Joaquin Villarreal

Joaquin Villarreal is the Director of Entrepreneurship at Franklin & Marshall College, where he holds the role of Teaching Professor. He leads initiatives in fostering entrepreneurial thinking and innovation across academic and professional contexts. His educational background includes an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (2008) and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina (2003).

He teaches courses such as Entrepreneurial Discovery (INT375), Entrepreneurial Thinking (INT274), and Organizational Innovation (INT273), emphasizing experiential learning, hypothesis-driven experimentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. His research and teaching focus on applying lean startup methodologies, intrapreneurship principles, and problem-solving frameworks to both startup and established organizational contexts.

As Director of Entrepreneurship, Villarreal oversees Franklin & Marshall's entrepreneurship programs, integrating real-world practitioner insights and accelerator models into the curriculum. His work emphasizes cultivating a mindset that values creativity, risk-taking, and learning from failure, applicable across personal and professional domains.

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