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Social Entrepreneurship Deserves Better Research

Social entrepreneurs have become celebrated members of the humanitarian community. Using creative thinking and sound business principles, they are tackling vexing social problems such as poverty, Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Author: Brett Smith

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

Cabbies and Capital: Migrants are Re-shaping the Developing World

Let’s not bury the lead: Today, the richest, most daring and influential group of venture capitalists in the world are migrants from developing countries. That’s right, migrants -- the cabbie Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Paul Vaaler

What Venture Capital Can Do for Your Company

  The financial market can be daunting for new entrepreneurs. Anyone who tries to be a part of it without understanding how it works, the players on the buy and sell sides, and their economic Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Eapen Chacko

Want to Give Your Entrepreneurship Students Real-World Experience? Try Consulting Projects

How many professors can say that students talk about what they learned in their class during a job interview? Or that their students routinely save small businesses from the brink of bankruptcy? Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston , Laura Beohner and Kimberly Karter

When Entrepreneurs Have Trouble with Monogamy: It's Their Cognitive Style

Nothing turns an entrepreneur’s head faster than a glittering opportunity and the chance to pursue it with laser-like focus. But after the launch, when the novelty wears off and the day-to-day Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ritch Sorenson and James Hoffman

What's Next for Entrepreneurship in Cuba?

Is it possible to be enterprising in an anti-capitalist regime? Officials in both Cuba and the United States are pondering this now. The recent announcement that Cuba and the United States would Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kari Zimmerman

How Cities and Regions Can Become Thriving Entrepreneurial Hubs

Over the past five to 10 years, cities and regions have steadily worked to create what many call "entrepreneurial ecosystems" that spur innovation economies. As managing director of the Washington Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Ken Harrington

The Changing World of Entrepreneurial Learning Resources

Steve Jobs died in October 2011. Since then, much has been written about Jobs’ life and the legacies he left – through his company, Apple, and through his impact on technology more generally Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Daniel Forbes

How Tigger Inspired Intrepreneurship at Best Buy...and the Geek Squad

In the late 1990’s and into the early part of this century, computers didn’t work well. They had software issues, hardware issues, customer knowledge problems and long hold lines if you could Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Sean Skelley