Martin Sinozich is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in both MBA and Executive Education programs. For first-year MBAs, Martin teaches in Field Global Immersion, a required course that applies design thinking, contextual intelligence and teaming/leadership skills to real-world business problems in 15 cities around the world. He also co-leads the annual HBS Startup Bootcamp, a short intensive program focused on the earliest stages of startups. In the Executive Education Owner/President Management Program, Martin teaches Finance to CEOs and Managing Partners who own and operate family-owned firms large and small.
Prior to joining the faculty, Martin served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at HBS for four years, advising Harvard-based startups on all aspects of the journey. In parallel, Martin was Executive Director of Startup Secrets, a not-for-profit organization focused on entrepreneurial education and community-building backed by the Boston tech and VC communities.
Martin works with founders and startups as a mentor, advisor and investor. He is active with several early-stage funds as an LP, venture partner, mentor, and executive committee member. He has started, operated and sold interests in technology, health and fitness (Planet Fitness franchises), construction, real estate, hotels, frozen food, and manufacturing. Martin has advised buyers and sellers on private-equity transactions in the $100-$300 million range.
Before beginning his entrepreneurial journey, Martin worked in large financial institutions (Fidelity Investment, MBNA America Bank, Prudential Home Mortgage) where he led innovation teams adopting and adapting new technologies into the corporate DNA. Examples include developing and integrating the first Internet capabilities at MBNA America Bank in ‘95/’96 and developing and integrating the first remote workforce capabilities at Fidelity Investments in ‘98/’99.
Martin received is BA from the University of Virginia where he was an Echols Scholar.
