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Challenge for 2022: Innovating Despite Uncertainty

The year-end is traditionally a time for setting new goals for the coming year, but if we've learned anything from 2020 and 2021 it's that our best-laid plans must be flexible. The continued Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Daniel Forbes and Jon Eckhardt

Building a Company Step By Step, Ch. 4: Your Customer Hypothesis

EIX is featuring interviews that explore the principles outlined in Steve Blank and Bob Dorf's book, "The Startup Owners Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company." This interview Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt

Building a Company Step By Step, Ch. 1: How Startups are Different

EIX will feature interviews that explore the principles outlined in Steve Blank and Bob Dorf's book, "The Startup Owners Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company." This interview Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt

To Encourage Innovation, Tap the Next Generation of Leaders

In these times of change and uncertainty, one thing is still certain: product-service innovation remains the lifeblood of family firms. Without innovating, pioneering competitors will make existing Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Mat Hughes

Rutgers University Team Takes Top Prize in 2021 e-Fest

The winning Rutgers University team included (left to right) Juliet Petillo, Harrison Zhang, Clairisse Whang and Alyssa Krisinski MINNEAPOLIS, April 26, 2021 – For the first time in its five-year Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Brittney Quant

Your Startup Team: Why Both Shared and Diverse Experiences Matter

Which kinds of startup teams will be more successful: people who've worked together in the past and share many experiences, or groups of individuals with different work histories and experiences? My Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Florence Honoré

Learn From Leaders: Famous Founders' Best Advice for New Ventures

Over the past several years EIX editors have interviewed the founders and CEOs of groundbreaking companies, and we've published videos of those conversations on our site. Recently we re-edited those Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Daniel Forbes and Jon Eckhardt

This badge is awarded for articles reaching 250000 views. Learn From Leaders: Developing an Idea

Over the past several years EIX editors have interviewed famous and noteworthy founders and CEOs of groundbreaking companies, and published the videos of those discussions on our site. We re-edited Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Jon Eckhardt and Daniel Forbes

Will Covid-19 Take the Air out of Silicon Valley?

With the elections in the rearview mirror, attention has once again returned to the pandemic. We have been speculating as to what the long-lasting effects might be for entrepreneurs and for Silicon Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Michael S. Dahl and Olav Sorenson

Can You Afford to Experiment?

Lean Startup & Minimum Viable Products have replaced planning and are helping entrepreneurs find product-market fit more quickly. But these tools also have costs and risks. Historically, Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Andrea Contigiani