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Too Much Advice Hurts Leader Decision-Making

Founders and leaders often seek outside advice to reduce uncertainty, but conflicting counsel can create hesitation instead. Here’s how to turn advice into usable input without losing judgment, Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Oleg Petrenko and Mark Zweig

Why I Left a Corporate Career to Build a Purpose-Driven Business

A former corporate finance and controls leader shares the personal values, professional skills, and hard-earned resilience that helped him pivot into entrepreneurship. This story began long before as Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Abraham Kao

Positive Memories Can Help Entrepreneurs Be More Effective

Entrepreneurs with positive views of past experiences are more motivated to approach decisions and evaluate opportunities more rationally. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Ludvig Levasseur

How to Stand Out When Your Competitors Have Had a 100-Year Head Start

New businesses can still win in crowded markets dominated by long-established brands. Here are practical ways to differentiate, take smart risks, and build loyal customers. Building out your own Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Jack Metallinos

AI Is Not Just About Speed -- It's About Smarter Business Decisions

Many leaders focus on automation, but the bigger payoff may be better judgment: helping them explore options, test ideas, and make stronger calls in uncertain markets. EDITOR’S NOTE: Edosa Odaro is Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Edosa Odaro

Why Better Innovations Fail: What Netflix Got Right About Adoption

Many companies build better products and still lose. Netflix shows that innovation is not just invention or launch: It is getting people to switch, stay, and make your solution the new default. Over Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Kevin Fee

'Turning Around the Titanic:' An Entrepreneur’s Fight to Keep Going

In a candid interview from Mayo Clinic’s Hope Lodge, City Girl Farming founder Justyna Miranda explains how she’s navigating a rare cancer diagnosis—and why resilience is a business strategy, Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: James C Wetherbe

Black Founders Face High-Stakes Decisions Too Early

Standard startup advice assumes room to experiment. Experts explain why many Black founders must prioritize survival sooner—and how ecosystems and support programs can respond. Startup guidance is Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Casey Frid and Trey Lewis

What I Learned from an Entrepreneurship Class That Changed My Business

Your first idea doesn’t matter. What’s important is being able to reevaluate when circumstances change and to see your skills as building blocks rather than remnants of a past venture. Starting a Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Jacob Hoekstra

Due Diligence for Acquiring a Company: Go Beyond the Balance Sheet

Financial statements are the start, not the truth. This guide lays out what to scrutinize on-site—how work actually flows, who really runs the place, what breaks most often, and whether cash flow Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: David Deeds