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To learn more about eFest, EIX's competition for undergraduate business ideas, click here . MINNEAPOLIS, April 14, 2019 -- We are very pleased to announce the results of our 2019 Schulze Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: James Beal
People pushed into self-employment need to test demand, conserve cash, build useful skills and seek expert help before relying on a new income stream. Article originally published at NextAvenue.org , Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Roy Carriker
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
Family businesses can smooth technology changes by showing practical value, simplifying training, addressing privacy concerns and using outside experts. Article originally published at NextAvenue.org Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Jessica Thiefels
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
Steve Blank has had a celebrated career as serial entrepreneur and founder of the Lean Startup movement, which for the first time gave startups a methodology for success. Best known as the Father of Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Catherine Buday and Steve Blank
In 1979, Personal Software began selling Visicalc, the first personal computer spreadsheet. Visicalc was so compelling, people bought Apple II computers just so they could use Visicalc, making it the Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Dustin Slade
Family firms should seek outside expertise whenever they lack critical skills, need a fresh perspective or face problems the family cannot solve alone. Article originally published at NextAvenue.org Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Kerry Hannon
Nearly two centuries ago, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, of the now-venerable Veuve Clicquot champagne company, found herself widowed at age 27 with a small child. With little experience and lots Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall
The University of Minnesota I-Corps program has helped STEM students, staff, and faculty to build an entrepreneurial mindset. The University of Minnesota MIN-Corps is one of about 100 sites of the Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Carla Pavone