Susan Amat is the chief executive and founder of Venture Hive, an entrepreneurship education company that creates software and provides innovation management content and support for corporations, governments, university and incubator programs clients.
A serial entrepreneur, she built businesses in the entertainment industry for over a decade, including the first CD-Rom magazine and a national television show. After completing her MBA, Amat developed pediatric health monitoring products and earned a Ph.D. in strategic entrepreneurship. While teaching at the University of Miami, she founded The Launch Pad, which was considered the top model in entrepreneurship education. Her program and platform was replicated throughout the United States as Blackstone LaunchPads in universities including University of Southern California, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Case Western Reserve University.