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How Entrepreneurial Legends, Heroes and Meccas are Born

many pioneering entrepreneurs with positive reputations and local influence continue to work in leadership Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Howard E. Aldrich and Stephen Lippmann

Entrepreneurial Brinkmanship: Lessons Learned from Best Buy and FedEx

of brinkmanship at Best Buy and FedEx in their formative years, and highlights the inspirational leadership Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: James C Wetherbe

Entrepreneurs Don't Get Tenure: Should Their Professors?

few years of retirement, why did I take on the stress of creating this new social media thought leadership Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James C Wetherbe

Women: Regain Your Professional Footing

individuals address critical communication challenges, and helps level the playing field by developing leadership Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall

When Entrepreneurs Have Trouble with Monogamy: It's Their Cognitive Style

Nothing turns an entrepreneur’s head faster than a glittering opportunity and the chance to pursue it with laser-like focus. But after the launch, when the novelty wears off and the day-to-day Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ritch Sorenson and James Hoffman

5 Benefits of Having a Multigenerational Family Business

Article originally published at NextAvenue.org , which has partnered with EIX.org on a series of high quality features about family business and entrepreneurship. Part of the America’s Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Jessica Thiefels

The Family Business: Matching Older and Younger Entrepreneurs

This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, the Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange . When a Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Kerry Hannon

Colleagues Celebrate a Leader Who Empowered Others

This is great leadership, but it is so simple and counter-intuitive that I have found very few people Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Daniel Forbes and James C Wetherbe

The 'Fredo Factor:' How Deadbeats and Troublemakers Hurt Family Businesses

The Corleones of "Godfather" fame are an extreme example of a “family business.” But like many family businesses, they have a family member who is a serious hindrance to their business, is less Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

'There's No Birthright' and Other Tips for Raising Entrepreneurial Leaders

Joe Brito, the third-generation head of C.B. Utility Co. in Bristol, Rhode Island, started his career in the family business as a laborer.  He firmly believes that anybody entering their family Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston