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Green Giant: Grocer Scott Nash on Organic Growth

  EIX's Dave Feldman talks with the founder and CEO of Mom's Organic Market, whose business started in his mother's garage and has grown like a beanstalk.  A self-described former "juvenile Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Dave Feldman

Change of Heart: Two Companies that Transformed Cardiac Care

One of the benefits of achieving “late middle age” with a relatively intact brain is the perspective one has after participating in an industry for 40 years. My industry background has been Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Author: John Seaberg

Marnie Abramson: Caring for the Bottom Line and the Planet

  When Marnie Abramson started her own environmental consulting business, sustainability was not yet on the radar with most companies. In fact, her partners were asked, "Why are you partnering Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Dave Feldman

Entrepreneurs are Built, Not Born

Business journalism is filled with stories that lionize “born entrepreneurs” who turned a childhood business into serious money. These stories make it easy for people who think they Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Author: Ron Mitchell

Mike Dulworth on the Power of Connection

Starting with his first business mowing neighbors' lawns, serial entrepreneur Mike Dulworth relished the freedom of being his own boss.  He also preferred solitary sports such as tennis and Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Nicholas Vitalari

A Father/Son Sitdown: Howard and Steven Aldrich

More than 20 years ago, Steven Aldrich showed the Mosaic Browser to his father, noted entrepreneurship professor Howard Aldrich.  It was a time when Steven was imagining a future in helping Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Howard E. Aldrich

When Kickstarter Campaigns Don’t Deliver: A Case Study of Phenom Fabrics

Introduction In October of 2014, Frances Courtepointe 1 started a Kickstarter campaign for her venture Phenom Fabrics 1 . She promised hand dyed fabric "fat-quarter" cuts -  a 18” x 22” Read More...

Category: Case Studies

Authors: Eden Blair and Tanya Marcum

'Femgineer' Aims to Empower Technology Specialists

  Poornima Vijayashanker is the founder of Femgineer, an educational business that empowers forward-thinking techies of all backgrounds and promotes inclusiveness in the high-tech industry. She Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Turning Good Business Presentations Into Great Ones

It doesn't work if a presentation is 95% perfect, but if the remaining 5% includes a "show stopper" that signals that the idea or the team behind it just won't make it in the real world. We've all Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Joan Moser

Minefield or Opportunity: How to Work Constructively with Universities

Universities can offer just what entrepreneurs need to build a great technology business: scientists, engineers, and researchers in a variety of fields. For those who know how to navigate the tech Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Kathleen Allen