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Today people can no longer count on a steady paycheck in a predictable amount from an employer. We're seeing ever-growing numbers of “unintended entrepreneurs” -- once-employed people forced to Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Roy Carriker
It's important that current or future members of a family business understand best practices for assembling a Board of Directors (BOD). That's why we explore this in depth as part of a basic family Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Whitney Peake
Editor's Note: Click to download Jim Wetherbe's 260-page book on better communication, " So, What's Your Point? " In the business world, concepts (e.g., entrepreneurial innovations) must be explained Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: James C Wetherbe
Many entrepreneurship professors want to provide students with applied learning experiences. Yet, implementing an applied project in a large, introductory entrepreneurship course can be a challenge. Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Jon Eckhardt
Entrepreneurs often start their business with a "good" idea they have that has not been properly vetted by potential customers. As a result, entrepreneurs often invest a great deal of time, effort, Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Brian Janz
Effectual reasoning, a form of expert entrepreneurial decision making, provides a series of decision making strategies for individuals in low-power situations. In these situations, individuals must Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Brent Goldfarb , David Kirsch and Dave Kressler
Many of us remember that one infamous professor back in college whose boring lectures -- even on subjects that should have been interesting -- put everyone to sleep. The traditional old-fashioned Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Lars Oddsson
For students from family businesses to fully benefit from participating in a family business class, it is essential that they open up and share their experiences, both good and bad. The more the Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Devina Raithatha
Max Weber argued that the process of rationalization transformed social life forever. By loosening the hold of tradition, rationalization led to new practices that were chosen due to their Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Howard E. Aldrich and Stephen Lippmann
Startups succeed or fail for a variety of reasons: no market need, not the right team, timing, running out of cash, premature scaling and more. It is important for students to understand this so that Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Chuck Sacco