Prof. Brent Goldfarb
Dean’s Professor of Entrepreneurship, Academic
Director, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, Robert H. Smith School of
Business, University of Maryland.
Prof. Goldfarb received a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree
in economics and computer science from Tel Aviv University. Goldfarb’s recent projects
include a book on bubbles and crashes in new technology industries, with a focus on how
narrative impacts entrepreneurial investment and beliefs, a study of how team composition
affects entrepreneurial outcomes, and the documentation of gender and racial disparities in
student entrepreneurship. Goldfarb also works at the intersection of empirical methods and the
Philosophy of Science to develop solutions to the reliability crisis in science.
In recent years, Goldfarb has developed a “Real Entrepreneurship” course structure where
students run real businesses, is a co-founder of a deep tech startup, and is the Academic Director
of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. Goldfarb is affiliated with the Entrepreneurship
Research Lab at the University of Wisconsin. Professor Goldfarb’s research bridges the areas
of entrepreneurship, economics, strategy, management, and finance.
