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How Educators Can Recognize and Support Entrepreneurial Personas

Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes. Acknowledging this statement is essential, as university-based entrepreneurship often focuses primarily on what I'll call "unicorn entrepreneurship" Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Chuck Sacco

How Mentors Help People Turn Great Ideas into Viable Businesses

Recently graduated from college, aspiring entrepreneur Brian Gachunu had a dream for a business startup but needed guidance to bring it to life.  Fortunately for Gachunu, he found a mentor who Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Rachel Leland

How to Pivot to Profit

feedback involves having a mentor or someone else the founder trusts ask probing questions about a problem — "What about this?" "What about that?" — until the founder concludes that a change is Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Mark Stein

How to Find a Mentor After 50

Editor’s note: This article is part of Lessons from Leaders, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX . For years, I worked as a production account Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Christine Schoenwald

Paying it Forward by Mentoring

  EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of Lessons from Leaders, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the  Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation  and  EIX . Roberto Mighty has Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Community Organizations Offer Resources for Entrepreneurs

  Community organizations are an important – and somewhat overlooked – locus of entrepreneurship training. Many non-profit organizations that help communities across the United States and Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Maija Renko

Learn From Leaders #3: Advisors and Mentors

  This is the third video in our exclusive series called "Learn from Leaders," featuring advice for early-stage entrepreneurs and innovators from founders and CEOs of groundbreaking Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Jon Eckhardt and Daniel Forbes

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

Trust Your Mentors, and Your Gut

Bernette Dawson named her line of skin care products "Made Organics," which stands for "Mother Approved Daily Essentials." The idea for the business was born after Dawson's son developed a skin Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Mentorship Helps Mission-Driven Venture Thrive

Vulnerable women living in Colombia are earning money and improving their lives through jewelry-making, thanks to Artyfactos. The company has found markets for the women's creations in the US and Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston