He calls himself an “accidental professor” because he originally wanted to be an electrical engineer. A course in economics convinced him to switch his focus to business. And for more than 40 years, young businessmen and women have benefitted from UCLA Anderson School of Management Senior Associate Dean Al Osborne’s passion for teaching entrepreneurship in an ever-changing world. As founder and faculty director of the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Anderson, Osborne is a pivotal figure in educating start-up stars. “If you expect to survive,” he says “develop an entrepreneurial competence!”