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Site Staff, Family Business Editor, Reviewer - FB.org, Reviewer - EIX
AUTHORED RESOURCES
Startup Founders: You Can't Get Back Family Time
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An occasional terrific weekend or long vacation is not enough. Putting the kids to bed, having dinners with them and reading them stories matters far more. Read More...
A Lean Startup Approach to Engaging High School Students
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Teachers have discovered that the entrepreneurial process is powerful in engaging their students and, most importantly, getting them excited about their education. EDITOR’S NOTE: Doris Korda spent Read More...
Tom Golisano: Built Not Born
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Tom Golisano is the founder and CEO of Paychex, which went from a shoestring operation to a $3.8 billion company with more than 15,000 employees. His book's 184 pages are filled with lessons for new Read More...
Paychex Founder Tom Golisano's Advice for Innovators
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The founder of the $4 billion payroll processing company talks with us about challenging conventional wisdom, complimenting competitors, the pitfalls of sharing equity and what he looks for as an investor. Read More...
Timeless Lessons from Dick Schulze
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The founder of Best Buy (and EIX and FamilyBusiness.org) has always had a passion for helping business owners succeed. He lives by these rules. Read More...
Professors and Experts: Would You Like Your Articles to be Read?
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Entrepreneurship professors and other experts can take a cue from Super Bowl ads to encourage more entrepreneurs to discover and learn from their research. Read More...
Serial Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Noah Alper of Noah's Bagels
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The founder of Noah's and several other companies candidly discusses his hits and misses -- and shares more than a schmear of great advice for new entrepreneurs. Read More...
Intrapreneurship Can Turbocharge Companies
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Innovating within an established firm isn't easy. Author Jim Euchner offers a set of complementary tools and processes to help intrapreneurs successfully drive change. Read More...
EIX, FamilyBusiness Surpass 15 Million Annual Page Views
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From just 20,000 views 10 years ago, the two sites have had explosive year-over-year growth. Read More...
EIX Partners With the Journal of Business Venturing
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Alliance aims to bring the research-proven insights and advice to business owners and startups. Read More...
Celebrating International Women's Day 2023
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EIX and familybusiness.org have a library of articles with research-based best practices for entrepreneurial women. Check them out here. Read More...
International Women's Day 2023: Resources for Family Business Women
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Familybusiness.org and EIX have dozens of articles sharing best practices for entrepreneurial women. You can find them here. Read More...
Announcing Our New Partnership With Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
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Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP) is a leading journal in entrepreneurship research with a 5-year impact factor of 14.105. We are pleased to announce our new partnership with ETP. Read More...
EIX's Editorial Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI Tools
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You are welcome to use these tools to help draft, revise, and/or expand on submitted articles -- but make sure you understand our rules. Read More...
Research-Based Advice for Businesses: Our 10 Best-Read Articles
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Over the years we've brought readers practical advice based on research: rigorous studies that analyze what truly works. These ones resonated the most. Read More...
Dick Schulze Reflects on a Decade of Impact: More Than 15 Million Annual Views
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The Best Buy founder, whose foundation underwrites the two sites and keeps their resources free to use, discusses their growth and global reach. Read More...
Dick Schulze Reflects on Our Growing Impact: More Than 15 Million Annual Views
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The Best Buy founder, whose charitable foundation supports our site, reflects on our growing reach to family business leaders around the world. Read More...
A Tech Entrepreneur Turns Local News Publisher
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Peter Thomas made a bundle selling his software company. He now hopes to develop a profitable business model for an increasingly unprofitable industry. Read More...
Academy of Management Honors FamilyBusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston
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The award recognizes her role in launching and growing the world's leading website for supporting and educating family businesses. Read More...
New Series: Making the Leap to Entrepreneurship
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Hear stories and words of wisdom from people who left careers with guaranteed salaries for the uncertainty of business ownership. Read More...
Making the Leap: From Corporate HR to Training & Development Company Founder
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Know how much your advice is worth, and charge the same as your competitors; decide whether to grow or keep things simple; and avoid projects that could hurt your brand. Read More...
Making the Leap: From Architecture Firms to Knowledge Management Software Founder
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Chris Parsons of Knowledge Architecture talks about how to minimize the financial risk when you leave salaried work, and why you do not need to be a big risk-taker to be a successful business owner. Read More...
Making the Leap: From Tech Freelancer to Employer
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John Eckhardt was a sought-after freelance tech consultant. To grow, he had to step back from what came naturally and hire and manage others. Read More...
EIX to Sponsor the 2025 California Entrepreneurship Educators Conference
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Educators from around the globe will share knowledge and discuss the latest developments in entrepreneurship-related pedagogy and research. Read More...
Making the Leap: From Silicon Valley to PR Company Founder
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Business owner, author, advisor and teacher Sabrina Horn shows how to disarm your fear and organize your risk as you go out on your own. Read More...
EDITOR'S PICKS
"Built Not Born"
Tom Golisano, Harper Collins Leadership, 2020Tom Golisano is the founder and CEO of Paychex, which went from a shoestring operation to a $3.8 billion company with more than 15,000 employees. His book's 184 pages are filled with lessons for new entrepreneurs, based on what Golisano learned the hard way, and with rollicking tales of his first entrepreneurial ventures. It's a quick read that sounds more like a conversation with a very wise mentor.
Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
https://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-Vinci-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1501139169/ref=sr_1_1By all accounts, DaVinci was a genius. But along with the Mona Lisa and Vitruvian Man, he also had a long trail of inventions that never panned out and ideas that never went anywhere. This book delves into the polymath's fascinating processes, his successes and frustrations, and holds lessons for innovators everywhere. Don't miss the last chapter, where Isaacson summarizes the key things that entrepreneurs can learn from Leonardo.