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Member Since 2014
Public Member, EIX Editor Emeritus
Howard E. Aldrich
Kenan Professor Emeritus of Sociology / Sociology / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Why Women Are Less Likely to Lead Mixed-Gender Startup Teams
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A study of 362 startup teams found that men were more likely to take charge, especially when women founded businesses with their husbands. Read More...
Why Startups Are Ideal Laboratories for Studying Organizations
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Startups make organizational change easier to observe. Researchers can watch new ventures experiment, compete, adapt, survive or fail without the complexity found in large corporations. Read More...
Makers, Hackers and Crowdfunding Are Transforming Entrepreneurship
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New tools, shared maker spaces and crowdfunding platforms are making it easier for entrepreneurs to develop products, test ideas, raise money and bring innovations to market. Read More...
Why Successful Entrepreneurship Depends on Strong Networks
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Entrepreneurs pursue opportunities beyond the resources they currently control. Their ability to succeed often depends on the people and organizations they can reach through their networks. Read More...
Steven Aldrich on Starting Before You Are Ready and Learning as You Go
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GoDaddy executive Steven Aldrich shares lessons from startups and scaling businesses, including why entrepreneurs should start before they feel fully prepared. Read More...
How a Coin Toss Game Teaches Students About Inequality and Opportunity
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Students use coins and simple betting rules to see how social structures can create winners and losers even when everyone starts with equal resources and ability. Read More...
Six Reasons Professors Should Use Group Work in College Classes
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Group work can deepen learning, improve grades, build critical thinking and social skills, promote growth and encourage more independent learning. Read More...
What New Entrepreneurs Can Do to Improve Their Chances of Survival
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A six-year study found that what founders do after launch may matter more than what they start with, especially routines, commitment and additional investment. Read More...
The McDonaldization of Everything: Teaching Weber to Undergraduates
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Allowing students to venture out into the McDonaldized world helps them see how complex theories work in real life. Max Weber argued that the process of rationalization transformed social life Read More...
How Entrepreneurs Create a Legacy That Shapes Future Founders
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Successful entrepreneurs can influence future generations through mentoring, philanthropy, institution building and stories that become part of a region’s collective memory. Read More...
Why Entrepreneurship Research Focuses Too Much on Unicorns
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Billion-dollar startups are rare, yet they dominate entrepreneurship research. Scholars may learn more by studying ordinary startups and how founders actually build them. Read More...
I Banned Cell Phones In My Class: What Happened Next
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UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Howard Aldrich said focus and grades improved once cell phones were out of the picture…and students engaged with one another more. Read More...