Commentary

A Commentary provides thoughtful and insightful opinions or perspectives on events, policies or situations of interest to business owners, startups, educators, investors and policymakers. These should be short, readable, timely, interesting pieces that address current topics of interest, discussion or dispute.

Length: <1,000 words

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Female Advisors Can Help Family Businesses

As we continue seeing women make progress in their family businesses by breaking glass ceilings, gaining board seats, and increasingly being named successor, it is important to celebrate the women Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Devina Raithatha

Your Startup Team: Why Both Shared and Diverse Experiences Matter

  Which kinds of startup teams will be more successful: people who've worked together in the past and share many experiences, or groups of individuals with different work histories and Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Florence Honoré

SPACs Create New Opportunities to Exit Your Business

  Everybody from former CEOs to former Speaker of The House Paul Ryan to Shaq to Colin Kaepernick are all leading Wall Street’s latest fad – The Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

Listen to the Experts: How Family Firms are Surviving the Pandemic

  It has been almost a year since the Covid pandemic rocked the world. While we have seen some family businesses forced to close their doors forever, others have successfully pivoted their Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Writing For Entrepreneurs: Engage Through Clarity

“Not academic research.” I have a confession to make. As a working entrepreneur prior to earning my doctorate, this would have been my response if asked where I turn for information on running my Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kevin P. Taylor

Round 2 of Covid Relief: What Small Businesses Need to Know

The $325 billion second Covid relief bill -- the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act -- was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The Small Business Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

The Pandemic's Impact on Digital Platform Businesses

The 21 st century brought about an explosion of businesses built around digital platforms, which transformed markets and economies worldwide. The so-called platform revolution upended entire Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Oksana Gerwe and Rosario Silva Froján

Media Attention Helps Private Equity Firms Attract Resources

New firms can attract resources by sending out signals about their quality. They do this because a new firm’s quality is often uncertain and hard to observe. But we don’t know much about what Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Tom Vanacker

Family Businesses Must Plan for the Unthinkable

It's been almost 14 months since the first Covid case was reported and, in that year, a great deal has happened. Very few business owners, particularly in North America, took the potential for a Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Joseph Astrachan

Colleagues Celebrate a Leader Who Empowered Others

"If you want to lead, I would pay close attention to Dick's model...and if you are lucky enough to work for someone like this, you just won the lottery!" -- Brad Anderson In honor of Dick Schulze's Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Daniel Forbes and James C Wetherbe