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No.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Varsavsky

It's right there in the exTwitter bio:

    Tech entrepreneur 5 time unicorn founder. Tech investor, father of 7

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From the Wikipedia entry:

"In 2012 Varsavsky began teaching entrepreneurship at Columbia University in New York City.[19]"

So, yes?

Okay, so I hate to be that person, because I'm always irritated by the "humanities don't real, only STEM is proper university" attitude that's somewhat prevalent on here, but... surely 'entrepreneurship' is not a real academic discipline, taught in proper universities?

Like, I mean, I suppose technically he qualifies as "Ivy League professor" (maybe? 'professor' just means any lecturer in the US, right?), but he's hardly what you think of when someone _says_ that.

It is a real academic discipline. Something taught under business management.

Maybe that's a Yes for you.

Not my bar for "Ivy League professor" ..

I prefer my world class professors to have little more than a [19] -> LinkedIn [self-published source], but we can't all have the same standards.

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