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
Reviewed by Senior Editors
Ambition, strong networks and an awareness of bias can help women build credibility and take greater control of their path to family business leadership. If you're reading this article, you may want Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall
Rutgers students created LivingWaters Systems to collect rainwater from refugee tents and help address water scarcity in camps around the world. To learn more about eFest, EIX's competition for Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Clayton Stansberry
EIX explores how scholars, entrepreneurs and universities can work together to produce research that addresses real business problems. Entrepreneurs often perceive a gap between research conducted in Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Jon Eckhardt
Research links women in leadership with stronger financial performance, more innovation, smarter risk-taking and better long-term business outcomes. Despite accounting for more than half of the US Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Karen Brown
eFest 2018 winner Meghan Sharkus created ExpressionMed to make insulin devices more comfortable and stylish for people with diabetes. Meghan Sharkus of ExpressionMed, the eFest2018 grand prize Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: James Beal
Researchers can produce more valuable insights by first understanding the real problems facing executives, entrepreneurs and business owners. Editor’s Note: Charles Dhanaraj is the Founding Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Charles Dhanaraj
Entrepreneurial skills can benefit women whether or not they start companies. Two leading scholars explain why colleges must make programs more inclusive. Women have become a powerful part of the Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Abuse survivor Joy McBrien founded Fair Anita to help other women rebuild their lives—and created a profitable social enterprise in the process. Since its incorporation in 2015, the social venture Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: James Beal
Park & Diamond, which has invented a bicycle helmet that is stylish and portable as well as safe, was the eFest2017 grand prize winner, taking home $100,000. For its founders Jordan Klein and David Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: James Beal
To learn more about eFest, EIX's competition for undergraduate business ideas, click here . MINNEAPOLIS, April 14, 2019 -- We are very pleased to announce the results of our 2019 Schulze Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: James Beal