Interviews
Face-to-face or virtual interviews captured in video, audio or by written means can be invaluable tools for learning about and understanding how successful people considered and took effective action in their life situations.
Interviews are usually conducted by editors of EIX and follow a straightforward format of questions. However, we encourage any member of the EIX community to make an interview proposal. We want to avoid having an interview conducted and then not accepted by EIX. Accordingly, we ask that interviews go through a proposal step before the interview is conducted, using the EIX interview format.
Future women leaders can build confidence and credibility through education, outside work experience and early encouragement to pursue leadership opportunities. Every family business founded or led Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Susan Laverick
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
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
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
Yad, an eFest2019 finalist company, has a social mission at its heart: it aims to help Guatemalan artisans with special needs express themselves through art, and then find retailers who can help them Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Too much academic research never reaches executives. Charles Dhanaraj explains how closer collaboration can make business scholarship more useful and influential. Charles Dhanaraj is the Executive Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Jon Eckhardt
Entrepreneurs frequently underestimate their personal financial needs and fail to plan ahead for how the business will support them over time. Whether you are starting a family business or inheriting Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Nora Yousif
The #MeToo era has created new challenges for entrepreneurs and startups. Cautionary tales abound of startups whose hard-partying culture resulted in sexual harassment, hostile work environments and Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Restaurants build stronger businesses when they go beyond selling meals and create genuine relationships with guests and their communities. The restaurant industry is among the riskiest, with Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Women entrepreneurs benefit from mentorship, funding, strong networks and visible role models. Universities and business organizations can help provide all four. The number of successful women Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston