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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 those Read More...
Category: Interviews
Authors: Daniel Forbes and Jon Eckhardt
Learn From Leaders: Developing an Idea Over the past several years EIX editors have interviewed famous and noteworthy founders and CEOs of groundbreaking companies, and published the videos of those discussions on our site. We re-edited Read More...
Category: Interviews
Authors: Jon Eckhardt and Daniel Forbes
With the elections in the rearview mirror, attention has once again returned to the pandemic. We have been speculating as to what the long-lasting effects might be for entrepreneurs and for Silicon Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Michael S. Dahl and Olav Sorenson
Lean Startup & Minimum Viable Products have replaced planning and are helping entrepreneurs find product-market fit more quickly. But these tools also have costs and risks. Historically, Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Andrea Contigiani
In this discussion, Professor Mat Hughes talks with Dr. Leonardo Lim, a tech scout, corporate scale-up builder, and international collaborator. Dr. Lim has extensive experience in consumer Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Mat Hughes
Many family businesses grow and thrive in the first generation because of the passion and commitment of their founders. Successive generations often don’t share that same level of dedication, and Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Sabine Rau , Sabrina Schell and Arndt Werner
EDITOR'S NOTE: This popular EIX article, published during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, includes timely advice for emerging from any crisis. Although difficult to see at the moment, the Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Theodore L. Waldron and James C Wetherbe
You don’t need to be an engineer or coder to innovate. Tucker Marion explains how people with limited resources can develop, fund and launch new ideas. Many innovations have started with people who Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
5 Mistakes That Can Doom a New Product New products often fail because they solve weak problems, add too many features or skip customer validation. Stephen Golden explains five common mistakes. Sometimes an innovator or new company has an Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Stephen L. Golden
Lessons from military combat can help startups spot threats, shorten decision cycles, build better MVPs and use scarce resources more effectively. EDITOR’S NOTE: Pete Newell is a nationally Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Peter Newell