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Learn From Leaders: Developing an Idea

  Over the past several years EIX editors have interviewed famous and noteworthy founders and CEOs of groundbreaking companies, and published the videos of those discussions on our site. We Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Jon Eckhardt and Daniel Forbes

How to Launch an Intergenerational Small Business in Midlife

This article is part of  America's Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the  Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation  and  EIX.  When Jordan Taylor was a Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Kerry Hannon

Media Attention Helps Private Equity Firms Attract Resources

New firms can attract resources by sending out signals about their quality. They do this because a new firm’s quality is often uncertain and hard to observe. But we don’t know much about what Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Tom Vanacker

How to Pitch Your Startup to Attract Money

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an excerpt from Littman and Camp's new book, " The Entrepreneur's Faces: How Makers, Visionaries and Outsiders Succeed ." This article is part of America's Entrepreneurs, a Read More...

Category: Features

Authors: Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp

Colleagues Celebrate a Leader Who Empowered Others

"If you want to lead, I would pay close attention to Dick's model...and if you are lucky enough to work for someone like this, you just won the lottery!" -- Brad Anderson In honor of Dick Schulze's Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Daniel Forbes and James C Wetherbe

Timeless Lessons from Dick Schulze

Best Buy Founder Dick Schulze built his empire through hard work, calculated risk, and a commitment to high standards of integrity and fairness.  In his book “Becoming the Best,” he outlines Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Catherine Buday and Jon Eckhardt

Will Covid-19 Take the Air out of Silicon Valley?

With the elections in the rearview mirror, attention has once again returned to the pandemic. We have been speculating as to what the long-lasting effects might be for entrepreneurs and for Silicon Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Michael S. Dahl and Olav Sorenson

A Road Map for Resurgence

The end of the year is typically a time to for EIX and familybusiness.org to showcase their best-read articles from the past year in several broad themes: evaluating opportunities, financing, Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Daniel Forbes

How to Build a Home Business Support Group

This article is part of America's Entrepreneurs, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange. Running a home Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Kerry Hannon

Startup Helps Military Spouses be Successful Entrepreneurs

  Military families often must move every three years, making it nearly impossible for spouses to sustain a career that requires working for someone else. Many smart and talented spouses are Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston