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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 skiing to Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Nicholas Vitalari

Interviewee: Mike Dulworth

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 technology 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” piece of 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 was 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

LegalZoom Co-Founder: Trick Yourself to do the Impossible

Is it possible to transform a staid and professionally respectable but entrenched legal industry? Yes, particularly when one of your startup founders is a multi-talented serial entrepreneur, computer Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Nicholas Vitalari

Why You Should Court Failure

Andrea Waltz, author of " Go for No !," talks about why you should never settle for yes. From LensCrafters employee to successful entrepreneur and top selling author of " Go for No !," Andrea Waltz Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Brian Benson

The Harrowing Journey of Finding Investors

Entrepreneurs are generally far more interested in creating a product or service and getting it to market than the tedious and often humbling process of obtaining funding. Yet, finding the right Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Linda Hall

Considering Entrepreneurship? Here's a Pre-Launch Checklist

Picture this: You are sitting at your desk four o’ clock on a Friday afternoon. Your mind is racing. Surely there must be more to this work thing than the nine to five. I have dreams, goals and I Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Tim Tivis