Interviews

Face-to-face or virtual interviews captured in video, audio or by written means can be invaluable tools for learning about and understanding how successful people considered and took effective action in their life situations.

Interviews are usually conducted by editors of EIX and follow a straightforward format of questions. However, we encourage any member of the EIX community to make an interview proposal. We want to avoid having an interview conducted and then not accepted by EIX. Accordingly, we ask that interviews go through a proposal step before the interview is conducted, using the EIX interview format.


Learn from Leaders #2: Getting the Financing Your Venture Needs to Survive

  This is the second video in our exclusive series called "Learn from Leaders," featuring advice for early-stage entrepreneurs and innovators from founders and CEOs of groundbreaking Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Jon Eckhardt and Daniel Forbes

Learn From Leaders: Developing an Idea

  Over the past several years EIX editors have interviewed famous and noteworthy founders and CEOs of groundbreaking companies, and published the videos of those discussions on our site. We Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Jon Eckhardt and Daniel Forbes

Five Things Family Businesses are Reckoning With Now

  Family businesses everywhere are responding to Covid-19 in profound ways, balancing the need to preserve cherished family traditions and social capital against the mandate to control costs at Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Mat Hughes and Alfredo De Massis

Startup Helps Military Spouses be Successful Entrepreneurs

  Military families often must move every three years, making it nearly impossible for spouses to sustain a career that requires working for someone else. Many smart and talented spouses are Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How 1,100 Family Firms Grappled with Covid-19

For family firms, the Covid 19 experience has been compared to being battlefield doctors: they are surrounded by trauma and uncertainty, and forced to make decisions without any precedent to guide Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Mat Hughes and Torsten Pieper

Daughters prepare to lead family firms

Daughters are increasingly assuming leadership roles at family firms. In this video, familybusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston talks with two Northeastern University students who will join their Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Breaking the Glass Ceiling in a Family Business

Despite decades of striving and some progress, women still face a glass ceiling in many tradition-bound family businesses.  In this interview with familybusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston, Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Paychex Founder Tom Golisano's Advice for Innovators

MAJOR TAKEAWAYS: Make sure you totally understand an industry before you get into it. Don't assume that somebody with equity in your company will work harder. Compliment your competitors in front of Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Catherine Buday and Jon Eckhardt

Family Members Can be Valuable Mentors

Entrepreneur, philanthropist and author Simran Mohinani has great role models among her family members, who run Platinum Estates, a thriving enterprise in Europe. Mohinani has three of her own Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Starting a Company When You Have a Day Job

Consultant and author Todd Connor provides wise advice about leaving salaried work and keeping an eye on tomorrow, without jeopardizing your financial future. You're gainfully employed with a steady Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Todd Connor and Daniel Forbes