Karl R. LaPan, M.S.
Adjunct Professor
EDUCATION
- M.S. Degree in Human Resource Development, American University Washington, DC 1993
- B.S. Degree in Business Management, Franklin Pierce University Rindge, NH 1986
COURSES TAUGHT
- Entrepreneurship
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Memberships
- Advisory Board Member, Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute, University of Florida (Alachua, FL)
- Advisory Board Member, Ball State University Miller College of Business, Entrepreneurial Center, (2018present) Advisory Board Member, Franklin Pierce University, College of Business (2018-present)\
- Science Central Hands-on Children’s Museum - Advisory Board (Ft. Wayne, IN)
HONORS AND AWARDS
- InBIA President’s Award in Excellence, September 2015
- IPFW Champion’s Award by the Chancellor of Indiana, University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), May 2012.
- Women’s Enterprise (Indiana’s first Women’s Business Center) Mentor of the Year Award, sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, September 2011.
- #10 on the list of the top 101 connectors in Northeast Indiana by IPFW, in partnership with Leadership Fort Wayne and the Journal Gazette, Spring 2011.
- Appreciation Award from the Taylor University MBA Program, 2006.
- Top 10 Power Players in Technology in Northeast Indiana by the Fort Wayne Business Journal, 2005.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Karl R. LaPan, Guardrails: Build Your Business and Self Through Insights and Innovative Thinking; © 2018, Author House
NBIA Research Publication, co-author with Corinne Colbert, Dinah Adkins, Chuck Wolfe, & Karl R. LaPan. Best Practices in Action: Guidelines for Implementing First-Class Business Incubation Programs, ©2010, 2012. ISBN-01: 978-1-887183-69-7.
NIIC Guidebook Series publications:
[1] Accelerator Basics for Business Incubators:
Building the Program’s that Today’s Entrepreneurs Need, © 2013.
[2] Seed Accelerators: Growing
Your Incubator’s Influence, Bottom Line & Relevance, © 2012 (co-authored with Mark Long); [3] Business Innovation Boot Camp © 2012,
[4] Business Innovation & Creativity, © 2011 and
[5]Strategic Plan on a Page, © 2010.
[6] Strategies for Advancing Your Organization and Yourself, ©2009.
Steve Franks and Karl LaPan, Creating Winning Business Plans, © 2005.
Co-presenter & Panelist: Providing the Best possible Client Experience in your ESO & Beyond the Dashboard: Tying Metrics to Outcomes at the Great Lakes International Innovation Summit, Kalamazoo, MI (2019 - September).
Co-presenter & Panelist: Student Entrepreneurship: Creating a Pipeline of Future Entrepreneurs at the International Business Innovation Association in Seattle, WA (2017).
Presenter: Access to Small Business Capital: Engaging the Entrepreneurial Support Organizations (ESOs) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in Chicago, IL (2017)
Workshop Speaker: Critical Success Factors in Building a Best-in-Class Rural Entrepreneurship Ecosystem at the 28th Annual Illinois Rural Community Economic Development Conference in Springfield, IL (2017).