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Overcoming Self-Doubt When Launching Your Own Business
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleHow to make clearer decisions, lead more steadily, and ultimately build a more resilient company. -
Research: Acknowledging Problems Can Strengthen Your Pitch to Investors
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleEntrepreneurs who acknowledge setbacks attract capital faster, at lower cost, and with better repayment outcomes. -
The Founder’s Final Act
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleHow to hand over ownership—and burnish your legacy. -
4 Research-Backed Ways to Strengthen Your Pitch and Get Funding
Sales Digital ArticleFounders can dramatically improve their odds simply by matching their choice of words to the strength of their evidence. -
How to Know When to Pursue Your Side Gig Full-Time
Career transitions Digital ArticleFive questions to help you decide whether it’s time to leave your day job. -
How to Identify the Perfect Cofounder
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleNot every entrepreneur needs a partner—but if you do, follow this process to find your match. -
How to Unlock Value in Founder-Investor Partnerships
Business history Magazine ArticleTake these steps to move from trepidation to trust. -
6 Lessons for Startups from a Museum Dedicated to Failure
Start-ups Digital ArticleA collection of more than 1,000 failed products and businesses reveals the common forces that spell doom for new ventures. -
How Founders Can Avoid the Deception Trap
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleEntrepreneurs — and investors — must protect themselves from the slippery slope of overpromising. -
The Strengths and Weaknesses that Set Founders Apart
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleComparing data from 50 founder CEOs and 58 non-founder CEOs reveals the real differences between “founder mode” and “manager mode.” -
Why Cofounder Partnerships Fail — and How to Make Them Last
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleNearly half of startup founders ultimately buy out their cofounder due to interpersonal rifts and power struggles. -
3 Management Myths That Derail Startups
Entrepreneurial management Digital ArticleThese common approaches can strain teams and lead to misaligned expectations. -
Building a Startup in a Tough Funding Environment
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleVenture funding is scarce, valuations are down, and exit options are dwindling. What should founders do? -
What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
Start-ups POVThe obstacles you can expect to confront, and how to overcome them. -
Case Study: When the CEO Dies, What Comes First: His Company or His Family?
Family businesses Magazine ArticleAn entrepreneur’s widow wonders whether to lean in to work or step back. -
Don’t Quit Your Day Job to Start a Business Just Yet
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFive ways to gut check your decision first. -
Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
Blue Oceans in Outer Space
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleTaking stock of the economic opportunities to be found beyond our planet -
For Female Founders, Fundraising Only from Female VCs Comes at a Cost
Gender Digital ArticleNew research suggests that exclusive support from female investors may be a mixed blessing because it can make it harder to raise additional rounds of financing. -
How Startups Can Land a Second Meeting with a Corporate Partner
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleResearchers attended 150 meetings between start-ups and corporations including IBM, Sony, L’Oréal, Toyota, and AstraZeneca.
