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
Growth can create value, but it can also damage culture, quality, control and sustainability. Founders should decide what kind of company they actually want to build. According to Benjamin Franklin, Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Jason Pattit and Katherina Pattit
Many people may become self-employed not by choice, but by necessity. Higher education should prepare them with entrepreneurial skills and mindset. The ranks of "unintended entrepreneurs" are Read More...
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Author: Roy Carriker
Sponsored by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas, and EIX.org, a non-profit online platform for entrepreneurship Read More...
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Author: James Beal
Entrepreneurship is not confined to startups. Everyday acts of taking initiative, embracing change and overcoming setbacks can strengthen resilience and innovative thinking. The surge of enthusiasm Read More...
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Author: Donna De Carolis
While technology continues to replace human endeavor, society hasn’t yet discerned how to address its impact on future workforce economic well-being. Until recently the impact has primarily been on Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Roy Carriker
Entrepreneurs and business leaders are blessed and cursed with thinking about their businesses 24 hours a day. It becomes their life focus. What is it that consumes them? Bottom line? Employee Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Dave Feldman
What LinkedIn Co-founder Konstantin Guericke Says About Testing Startup Ideas Honest criticism from trusted co-founders can sharpen entrepreneurial thinking and keep founders from becoming too attached to weak ideas. EDITOR’S NOTE: This essay by one of five co-founders of Read More...
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Author: Konstantin Guericke
Raising far more than expected can create fulfillment, logistics and legal problems that overwhelm a young venture. What’s better than fully funding your crowdfunding campaign? You might think it's Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Eden Blair and Tanya Marcum
Why Inventors Should Be Willing to Give Up Some Control Giving up ownership or profits can be worthwhile if a strong partner helps manufacture, market and distribute an invention to a much larger audience. In this article Dean Kamen, one of the world's Read More...
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Author: Dean Kamen
Experiential entrepreneurship courses help students become comfortable with uncertainty, collaborate across disciplines and learn how to create change. Students need to be prepared for a world that Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Ken Harrington