Applied and Practice
An Applied and Practice article provides actionable ideas about how to start, manage, grow or fund a new venture. It should be written to appeal to entrepreneurs, managers, students, policymakers and other players. Its emphasis should be providing skills, insights and knowledge to help readers achieve success.
Length: <3,000 words
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Conflict is a natural part of succession. Strong families anticipate it, communicate often and build the resilience needed to keep the transition moving forward. Succession is one of the biggest Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan
As founders retire, more daughters are becoming owners and CEOs of family firms, challenging old assumptions about who should lead the next generation. This article is part of America’s Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Chris Farrell
For venture capitalist Ann Winblad, being one of the lone women in a world dominated by men and hearing "no" at three pivotal occasions in her life only made her more determined and resourceful. Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Ann Winblad
It’s become increasingly popular to commercialize innovation or technology from universities via spin-off companies. However, this process can be challenging because it usually originates in a Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Kathryn Kloepfer , Roland Kidwell and Kevin Cox
As an entrepreneur, Steve Blank was part of or co-founded eight startups. Today, he’s best known as the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship and credited with launching the Lean Startup movement, Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Catherine Buday
By Emily Pahnke, Ji Youn (Rose) Kim, Michael Howard and Warren Boeker Venture capitalists bankroll invention, but is signing checks the only contribution they make to the world of innovation? Our Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Emily Pahnke
Entrepreneurs and their ventures have a huge impact on the social, political and most of all economic well-being (Light & Rosenstein, 1995) of communities, cities and countries around the world, but Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Ozlem Ogutveren Gonul
Many next-generation family members launch startups to gain independence, credibility and skills before deciding whether to join the family business. Family businesses are the backbone of many Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Larissa Leitner
Entrepreneurship history is filled with events, places and people who are now legendary or even sacred. In the beginning of the 20th century, New York’s Lower East Side became a place where Jewish Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Howard E. Aldrich and Stephen Lippmann
Strong family firms hold employees accountable while preserving trust, harmony and flexibility. Combining both approaches can improve employee effort and performance. Family businesses have unique Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Roland Kidwell and Kathryn Kloepfer