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How MIT Helped Cultivate Generations of Entrepreneurs

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is known around the world as a center of learning and knowledge creation. But what is less well-known is the central role the university has played in Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Edward Roberts and Daniel Forbes

Adjuncts: An Overlooked Source of Prestige

EDITOR’S NOTE: Steve Blank, who has founded or co-founded eight startups, is best known as the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship and is credited with launching the Lean Startup movement, which for Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Steve Blank

Connecting 'Entrepreneurial Enablers' Who Strengthen Communities

In recent decades, the U.S. has experienced significant economic shifts as changes occur in technology, globalization and other societal trends. These economic changes have affected different areas Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Rani Bhattacharyya and Jennifer Hawkins

Creativity Exercise: Connecting Disparate Products, Services, or Concepts

This classroom exercise encourages students to practice connecting concepts, products or services that they would not normally consider combining. It is a straightforward and stimulating exercise Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Dan Holland

Student Entrepreneurs Grow $40 Million Business

Editor's Note: This article and podcast originally appeared as part of "By All Means," a series about entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs produced through a partnership between University of St. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

Producing Research Entrepreneurs Can Use

Entrepreneurs often perceive a gap between research conducted in academia, and the practical problems that they face when building companies. As recognized by the AACSB—the accrediting body for Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Jon Eckhardt

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

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

Helping Women Entrepreneurs Succeed: What's Needed Now

  The number of successful women entrepreneurs is growing, but much more needs to be done to support them now and prepare future generations of women leaders. In this second part of a two-part Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston