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Most entrepreneurs know the competitors they face today; namely, other businesses that compete for the same customers in the same or similar markets or industries. However, many dissimilar companies Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Stephen Downing , Jin-Su Kang and Gideon Markman
Entrepreneurship comes in different forms, and the experience of being a solo entrepreneur - or a “company of one” - is a form that’s attracting a great deal of interest today. In this Q&A Read More...
Category: Interviews
Authors: Sarah Lempa and Daniel Forbes
EDITOR'S NOTE: This very popular article, published in 2020 during the height of the pandemic, includes timeless advice for helping startups, small businesses and family firms learn from adversity Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Dave Ketchen and Christopher Craighead
Clay Christensen, the Harvard Business School educator who passed away in January 2020, changed the way people around the world think of innovation. Through widely-read books, such as "The Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Daniel Forbes
EDITOR’S NOTE: Steve Blank, who has founded or co-founded eight startups, is best known as the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship and is credited with launching the Lean Startup movement, which for Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Steve Blank
Entrepreneurs usually understand that profit is important. But many are less consciously aware of the actual model by which they will (or will not) make money in their ventures. Many have a gut feel, Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Michael Morris and April Spivack
Entrepreneurs and business leaders are blessed and cursed with thinking about their businesses 24 hours a day. It becomes their life focus. What is it that consumes them? Bottom line? Employee Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Dave Feldman
New venture capital firms must make a variety of strategic decisions about market positioning and relationships with the entrepreneurs in their portfolio. One choice VC firms must make is whether to Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: David Hsu
Entrepreneurs who want to turn a great idea into a thriving business inevitably need a team that can make it happen. What increases their odds of a successful venture: hiring mainly technical experts Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Charles Eesley , Edward Roberts and David Hsu
Seed stage entrepreneurs must grapple with how they will scale their businesses. While this process includes many steps, discovering the proper product/market fit for the business is critical early Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Jon Eckhardt