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Is Asking Friends and Family Members for Money the Right Move for Your Business?

  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 Read More...

Category: Features

Authors: Emelie Calbick and Betty Wong

We Talk with Wes Schroll, CEO of Fetch Rewards, Softbank's latest Unicorn

On April 1, Madison, Wisconsin-based company Fetch Rewards became a unicorn, with a  $210 million  investment round lead by SoftBank VisionFund 2. EIX Editor in Chief Jon Eckhardt Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt

More Legal Pitfalls that Startups Should Avoid

ever-changing nature of these state, federal, and local employment laws, lack of sophistication, lack of resources Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Paul Swegle

Beyond Cool: The Three Keys That Unlock a Thriving Entrepreneurial Economy

They generally fall in a few distinct categories: experienced entrepreneurs, research, education and finance Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: David Deeds

'Home Field Advantage' Works in Business as well as Baseball

experience; demographics such as the founder’s age, education, and marital status; and financial resources Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Olav Sorenson and Michael S. Dahl

Seven Legal Pitfalls Your Startup Should Avoid

  Fail fast is a catchy phrase intended to suggest moving on quickly if a business idea flops. It should not be taken as a license to recklessly trip over basic legal, regulatory, or fundraising Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Paul Swegle

How Founders Can Turn Criticism into Gold

Saoirse was intrigued with her launch customer’s request. They criticized some components of her firm’s product for 45 minutes – then asked if the same components could be made out of a Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Raja Singaram and Gabi Kaffka

ADHD Can Affect Entrepreneurs’ Earnings and Business Success

The mental health crisis has affected public safety, schools, politics and business and provoked a worldwide discussion on how we can better help individuals who are suffering from mental illness. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Vassiliki Bamiatzi and Nick Williams

Encouraging and Supporting Minority Entrepreneurship for Long-Term Success

Due to limited resources, more than half of new businesses in the US fail within the first five years Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Ozlem Ogutveren Gonul

How Yellow Card crypto exchange serves the underserved

turned their attention towards Nigeria as a place in need of an easier, less costly means to manage finances Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: John Buday