About Us

Angela W. Lee, Faculty Director, Lang Entrepreneurship Center

Angela Lee is a Professor of Practice and the Chief Innovation Officer at Columbia Business School.  She teaches Venture Capital (Foundations of VC, VC Seminar) and Leadership (The Leader’s Voice) courses.  She brings 20 years of innovation, strategy and entrepreneurship experience to the classroom.  She started her career in product management and then moved into strategy consulting at McKinsey.  Angela is passionate about entrepreneurship and has started several companies in the education sector.  She is a startup investor and the founder of 37 Angels, an investing network that has evaluated 15000 startups, invested in 60, and activates new investors through a startup investment bootcamp.

Angela has spoken at the White House and NASA and is a sought-after expert on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, MSNBC and Fox Business.  She was recognized by Inc. as one of 17 Inspiring Women to Watch in 2017, by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of 6 Innovative Women to Watch in 2015, and by Craine’s as a Notable Women in Tech in 2019.  Angela received her BA from the University of California, Berkeley and her MBA from Columbia Business School.