Michael Dearing

Bio

I founded Harrison Metal in 2006. I started this business because I love turning technology into products, taking those products to market, and then making those products into self-sustaining companies. Now I teach classes in capitalism and business administration, management, and leadership for people running high-growth companies like the ones I loved building. The class content comes from my work as a general manager and as a Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford University (2006 - 2014) where I taught some of the most popular classes in the University on management, entrepreneurship, and commercializing new technology. I also invest in technology companies out of our endowment fund. The endowment fund consists of our profits from past investments plus capital from our trusted partners (universities, foundations, and pension funds). Most of the companies in which we invest send their folks to study at Harrison Metal. Prior to Harrison Metal and Stanford, I spent six-and-a-half years at eBay, where I had tours of duty in category management, corporate strategy, product marketing, and finally as Senior Vice President & General Merchandise Manager for eBay.com. Before eBay, I worked at Industrial Shoe Warehouse (COO then CEO), The Walt Disney Company (corporate strategy), Filene’s Basement (operations at the Downtown Boston store), and Bain & Company (Associate Consultant). I earned an AB in Economics, with a focus in economic history, from Brown University, and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.