Professional Summary
Pradeep Chowdhry's current interests include global entrepreneurship in the new economy, technology commercialization and angel investing. As a serial entrepreneur and angel investor over the last twenty years, he has launched several firms and participated from ideation to successful exits. Two of the firms (CALS India and Virage) went public, and two (Imageware and I-Connect) were acquired. Pradeep's main focus in is in developing viable concepts and helping strategically position firms through various stages of growth. He set up and managed an internet incubator with other angel investors in 2000. Even in a very adverse economic climate, five of the six firms initiated and served have survived and received subsequent funding or are being acquired. Pradeep believes this was due to selecting the right opportunity and right entrepreneur. Pradeep is also involved in several local firms. He was the founder/ president of the Detroit Chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs (tie.org ). He is a member of the Academy of Management, CEO, New Enterprise Forum, Michigan High Tech Growth Collaboration and is actively involved in several other community organizations.
Courses Taught
MGMT388 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
MGMT488 Field Studies in Entrepreneurship
MGMT490 Business Policy
MGMT495 International Management
MGMT497 1 Credit Independent Study
MGMT499 3 Credit Independent Study
MGMT550 International Management: A Cultural Perspective
MGMT570 New Venture Creation
MGMT697 1 Credit Independent Study
MGMT698 2 Credit Independent Study
MGMT699 3 Credit Independent Study
Research Interest & Projects
Dr. Chowdhry teaches entrepreneurship, strategy and international management.
Selected Publications
Tubbs, S. & Chowdhry, P. (2007, May). Leadership and Spirituality in Business: The Contributions of Eastern Philosophies. Accepted for 7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business, Honolulu, United States of America.
Chowdhry, P. (2006, December). Entrepreneurial Networks for Regional Economic Development. Accepted for Proceedings of the 4th AIMS International Conference on Management, Indore, India.
Chowdhry, P. & Goorah, S. (2006, October). The Great Telecom Divide in India - VoIP as a Growth Driver. Accepted for Proceedings of Global Digital Business Association Conference, Las Vegas, United States of America.
Chowdhry, P. (2006, February). Linking Specific Competencies to Opportunities at Entrepreneurial Firms. Accepted for 14th Annual Converence ASBBS, Las Vegas, United States of America.
CEO
High Growth Collaboration Forum
The Indus Entrepreneurs, Detroit Chapter
New Enterprise Forum
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