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Opening a business and understanding credit helps get you to the table. Join us as the AAEA and Matt Rogers dive into an Introduction to Credit.
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Dr. LaKami Baker, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Management and holds the Russell Foundation Professorship in Entrepreneurial Studies in the Harbert College of Business at Auburn University.
Dr. LaKami Baker, PhD, recently served as the Interim Executive Director of the Government & Economic Development Institute (GEDI) in University Outreach. Before GEDI, she served as the Managing Director of the Lowder Center for Family Business
and Entrepreneurship, where she assisted students, faculty, and community entrepreneurs in developing their business ideas, refining their business models, and preparing for investment presentations. During her four-year tenure, the start-up teams she
worked with won or raised over $1M in external funding and earned over $930K in revenue.
Baker earned her Ph.D. in Management and Organization Studies from the University of Texas
at San Antonio and holds an MS in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas
at Austin and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Prairie View A&M University. Dr. Baker
teaches strategic management at the undergraduate and graduate levels and technology
commercialization at the MBA and executive levels. Her academic research has appeared in top journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Research, The
Leadership Quarterly, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and currently serves as the
Treasurer of the Southern Management Association.
Baker currently serves as the principal or co-principal investigator on six grants totaling over $1.825M to provide technical assistance and entrepreneurial training to small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. Dr. Baker is certified to provide training, coaching, and mentoring on the lean startup methodologies, value proposition design, and creating and developing sustainable business models by the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) and
earned her Entrepreneurship Center Management (ECM) Certificate from InBIA. The ECM Certificate is the premier industry credential for the staff of incubators, accelerators, coworking spaces, small business development centers, and other entrepreneurship programs.
Prior to her academic work, Baker spent 11 years at 3M Corporation and held a variety of
positions centered on engineering and product management. She served as the leader of the
Electrical Supplies Business Unit, which had over $60 million in global revenue.