Dr Donald F. Kuratko is The Jack M. Gill Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship; Professor of Entrepreneurship; Executive & Academic Director, Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, The Kelley School of Business, Indiana University-Bloomington.

Dr Michael G. Goldsby is the David and Leslie Lawson Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies, Collins College of Business, University of Tulsa.

Dr Jeffrey S. Hornsby holds the Henry Bloch/Missouri Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and is a University of Missouri System Curator's Distinguished Professor.