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When it comes to innovation, family firms often are trapped in an “ability–willingness paradox”: the superior ability to innovate is unrealized because of fear of innovation. Our research 1 Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar
This feature and video are part of America’s Entrepreneurs: Making it Work , a Rewire initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, the Entrepreneur and Innovation Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Alauna Yust
(This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, the Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange .) Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Jessica Thiefels
Whether you are starting a family business or inheriting one, managing finances strategically helps protects both the business and the family. Yet many entrepreneurs start a business without fully Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Nora Yousif
By Sharon Belanzon, Aaron K. Chatterji and Brendan Daley Business history is filled with legendary companies named for their founders: Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Sharon Belenzon
This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, the Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange . When a Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Kerry Hannon
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
It’s become increasingly popular to commercialize innovation or technology from universities via spin-off companies. However, this process can be challenging because it usually originates in a Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Kathryn Kloepfer , Roland Kidwell and Kevin Cox
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
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