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The Book of Eastbay: Two Friends and the Catalog That Changed the Sneaker Business Forever
Brand management Book32.00View Details Sneakers are a $100 billion business and a global obsession that started in the pages of a catalog called "Eastbay." This is a startup story unlike most... -
Retreat or Persist? Tao Sun's Dilemma as A Female Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurial management Case Study11.95View Details This case details the founding and development of Laoliehu (also known as NowLieve). In 2009, Tao Sun resigned to establish an agritainment venture, fulfilling... -
To Launch or Not to Launch a Nonprofit, a Startup Decision Problem
Business plans Case Study11.95View Details This case follows Brent Walmsley, a middle-school teacher in East Los Angeles, who considered leaving his stable career to launch a nonprofit tackling... -
Innovakit: The Challenge of Seeking Funds to Scale Impact on Coffee Farms in Developing Countries
Entrepreneurial financing Case Study11.95View Details Innovakit, a social enterprise that made tools for coffee production and taught growers in Colombia how to use them to improve productivity, faced the... -
Amentum Sports: Strategic Expansion and Decision Point - Case (B)
Entrepreneurial management Case Study5.00View Details Amentum Sports is a two-part case that illustrates the application of effectual principles for entrepreneurs starting up within their means. It follows... -
Amentum Sports: The Founding and Early Growth - Case (A)
Entrepreneurial management Case Study11.95View Details Amentum Sports is a two-part case that illustrates the application of effectual principles for entrepreneurs starting up within their means. It follows... -
Quano Technologies: Pricing a Niche Product in a Niche Market
Entrepreneurs and founders Case Study11.95View Details Quano Technologies Limited (Quano) was a newcomer in the niche market of nanopositioning stages-a vital component of high-tech microscopy with applications... -
The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life by Arthur C. Brooks
Behavioral science Book30.00View Details Harvard professor and bestselling author Arthur C. Brooks offers science-based insights on work and life in this curated collection from his "How to Build... -
G.O.A.T. Wisdom: How to Build a Truly Great Business--From the Founders of Beekman 1802
Brand management Book30.00View Details Twelve timeless principles for building a business, from the founders of Beekman 1802. Have you ever wanted to create a business that's not only good... -
Mission versus margin? Sababa's challenge of scaling responsible fast food in Amsterdam
Entrepreneurs and founders Case Study11.95View Details In this decision-focused case, students are introduced to Sababa, a fast-growing social enterprise offering healthy fast food in Amsterdam. Founded by... -
Global Social Responsibility: Japan's Pasona Revitalizes Awaji Island
Business models Case Study11.95View Details This case features Nambu Yasuyuki, the Founder and CEO of Japan's Pasona Group, which has in recent years placed the revitalization of Awaji Island at... -
Seaborg: A Nuclear Energy Start-up
Business models Case Study11.95View Details This case explains how an entrepreneur, Troels Schönfeldt, together with his team of 5 other cofounders, launched Seaborg, a startup of floating nuclear... -
Shenzhen Power Solution: Serving Off-Grid Africa with Affordable Green Solutions
Business and society Case Study11.95View Details The case describes how Xia (Susan) Li, a Chinese social entrepreneur from humble origins, built her social enterprise called "Power Solution" (SPS) in... -
Another Way: Building Companies That Last...and Last...and Last
Business models Book32.00View Details From the inner sanctum of Silicon Valley and short-term capitalism comes the story of a VC who lived it, then left it and found a better way to build... -
Align Partners Capital Management: First Investment in Chaos
Business models Case Study11.95View Details This case delves into the dynamic landscape of activist investing in an emerging market, following the story of CH Lee-a trailblazer who departed from... -
GenapSys: Failure of an Almost-Unicorn
Business ethics Case Study11.95View Details This case investigates the reasons for the seemingly sudden demise of a once-successful startup and provides a basis for discussion of many potential... -
Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital: Challenges in Diabetes Care Equalization
Digital transformation Case Study11.95View Details Jia Weiping, former president of the Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital (also referred to as Sixth Hospital, or the hospital), dedicated 43 years of her... -
Sheng Siong Supermarket in Singapore: A unique values-based advantage?
Customer-centricity Case Study11.95View Details Founded by Lim Hock Chee in 1985, Sheng Siong has evolved from a humble grocery store into a leading supermarket chain in Singapore, renowned for its... -
The Eve Group (B): Digitally Empowering Village Embroiderers for the Global Market
Business models Case Study5.00View Details Founded in 1994, the Eve Group (Eve) evolved from a fashion brand into a comprehensive corporation with businesses ranging from apparel and fashion, community-based... -
The Eve Group (A): Transforming the Traditional Apparel Industry through a Digitalized Platform
Business models Case Study11.95View Details Founded in 1994, the Eve Group (Eve) evolved from a fashion brand into a comprehensive corporation with businesses ranging from apparel and fashion, community-based...
