Committees are made up of leading members of the global entrepreneurship community. The process is for the Nomination Committee members to propose the names of potential honorees, and for the Selection Committee to deliberate about the merits of those so nominated.

The Nominators to the Entrepreneur Walk of Fame for 2011 were:

Howard Anderson, Founder,
Yankee Group

Bob Buderi, Managing Editor,
Xconomy

Mike Cantalupa, Senior Vice President,
Boston Properties

Dan Isenberg, Professor,
Babson College

Joi Ito, Director,
MIT Media Lab

Brad Feld, Founding Managing Director,
Foundry Group

John Harthorne, CEO,
MassChallenge

Paul Maeder, Managing Director,
Highland Capital

Pascal Marmier, Consul General,
Switzerland

Paul Sagan, CEO,
Akamai

Leon Sandler, Executive Director,
MIT Deshpande Center