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How to Handle the Stress of Entrepreneurship

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

Remote Work, Financing and AI Were Top-10 Topics in 2023

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

Opportunities Abound in Africa for Entrepreneurs and Investors

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

From Riches to Rags and Back: One Entrepreneur's Heartfelt Journey

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

Startups Need Both Profound Beliefs and Customer Input

  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

AI and ChatGPT Will Revolutionize Customer Discovery

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

What Matters More for Entrepreneurs: Book Smarts or Street Smarts? 

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

Software is Eating the Software That's Eating the World

I n 2011, Marc Andreessen famously wrote a prescient claim that “software is eating the world.” His prediction was that software companies would disrupt traditional industries and since then, Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Jon Eckhardt

Colleagues Celebrate a Leader Who Empowered Others

"If you want to lead, I would pay close attention to Dick's model...and if you are lucky enough to work for someone like this, you just won the lottery!" -- Brad Anderson In honor of Dick Schulze's Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Daniel Forbes and James C Wetherbe

Timeless Lessons from Dick Schulze

Best Buy Founder Dick Schulze built his empire through hard work, calculated risk, and a commitment to high standards of integrity and fairness.  In his book “Becoming the Best,” he outlines Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Catherine Buday and Jon Eckhardt