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Fred Sachs, who sold his lumber and hardware businesses, is now producing and marketing specialty flours. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of " America's Entrepreneurs ," a Next Avenue Read More...
Category: Features
Authors: Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride
This article is part of America's Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX . If the idea of starting a business after 50 — perhaps Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Beau Henderson
On April 1, Madison, Wisconsin-based company Fetch Rewards became a unicorn, with a $210 million investment round lead by SoftBank VisionFund 2. EIX Editor in Chief Jon Eckhardt Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Jon Eckhardt
This article is part of America's Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX. Have you ever heard that a millionaire Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Jacqueline Snyder
People choose jobs for many reasons: location, learning opportunities, coworkers, and corporate culture. But pay also matters for most: not just what a job offers initially but also what it might Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: M. Diane Burton , Rodrigo Canales , Michael S. Dahl and Olav Sorenson
Which kinds of startup teams will be more successful: people who've worked together in the past and share many experiences, or groups of individuals with different work histories and Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Florence Honoré
Over the past several years EIX editors have interviewed the founders and CEOs of groundbreaking companies, and we've published videos of those conversations on our site. Recently we re-edited Read More...
Category: Interviews
Authors: Daniel Forbes and Jon Eckhardt
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
Fail fast is a catchy phrase intended to suggest moving on quickly if a business idea flops. It should not be taken as a license to recklessly trip over basic legal, regulatory, or fundraising Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Paul Swegle
This article is part of America's Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX. A small-business credit card can be hugely helpful Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Kerry Hannon