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Jackie Lange founded her company, Panama Relocation Tours, after moving to Panama in 2010. Popular wisdom suggests that successful entrepreneurs and business leaders get their start early in life. Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Lin Grensing-Pophal
The Business Age and Growth Segmentation (BAGS) framework can help urban business support organizations envision interconnected programs and ecosystems for entrepreneurs. Around the world, many Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Maija Renko and Clark McCain
Know your niche; don't charge less than your competitors; decide whether to grow or keep things simple; and avoid projects that could hurt your brand. Christy Kahana worked many years in Human Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Catherine Buday
The test measures students’ knowledge of both established principles and managerial “soft” skills. Check out the results -- and test your answers against ChatGPT on seven questions. We all want Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Shyam Kumar
Some are bored and some are broke; one was just tired of needlessly long lines at the drug store. Others started new careers as rabbis, doulas, and resort owners. Gerry Galewski of Milwaukee retired Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Deborah Lynn Blumberg
Steven Mould and Lisa Lazure, partners in business and life, left jobs in law enforcement and marketing to start a knife company. Steven Mould and Lisa Lazure left the security of salaried jobs for Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Breaking Down Barriers is a nonprofit founded by Doug Parker, the former Chairman and CEO of American Airlines, as his "unretirement" project after he stepped down. It's goal is to train more POC as Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Richard Eisenberg
Start with a landing page for your product or service idea, promote it, and gather feedback from potential customers. In the early stages of building an idea, customer discovery is a critical step. Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Max Mirho
This new EIX series features people who left behind jobs with a guaranteed salary and made the leap to being business owners. Many entrepreneurs don’t start out that way: they may spend years Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Catherine Buday
While CVCs may provide capital now, they sometimes end their commitment abruptly, spooking your other investors. It pays to research their track records. For many ventures, receiving outside Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Joseph Cabral , Shyam Kumar and Haemin Dennis Park