Saras D. Sarasvathy

Darden Professor Saras Sarasvathy groundbreaking research launched a new way of looking at the entrepreneurial method, once thought to be unteachable. Since then, dozens of articles and books have built on her work, and in turn have reshaped the landscape of how entrepreneurship is taught, researched and practiced.

Professor Saras Sarasvathy challenges the assumption that entrepreneurs are always risk-takers. Instead, she argues that entrepreneurs search for what they can create.