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How Educators Can Recognize and Support Entrepreneurial Personas

Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes. Acknowledging this statement is essential, as university-based entrepreneurship often focuses primarily on what I'll call "unicorn entrepreneurship" – Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Chuck Sacco

How Mentors Help People Turn Great Ideas into Viable Businesses

Recently graduated from college, aspiring entrepreneur Brian Gachunu had a dream for a business startup but needed guidance to bring it to life. Fortunately for Gachunu, he found a mentor who gave Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Rachel Leland

How to Pivot to Profit

feedback involves having a mentor or someone else the founder trusts ask probing questions about a problem — "What about this?" "What about that?" — until the founder concludes that a change is Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Mark Stein

How to Find a Mentor After 50

Editor’s note: This article is part of Lessons from Leaders, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX . For years, I worked as a production account Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Christine Schoenwald

Paying it Forward by Mentoring

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of Lessons from Leaders, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX . Roberto Mighty has succeeded in many fields: Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Community Organizations Offer Resources for Entrepreneurs

Community organizations are an important – and somewhat overlooked – locus of entrepreneurship training. Many non-profit organizations that help communities across the United States and the world Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Maija Renko

Learn From Leaders #3: Advisors and Mentors

This is the third video in our exclusive series called "Learn from Leaders," featuring advice for early-stage entrepreneurs and innovators from founders and CEOs of groundbreaking companies. Each of Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Jon Eckhardt and Daniel Forbes

How SitePro Founder David Bateman Built a $60 Million Technology Company

David Bateman shares how smart risks, mentors and disciplined focus helped him build SitePro into a $60 million energy technology company. David Bateman, Co-CEO and Founder of SitePro, Inc., has Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: James C Wetherbe

When Should Entrepreneurs Listen to Mentors and When Should They Trust Themselves?

Bernette Dawson explains how outside advice helped Made Organics grow while showing why founders still need confidence in their own judgment. Bernette Dawson named her line of skin care products Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Interviewee: Bernette Dawson

How Mentors and Accelerators Helped Artyfactos Grow Its Social Venture

Founder Angie Sanchez explains how mentors and accelerators helped Artyfactos expand its mission and reach new markets. Vulnerable women living in Colombia are earning money and improving their lives Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston