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Reciprocity: Matching 'Asks' and 'Resources' for Entrepreneurs

Every entrepreneur knows that a large part of their success depends on their ability to find advice, connections, and resources that will help them on their journey (Davidsson & Honig, 2003; Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Corey Breier

How Yellow Card crypto exchange serves the underserved

Yellow Card CEO Chris Maurice (left) and CTO Justin Poiroux (right) with investor Bob Browning, retired EML Payments non-executive director. EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sixth in a series of articles Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: John Buday

Our Best Advice for Powering Through the Crisis

Since March 2020 we’ve published many articles about how small businesses, family businesses and startups can survive this pandemic, build resilience and get ready for what comes next.  Here Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

How MIT Helped Cultivate Generations of Entrepreneurs

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is known around the world as a center of learning and knowledge creation. But what is less well-known is the central role the university has played in Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Edward Roberts and Daniel Forbes

Virtual care startup Zipnosis aids the fight against the coronavirus

Zipnosis, a digital health company based in Minneapolis, is playing an important role in enabling patients to communicate with health care providers without leaving their homes. Since 2008, Zipnosis' Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Daniel Forbes

The 5 Mortal Sins of New Product Development

  Sometimes an innovator or new company has an idea for a product that seems to have blockbuster potential -- only to fizzle and flop.  Why does this happen? In this interview with EIX's Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Scholars Should Study Everyday Entrepreneurs, Not Gazelles

Alongside the business media, academic research on entrepreneurship has been consumed by Silicon Valley mania, caught up for decades in the wild hype over startup “unicorns” and “gazelles.” Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Howard E. Aldrich and Martin Ruef

Founderitis: A Silent Killer of Startups

It is well-known that only a small fraction of startups achieve long-lasting success. They often fail not because their idea is poor but because of problems executing on their idea. One area that is Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Chuck Sacco and Aasim Sani

Startups Can Attract Employees and Financing Through 'Borrowed' Reputations

New firms must attract two kinds of resources: talent and money. A recent study that I conducted with Tom Vanacker of Ghent University explored how a new firm's affiliations with venture capital Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Daniel Forbes

eFest2018 Winner is Making Life More Colorful for Diabetics

Meghan Sharkus of ExpressionMed, the eFest2018 grand prize winner, has made it her mission to make life more fun and fashionable for diabetics who must wear insulin devices every day. The colorful Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal