Stephen Spinelli

STEPHEN SPINELLI JR. is Babson College's Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship. An Associate Professor, he holds the the Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurship and the Alan Lewis Chair in Global Management. A recognized leader in defining the field of entrepreneurship, prior to his academic career he cofounded Jiffy Lube International and subsequently founded and served as Chairman and CEO of American Oil Change Corporation. His research has appeared in such publications as the Journal of...See more

STEPHEN SPINELLI JR. is Babson College's Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship. An Associate Professor, he holds the the Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurship and the Alan Lewis Chair in Global Management. A recognized leader in defining the field of entrepreneurship, prior to his academic career he cofounded Jiffy Lube International and subsequently founded and served as Chairman and CEO of American Oil Change Corporation. His research has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Business Venturing and Frontiers of Entrepreneurship. He has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Boston Globe, Entrepreneur, and Inc. He has consulted for major corporations, and is coauthor of several books, including Franchising and New Venture Creation, and, with Jeffry Timmons and Andrew Zacharakis, Business Plans That Work and How to Raise Capital. See less