of entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and LEAN Startup practices. Today Henrik is a sought-after global keynote speaker and he works with a long list of industry-leading companies, universities and startup accelerators in over 25 countries around the world.

Henrik is often speaking on the topics of Technology Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship (Corporate Entrepreneurship), Innovation Management, Social Innovation, The Silicon Valley way of Pitching, Fundraising, Networking, Public Speaking, Design Thinking and The Lean Startup Method at the following institutions:

Thunderbird School of Global Management, Stanford University, NYU, Johns Hopkins, Bowdoin, Gettysburg, Singularity, Hamilton, Colgate, Dartmouth, Santa Clara University, HULT, Deakin University, TEC de Monterrey, IIM Bangalore, ITBA, Universidad de Los Andes, Aarhus University, DTU, and many others.

Henrik works with a number of leading organizations including; Intel, Twitter, LEGO, Johnson & Johnson, AB InBev, Perfetti van Melle, NASA, Vestas, Siemens Wind Power and others.

In his spare time Henrik enjoys staying active with his family and his favorite hobbys which include trail running, mountain biking, skiing, rock climbing, sailing and kiteboarding.

Education

• Stanford University - Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Future of Energy 2011 - 2011
• Aarhus University - Master of Science in Engineering (Technology Based Business Development) 2009 - 2011
• Aarhus University - Business Development Engineering 2006 - 2009
• Højskolen Østersøen - German language, Austrian cultureGerman language, Austrian culture 2005 - 2006