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Is it possible to be enterprising in an anti-capitalist regime? Officials in both Cuba and the United States are pondering this now. The recent announcement that Cuba and the United States would Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kari Zimmerman
Over the past five to 10 years, cities and regions have steadily worked to create what many call "entrepreneurial ecosystems" that spur innovation economies. As managing director of the Washington Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Ken Harrington
Steve Jobs died in October 2011. Since then, much has been written about Jobs’ life and the legacies he left – through his company, Apple, and through his impact on technology more generally Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Daniel Forbes
In the late 1990’s and into the early part of this century, computers didn’t work well. They had software issues, hardware issues, customer knowledge problems and long hold lines if you could Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Sean Skelley
In a candid interview with EIX's David Deeds, Ann Winblad, co-founder and managing director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, shares her war stories -- including her earliest entrepreneurial Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: David Deeds
Entrepreneurs are not only some of today's most successful business owners, but also some of our best problem solvers. Now more than ever, the world's humanitarian and environmental challenges Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Tina Cornely
In the alphabet soup of corporate structuring, being an “L3C” says that a company is committed to social or environmental goals as well as its stockholders. Unlike the nonprofit Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Authors: Eden Blair , Tanya Marcum and Veronika Koubova
Business accelerators are a relatively new source of potential support for startup companies. These organizations provide financing and services to entrepreneurs who are forming or are operating Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Jon Eckhardt
Family firms enjoy a competitive advantage when they organize around a set of strong values. A study of large family businesses such as Cargill, IKEA, Tyson Foods, and Bechtel (Miller and Le Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Ritch Sorenson
Conflicts arise in any human undertaking, and new ventures are no exception. One of the most puzzling things about human conflict is that it can prompt people to act in ways that undermine their own Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Daniel Forbes