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5 Reasons to Include a Woman on Your Startup Team

Despite accounting for more than half of the US population, women are sorely underrepresented in the world of startups and entrepreneurship.  A Harvard study notes that less than 40% of business Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Karen Brown

Venture Helps Artisans with Special Needs Find Markets

Yad, an eFest2019 finalist company, has a social mission at its heart: it aims to help Guatemalan artisans with special needs express themselves through art, and then find retailers who can help Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

eFest2018 Winner is Making Life More Colorful for Diabetics

Meghan Sharkus of ExpressionMed, the eFest2018 grand prize winner, has made it her mission to make life more fun and fashionable for diabetics who must wear insulin devices every day. The colorful Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

Researchers: Are You Asking the Wrong Questions?

Editor’s Note: Charles Dhanaraj is the Founding Executive Director of the Translational Research Center at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and the H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest Professor of Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Charles Dhanaraj

More Women Should Study Entrepreneurship

  Women have become a powerful part of the global economy, but many college and university entrepreneurship programs are not attracting them. In this interview with EIX's Kim Eddleston, Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Mission-Driven Startup Helps Survivors of Abuse

Since its incorporation in 2015, the social venture and social benefit corporation Fair Anita has operated profitably while helping about 8,000 survivors of sexual and domestic abuse worldwide to Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

Park & Diamond: eFest 2017 Winner Ready to Launch

  Park & Diamond, which has invented a bicycle helmet that is stylish and portable as well as safe, was the eFest2017 grand prize winner, taking home $100,000. For its founders Jordan Klein Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

Driving Impactful Research: A Conversation with Charles Dhanaraj

Charles Dhanaraj is the Executive Director of the Translational Research Center at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and the H. F. Lenfest Professor of Strategy. He is an expert in Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt

#MeToo is Changing the Game for Startups

  The #MeToo era has created new challenges for entrepreneurs and startups. Cautionary tales abound of startups whose hard-partying culture resulted in sexual harassment, hostile work Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Businesses Named After Founders Enjoy Greater Returns

By Sharon Belanzon, Aaron K. Chatterji and Brendan Daley Business history is filled with legendary companies named for their founders: Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Sharon Belenzon