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A Crash Course in Hiring Your Startup's First Employees

It is always exciting when a startup grows big enough to hire beyond the founding team. It can also be frightening for the founders, because being an employer means new responsibilities: Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Gavin Williamson

From Here to Net Zero: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Sustainable Transportation    

The transportation industry, and the shift to renewable energy, is ripe with opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovators who yearn to help shape a more sustainable future and boost their own Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Oksana Gerwe and Dominique Houde

Innovating Without Hallucinating: Making AI Your Partner in Creativity

The rapid advancement of generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E, and others represents an exciting new frontier for enhancing human creativity. As these technologies gain capabilities once Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Judy Rady and David Townsend

Opportunities Abound in Africa for Entrepreneurs and Investors

Meet Jean-Paul Nageri, the son to a banana farmer in Uganda. During the early-2020 harvest, JP's dad planned to use a middleman for distribution, but the deal fell through, leaving him with one acre Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Margaret Ntambi and Ona Aliakai

Startups With Onsite Employees Grow 3 1/2 Times Faster

Data shows that pre-seed and seed startups with employees showing up in a physical office have 3 ½ times higher revenue growth than those that are solely remote. Let the discussion begin. During the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Steve Blank

Being Coachable Can Pay Off for Founders – Up to a Point

Entrepreneurs often benefit from the advice and support of great mentors and investors who want to work with them. One powerful way entrepreneurs can attract great mentors and investors is to improve Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Chaim Letwin , Michael Ciuchta , Regan Stevenson and Sean McMahon

These 10 Common Accounting Mistakes Can Doom Early-Stage Enterprises

  In tough operating environments, firms will need to closely monitor their financial and operating results to ensure financial survival. An ineffective or non-existent financial/accounting Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Phil Greenwood

Who Will Be Your Competitors in the Future?

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

a16z Brings Thought Leadership to the Valley

Back in the depths of the Great Recession, two World Wide Web pioneers set up shop on Menlo Park, Calif.’s venture capital enclave, Sand Hill Road. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz of early Web Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Robert Buday , Charles Eesley and James C Wetherbe

How Scotch Whisky is Fueling Decades of Good Works

What do successful entrepreneurs do beyond generating wealth? This question holds interest for so many of us.  Many wealthy individuals have the ability to buy whatever they want, do whatever Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Niall MacKenzie , Martin Gannon and Jillian Gordon