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A risk-reward dynamic any entrepreneur must learn to balance is deciding when your firm needs a lawyer. Had Personal Software filed a patent on its app Visicalc, for example, Visicalc would today Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Dustin Slade
Part 1 of a two-part series Are you familiar with any of the following scenarios? “My business unit leaders never set realistic budgets, I have to push them and prod them to get growth—did I hire Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Joseph Astrachan
As a young girl growing up in Valley Stream, New York, Lori Thomson dreamed of someday opening her own business. "I always wanted to build something for myself," she says. "Although at the time I Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Nancy Collamer
Not everyone has time to keep up with the best thinking on founding, funding, or growing a startup, especially if they have just launched a business or if they have a day job . That is why EIX Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: John Buday
In the bustling landscapes of our cities, small businesses play an important economic role. But their impact extends beyond economic activities. In many cities, small businesses are vibrant pillars Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Chris Danner , Abdifatah Ali , Daniel Forbes and Garrett Steede
Across the world -- from Italy's Berlusconi, to the US’s Kennedy family, to Chile's Matte -- wealthy business families have not only been part of the economic elite but are also political Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Author: Marcelo Ortiz M.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Many entrepreneurs struggle to define innovation: whether it’s a product or a process; a radical or gradual change; and even a threat or an opportunity. However, in a world where AI Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Steve Wunker
While family members running a business together often lean on one another for advice, they can often learn best from people running other family businesses. Family business centers around the Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
From ancient Mesopotamia through the onset of the Industrial Revolution, craft-based industries have been a path to prosperity. Today, craft-based ventures attract a growing number of consumers who Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Stanislav Dobrev and Cameron Verhaal
In our work with business families, we encounter a wide range of approaches for establishing financial targets and making financial business decisions. Interestingly, such practices often diverge Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan and Anneleen Michiels