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Acres of Diamonds: Advantages of Working in Your Family Business

The purpose of this exercise is to help students understand the advantages and challenges of working in a family business or of being in a business family. Some students who have Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ritch Sorenson

The Next Generation Can Help the Family Firm Innovate

Much has been written about how family businesses can have transition problems when the founder's children take over. Best Buy founder Richard Schulze and Ritch Sorenson of the Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Richard Schulze and Ritch Sorenson

When Entrepreneurs Have Trouble with Monogamy: It's Their Cognitive Style

Nothing turns an entrepreneur’s head faster than a glittering opportunity and the chance to pursue it with laser-like focus. But after the launch, when the novelty wears off and the day-to-day Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ritch Sorenson and James Hoffman

How Small Business Owners Can Overcome Terrible Regulations

Regulations can destroy even the best entrepreneurial dream. To help entrepreneurship thrive in this nation, Institute for Justice (IJ) a public interest law firm that has successfully defended Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: John Kramer and Nick Sibilla

Delivering the Goods: An Interview with Best Buy and EIX Founder Dick Schulze

Dick Schulze, the founder of Best Buy and EIX, shares his experiences as an entrepreneur and innovator, including how he tripled his income from his boyhood paper route; quit a retail job when his Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: James C Wetherbe