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Retooling Products to Reach New Markets: The Lindt Candy Dilemma

creating retooled products entrepreneurs can expand into new markets, which is essential for long-term growth Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Empathy is Central to Entrepreneurship

Successful entrepreneurs not only identify problems that must be solved, but also empathize with the people affected by them. In this discussion, Babson College's Yasu Yamakawa and Brett Smith of Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Yasuhiro (Yasu) Yamakawa and Brett Smith

Building a Company Step By Step, Ch. 4: Your Customer Hypothesis

EIX is featuring interviews that explore the principles outlined in Steve Blank and Bob Dorf's book, "The Startup Owners Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company." This Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt

The Best Family Business Boards Embrace Candor and 'Necessary Endings'

For example, has your management proposed to review market share growth (or loss) regularly, or suggested Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

A New Entrepreneur Focuses on Staffing Plans

-based lifestyle assistant business, gradual growth of her clientele means that she is still personally Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Trust But Verify: How Startups Can Build Healthy Strategic Alliances

Outsourcing is growing trend for startups. Since new ventures often lack resources, they can augment their capabilities by working with other companies -- often much less expensive than hiring staff Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: John Friar , Kimberly Eddleston , Tucker Marion and David Deeds