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Let the Next Generation of Family Firm Leaders Chart Their Own Path While start-ups are typically known for their innovation, family businesses are seen as mired in traditions and stuck in the past. But recent research shows that the next generation of leadership can Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Klaus Lüber and Nadine Kammerlander
EIX Executive Editor David Deeds is a professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship, the Schulze Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and research director of the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: David Deeds
With a great product, smart strategy and lots of hard work, a startup can mature into a midsized company, defined as a firm with between $10 million and $1 billion in revenue. This stage is what Rob Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
When I began considering the question of how a region can create an environment that fosters entrepreneurship, I was struck by the current buzz surrounding “diversity” and “coolness.” These Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: David Deeds
Asking your friends and family members to support your business monetarily can be hard, but almost every entrepreneur needs to know how to do this if they want to grow their business. Even Jeff Bezos Read More...
Category: Features
Authors: Emelie Calbick and Betty Wong
Disruptors v. Defenders is a virtual, team-based entrepreneurship immersion simulation fueled by individual work and team coordination, spanning an entire course term. This exercise is designed to Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: John H. Wilson
Most entrepreneurs know the competitors they face today; namely, other businesses that compete for the same customers in the same or similar markets or industries. However, many dissimilar companies Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Stephen Downing , Jin-Su Kang and Gideon Markman
At dinner recently, a friend (Dave’s) began to kvetch about her adulting son. He had lived with her and her husband for a year after college. Finally, the grumpy, underemployed ingrate had moved Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: David Goetz and Melissa Parks
After the emergence of the Lean Startup, many entrepreneurs choose to test the market for their product and run a lot of experiments before scaling their businesses. At the same time, some take a Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Author: Andrea Contigiani
Back in the depths of the Great Recession, two World Wide Web pioneers set up shop on Menlo Park, Calif.’s venture capital enclave, Sand Hill Road. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz of early Web Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Robert Buday , Charles Eesley and James C Wetherbe