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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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