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How Young Companies Can Build Online Communities

By Sofia Bapna, Mary J. Benner and Liangfei Qiu Online social media communities have helped companies build customer loyalty and sales, but new firms starting from scratch to build those communities Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Sofia Bapna

A Tech Entrepreneur's Journey: Hard Work and Smart Risks

David Bateman, Co-CEO and Founder of SitePro, Inc., has learned the art of launching a great product through hard work and smart risks. His $60 million company makes technology solutions that help Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: James C Wetherbe

Getting All Family Business Members on the Same Page with Tech

Article originally published at NextAvenue.org , which has partnered with EIX.org on a series of high quality features about family business and entrepreneurship. Part of the America’s Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Jessica Thiefels

Bankers or Brokers? For Favored Firms, VCs Invest More than Dollars

By Emily Pahnke, Ji Youn (Rose) Kim, Michael Howard and Warren Boeker Venture capitalists bankroll invention, but is signing checks the only contribution they make to the world of innovation? Our Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Emily Pahnke

How Entrepreneurial Legends, Heroes and Meccas are Born

Entrepreneurship history is filled with events, places and people who are now legendary or even sacred. In the beginning of the 20th century, New York’s Lower East Side became a place where Jewish Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Howard E. Aldrich and Stephen Lippmann

Steven Aldrich on Starting Before You Are Ready and Learning as You Go

GoDaddy executive Steven Aldrich shares lessons from startups and scaling businesses, including why entrepreneurs should start before they feel fully prepared. More than 20 years ago, Steven Aldrich Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Howard E. Aldrich

Why Poornima Vijayashanker Left a Steady Job to Build Femgineer

Femgineer founder Poornima Vijayashanker shares lessons on leaving a steady job, building a tech education business and why entrepreneurs should stay open to coaching. Poornima Vijayashanker is the Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Steve Jobs Helped Expand Entrepreneurial Learning Around the World

Books, blogs, communities and entrepreneurship programs now spread startup knowledge widely. Steve Jobs helped accelerate the technologies and culture behind that shift. Steve Jobs died in October Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Daniel Forbes

How Entrepreneurs Can Use Data Analytics to Find Better Business Opportunities

Data analytics can help entrepreneurs spot promising markets, test demand, identify unmet needs and rule out ideas that are too crowded or impractical. Just as space programs must carefully think out Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James C Wetherbe and Zhu (Drew) Zhang

Makers, Hackers and Crowdfunding Are Transforming Entrepreneurship

New tools, shared maker spaces and crowdfunding platforms are making it easier for entrepreneurs to develop products, test ideas, raise money and bring innovations to market. Not too long ago, Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Howard E. Aldrich