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Social Entrepreneurship: Doing Well by Doing Good

Can a socially conscious company be true both to its mission and to its bottom line? If there's conflict, what gets priority? It's a difficult balancing act and missteps can cost customers, Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Ken Harrington , Dave Feldman and Nicholas Vitalari

Coin Toss Game Examines Interplay of Skill and Fate

Americans tend to believe that abilities, traits, and efforts help anyone get ahead. This game examines the huge impact of social and economic factors. EDITOR'S NOTE: Click here to play an online Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Howard E. Aldrich

The Leadership Traits Shared by Successful Entrepreneurs

This paper is based on a research process used by social anthropologists while investigating a new cultural phenomenon. It involves walking the streets, peeking around corners, observing practices, Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Michael Glauser and Dan Holland

Green Giant: Grocer Scott Nash on Organic Growth

EIX's Dave Feldman talks with the founder and CEO of Mom's Organic Market, whose business started in his mother's garage and has grown like a beanstalk. A self-described former "juvenile delinquent" Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Dave Feldman

Marnie Abramson: Caring for the Bottom Line and the Planet

When Marnie Abramson started her own environmental consulting business, sustainability was not yet on the radar with most companies. In fact, her partners were asked, "Why are you partnering with a Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Dave Feldman

Mike Dulworth on the Power of Connection

Starting with his first business mowing neighbors' lawns, serial entrepreneur Mike Dulworth relished the freedom of being his own boss. He also preferred solitary sports such as tennis and skiing to Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Nicholas Vitalari

Interviewee: Mike Dulworth

A Father/Son Sitdown: Howard and Steven Aldrich

More than 20 years ago, Steven Aldrich showed the Mosaic Browser to his father, noted entrepreneurship professor Howard Aldrich. It was a time when Steven was imagining a future in helping technology Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Howard E. Aldrich

Turning Good Business Presentations Into Great Ones

It doesn't work if a presentation is 95% perfect, but if the remaining 5% includes a "show stopper" that signals that the idea or the team behind it just won't make it in the real world. We've all Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Joan Moser

LegalZoom Co-Founder: Trick Yourself to do the Impossible

Is it possible to transform a staid and professionally respectable but entrenched legal industry? Yes, particularly when one of your startup founders is a multi-talented serial entrepreneur, computer Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Nicholas Vitalari

The Art of Entrepreneurship, from Toni Sikes of CODAworx

In her years as an entrepreneur, Toni Sikes has focused on helping artists find people who will pay for their work. Her company, CODAworx, serves as an online community for painters, sculptors, Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt