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Entrepreneurship in the Laboratory Can Save Lives

“ Entrepreneurship starts with the discovery of an economic opportunity, which is preceded by a conjecture of the relative value of resources” (Shane and Venkataraman, 2000) The above quote could Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Phillip Phan

For the Best Customer Data, Look Beyond the Market

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

How Family Firms Can Innovate With Less

Those traits are niche focused, and customer collaboration, globalization strategy, preference for self-financing Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Alfredo De Massis

Outside Leadership Can Save the Family Business

One company that recognized the value of this strategy is Torani, a San Francisco-based flavorings company Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Robert Sher

Learn to Defend Your Family Firm

students who will be part of a family business to anticipate external challenges, adjust business strategies Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Franz Kellermanns and Nadine Kammerlander

Acres of Diamonds: Advantages of Working in Your Family Business

Conflict strategies used by successful family businesses. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ritch Sorenson

Diversify Your Family's Risks by Returning to Its Entrepreneurial Roots

The Enterprising Family Solution While reinvestment and acquisitions are common strategies, another often-overlooked Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

How New Solo Entrepreneurs Can Think Through Their Finances

isn't abundantly clear, playing with the pricing in the business model can help point the way to a strategy Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Roy Carriker

Ann Winblad, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist

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

Hackers, Makers, and Crowd Funding: Lowering the Barriers to Entrepreneurship

Not too long ago, hackers were engineers with a propensity for mischief and anarchy; makers tinkered with hand tools in their basements; and crowdfunding required nothing more than a guitar, a hat Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Howard E. Aldrich