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Older founders can bring experience, contacts and capital while younger partners contribute digital skills, energy and fresh ideas. This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Kerry Hannon
Startup success can come at a steep personal price. Steve Blank discusses the toll intense founder commitment can take on spouses, children and relationships. Steve Blank has had a celebrated career Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Catherine Buday and Steve Blank
University spin-offs often struggle to unite engineering and business teams. A strong champion can coordinate both sides, clarify goals and keep commercialization moving. It’s become increasingly Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Kathryn Kloepfer , Roland Kidwell and Kevin Cox
A lawyer-director can help founders avoid costly legal mistakes, spot opportunities and connect the company with the right specialists when complex issues arise. In 1979, Personal Software began Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Dustin Slade
Strong communication, effective networking and resilience after rejection can help women entrepreneurs build confidence and create more opportunities. Nearly two centuries ago, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall
Multigenerational businesses can benefit from broader perspectives, lower turnover, stronger work ethic, deep experience and close relationships. Article originally published at NextAvenue.org , Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Jessica Thiefels
Relatives should contribute because of their skills and performance, not their last name. Lower standards can create resentment and weaken the business. When a father, absent during the day, returns Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Robert Caldwell
Women entrepreneurs benefit from mentorship, funding, strong networks and visible role models. Universities and business organizations can help provide all four. The number of successful women Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Susan Penta and Sandra Powers Murphy discuss resilience, tough decisions and why women may define entrepreneurial success more broadly than men. A 2016 University of Alabama Study concluded that Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Successful entrepreneurs can influence future generations through mentoring, philanthropy, institution building and stories that become part of a region’s collective memory. Entrepreneurship Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Howard E. Aldrich and Stephen Lippmann