Applied and Practice
An Applied and Practice article provides actionable ideas about how to start, manage, grow or fund a new venture. It should be written to appeal to entrepreneurs, managers, students, policymakers and other players. Its emphasis should be providing skills, insights and knowledge to help readers achieve success.
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The Business Age and Growth Segmentation (BAGS) framework can help urban business support organizations envision interconnected programs and ecosystems for entrepreneurs. Around the world, many Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Maija Renko and Clark McCain
Start with a landing page for your product or service idea, promote it, and gather feedback from potential customers. In the early stages of building an idea, customer discovery is a critical step. Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Max Mirho
An entrepreneur has many challenges; new problems to solve, new solutions to develop, new organizations to build, new customers to satisfy, along with many more. Successful entrepreneurship Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Kevin Fee
The World Health Organization has recognized the importance of mental health in achieving overall health and well-being, asserting that there is no health without mental health. This is particularly Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Oleg Petrenko and Johnny Smith
The ability to sell an idea – to colleagues, management, potential investors, and customers – has never been more crucial for business people, especially in a digital world with a loud and Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: James C Wetherbe
Part 1 of a two-part series Are you familiar with any of the following scenarios? “My business unit leaders never set realistic budgets, I have to push them and prod them to get growth—did Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Joseph Astrachan
In our work with business families, we encounter a wide range of approaches for establishing financial targets and making financial business decisions. Interestingly, such practices often diverge Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan and Anneleen Michiels
Creating a board of directors is not a one and done activity. As a business grows and the business environment evolves, boards often need to be revitalized and transformed to adjust to the new Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Joseph Giglio and John Friar
Just two years ago, generative AI was not on anyone's radar. But today, it promises to be one of the most disruptive forces for family businesses and all kinds of firms. We have seen it in our own Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Mat Hughes and David Townsend
It is always exciting when a startup grows big enough to hire beyond the founding team. It can also be frightening for the founders, because being an employer means new responsibilities: Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Gavin Williamson