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Crowdfunded Ventures: Where Angels Dare to Tread

By Sandy Yu, Scott Johnson, Chiayu Lai, Antonio Cricelli and Lee Fleming As Silicon Valley, Boston and metropolitan New York show, entrepreneurship can drive the prosperity of a region -- creating Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Sandy Yu and Lee Fleming

James Wetherbe: How Consulting Connects Colleges to the Real World

James Wetherbe is the Richard Schulze Distinguished Professor at the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University. Previously he served on the faculty and the University of Houston, Minnesota Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Jon Eckhardt

An Interview with David Teece, a Practicing Business Intellectual

Professor David Teece is one of the impactful business scholars of his generation. His research has been cited over 128,474 times according to Google Scholar. His work is required reading for Ph.D. Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt

Entrepreneurship Research: Which Trails to Blaze Next

The community of entrepreneurship researchers has grown rapidly over the past few decades, and the quality and variety of entrepreneurship research has increased dramatically. As a result, a wealth Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Holger Patzelt

Conflict of Interest Policies Can Stifle Students and Innovation

In the private sector, collaboration between the people who develop and commercialize new technologies is essential to a successful new venture. But in the college setting, Conflict of Interest Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Liz Christenbury

How to Test Market Demand Before Launching a Startup

Crowdsourcing and other forms of customer feedback can help entrepreneurs gauge demand, uniqueness and appeal before committing fully to a new venture. As online crowdsourcing has shown, people will Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Dan Holland

Free Entrepreneurship Teaching Resources for College and High School Educators

EIX offers free case studies, classroom exercises, articles, videos and teaching modules to help educators bring entrepreneurship to life. Are you looking for high-quality new material to enrich your Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

Why Entrepreneurship Research Should Treat Practicing Entrepreneurs as Customers

Business schools often reward publications and citations more than practical impact. This article argues that entrepreneurs should help shape research priorities. Markets are a strong mechanism that Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Jon Eckhardt and James C Wetherbe

How One Meeting With FedEx Founder Fred Smith Led to $1 Million in Research Funding

How did a one-hour meeting with FedEx founder Fred Smith lead to $1 million for university research? Preparation, relevance and a clear business case made the difference. Corporate funding helps make Read More...

Category: Case Studies

Author: James C Wetherbe

Does Academic Tenure Undermine Entrepreneurship Education?

Entrepreneurship rewards adaptability, risk-taking and accountability. This commentary asks whether lifetime job security sends professors and students the opposite message. Successful entrepreneurs Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James C Wetherbe