Robert Eberhart Profile


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Name:	Robert Eberhart
Company:	Pacific Rim Partners
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Profile:	Robert Eberhart is STAJE Fellow at Stanford's Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship where he leads the Stanford Project on Japanese Entrepreneurship, (STAJE). His research focuses on start-up capital with special emphasis on Japan and the role of Japanese institutions in fostering entrepreneurship. From 1999 - 2007, he founded and served as CEO of WineInStyle, a venture capital-funded start-up company in Japan that developed a solution that radically shortened the supply chain for wine distribution in that country. He also currently serves as a Partner at Actium Ventures, LLC, a San Francisco based private investment firm. He is a member of the American Economic Association, and is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer in various programs at Stanford and Japan including; SPRIE's "Beyond Borders: Global Entrepreneurship" event, presented several seminars in Stanford's US-Asia Technology Management Center, presented seminars for ASES, the Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo, the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and seminars of his own research on Japanese corporate governance. Mr. Eberhart received his master’s degree in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1986. As an undergraduate, he studied Finance at Michigan State University. He is the recipient of awards and honors for contributions to growth management, for the creation of innovative manufacturing accreditation systems and he is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.