Entrepreneurship | Building the entrepreneurial university: Leadership lessons from Aalto’s Founding President

How can university leaders encourage entrepreneurship without trying to control it from the top?For this episode, we spoke with Tuula Teeri, Professor of Biotechnology and former President of Aalto University, about how Aalto supported bottom-up entrepreneurship through strategic investment, participatory leadership, visible recognition, and long-term commitment. Her experience offers practical lessons for leaders seeking to turn academic autonomy into institutional momentum.