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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

Successful Entrepreneurs Take Action

Recently I was reflecting back on nearly 25 years of studying entrepreneurs and high tech ventures and asked myself what have I learned? What "wisdom" can I impart to my students? My conclusion was Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds