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Across the whole of America they come: the lawyers and financiers, marketers and architects, librarians (of course) and writers and teachers. In a second — or even third — career, they are Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Ellen Ryan
Courtney Burton has spent most of her career in the retail industry. She was a merchant for several major companies, including Target, CVS, Albertson's and Lane Bryant. For the last 11 years of her Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Chris Farrell
Maureen and Jim Elitzak are known around Scottsdale, Arizona, for their exquisite bonbons, bars, brownies and caramels, which can be found at Zak's Chocolate , the shiny shop where they make Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Ellen Ryan
Many older Americans dream about working for themselves. Yet new business owners often find entrepreneurship stressful, especially during the lean start-up years. Fortunately, experts say that while Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Nancy Collamer
Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange (EIX) aspires to be the #1 peer-reviewed resource for thought leadership in entrepreneurship and innovation for students, practitioners, and professors. To Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Jon Eckhardt
Meet Jean-Paul Nageri, the son to a banana farmer in Uganda. During the early-2020 harvest, JP's dad planned to use a middleman for distribution, but the deal fell through, leaving him with one acre Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Margaret Ntambi and Ona Aliakai
Many entrepreneurs dream of the day when their hard work pays off with riches and financial security. For Grant Muller, that day came before he was age 30, when the startup he was involved in Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Grant Muller
In the early stages of a startup your hypotheses about all the parts of your business model are your profound beliefs. Think of profound beliefs as “strong opinions loosely held.” You Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Steve Blank
EDITOR'S NOTE: Steve Blank has had a celebrated career as a serial entrepreneur and founder of the Lean Startup movement, which for the first time gave startups a methodology for success. Best known Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Steve Blank
Why are some ventures more successful than others? In entrepreneurship research, scholars have explored the role of many different factors, including personal characteristics such as emotional and Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Regan Stevenson and Jared Allen