Warshay Receives Fulbright Specialist Award to Nepal at The British College

Executive Director of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and Professor of the Practice of Engineering Danny Warshay was the recipient of a Fulbright Specialist Program award, from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Warshay was in residence at The British College in Nepal from January 4-18, leveraging his field of expertise in entrepreneurship to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships through a variety of educational and training activities.

Warshay is one of over 400 U.S. citizens who share expertise with host institutions abroad through the Fulbright Specialist Program each year. Recipients of Fulbright Specialist awards are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, demonstrated leadership in their field, and their potential to foster long-term cooperation between institutions in the U.S. and abroad. At The British College, he hosted faculty members and local entrepreneurs in workshops during the two-week span.

“I love teaching and learning from participants in workshops in other cultures. I'm sure I learn as much from them as they do from me,” said Warshay. “Nepal is a magical place. The spirit of its culture permeates the classroom. Approaching entrepreneurship the way we teach it at Brown — as a structured process for solving problems — was new for these participants. The faculty embraced it and intend to integrate it into their teaching. And the practitioners are already using this approach in their own ventures.” 

Warshay began his entrepreneurial pursuits while an undergraduate at Brown as a member of the Clearview Software startup leadership team. Apple acquired Clearview in 1989, and since then, Warshay has co-founded and sold companies in fields ranging from software and advanced materials to consumer products and media (acquired by Medline, Time, Belo Corporation, Sealed Air, Penton Media). Beyond his own successful ventures, he is internationally recognized for his approach to teaching entrepreneurship. 

After Brown University’s Critical Review recognized his course ENGN1010, The Entrepreneurial Process, as the highest rated course on campus, he wrote the award-winning book SEE SOLVE SCALE: How Anyone Can Turn an Unsolved Problem into a Breakthrough Success. He has led intensive Entrepreneurial Process workshops in corporate, governmental, military and academic contexts throughout the United States and overseas.

Warshay received an A.B. in History, magna cum laude, from Brown University (Junior Year at Hebrew University in Jerusalem), and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is also a recipient of the first ever Nathalie Rutherford Pierrepont Prize for Leadership, Career Advising, and Motivation, as well as a Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Google’s University Program awarded Brown’s Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations Concentration an unrestricted grant in recognition of the impact Warshay’s teaching has had on his students. To recognize his leadership during his tenure as President of its Board of Trustees, Brown Hillel annually awards the Danny Warshay ’87 Exceptional Leadership Award to the student who has most clearly demonstrated the leadership qualities of mentoring, modeling, and community building. He has also received the Merrill L. Hassenfeld Leadership in Community Service Award and the Barrett Hazeltine Mentorship Award. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Program is funded through an annual appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide. Since its establishment in 1946, the Fulbright Program has given more than 400,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and scientists the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.