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Five Benefits of Having Multiple Generations in a Family Business

Multigenerational firms can benefit from broader perspectives, lower turnover, stronger work ethic, deep experience and close relationships. Article originally published at NextAvenue.org , which has Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Jessica Thiefels

Why Family Members Should Earn Their Place in the Family Business

Relatives should contribute because of their skills and performance, not their last name. Lower standards can create resentment and weaken the business. When a father, absent during the day, returns Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Robert Caldwell

Entrepreneurship's Moral Minefields: A Conversation with Steve Blank

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

Bankers or Brokers? For Favored Firms, VCs Invest More than Dollars

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

Helping Women Entrepreneurs Succeed: What's Needed Now

The number of successful women entrepreneurs is growing, but much more needs to be done to support them now and prepare future generations of women leaders. In this second part of a two-part Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Innovation Challenge Engages Students at a Commuter School

Farmingdale State College took its cue from EIX's e-Fest to introduce its own Innovation Challenge, which taught non-business students to collaborate and innovate. Entrepreneurship and innovation Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Jing Betty Feng

Breaking Norms to Get Ahead: Do Women Entrepreneurs Need a Dash of Psychopathy?

A 2016 University of Alabama Study concluded that women with a benign touch of psychopathy (callousness, ability to put aside emotions to do a tough job, not afraid to buck gender norms) are more Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Why Family Businesses Lose Valuable Non-family Executives

A key executive quit after years of uncertainty about pay, ownership and succession. The case shows why family firms must communicate career paths before problems erupt. NOTE TO TEACHERS: The Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Madison Mailey

Starting Over: The Midlife Entrepreneur

Midlife is traditionally a time for traveling or playing more golf -- but not for mid-lifers who decide to leave the security of a steady paycheck for the uncertain life of an entrepreneur. Just ask Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Encouraging and Supporting Minority Entrepreneurship for Long-Term Success

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