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The Cowboy Advantage: What Rural Culture Teaches Entrepreneurs

Stephenville, Texas, shows how tight relationships, resource constraints, deep customer knowledge, and a culture of self-reliance can create entrepreneurial strengths that urban founders should Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Jamie D. Collins and Bill Leaverton

Three More Strategy Tools Every Small Business Owner Should Know

The Value Chain, PESTEL, and Competitive Analysis can help entrepreneurs understand where they create value, anticipate market shifts, and compete more effectively. In a previous EIX article I Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Joseph Giglio

Want More Women in Entrepreneurship? Start With Female Role Models

Working closely with women entrepreneurs increased entrepreneurial confidence in female college students —and made them more likely to begin their careers at young firms. EDITOR'S NOTE: This Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Laura Bechthold , Laura Rosendahl Huber and Kimberly Eddleston

Why Rural Entrepreneurs Need a Different Business Playbook

Business advice designed for urban startups often fails rural entrepreneurs. Here's how educators, mentors, and policymakers can help. There is a quiet assumption embedded in most entrepreneurship Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Jamie D. Collins and Bill Leaverton

Why Your First Hire Can Shape Your Startup’s Culture for Decades

Character, work ethic, and cultural fit matter as much as skill when building a startup team, especially in public-facing businesses. EDITOR’S NOTE: Larry O’Toole is the founder and chairman of Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Larry O'Toole

Sacred Values May Keep Some People From Becoming Entrepreneurs

A study of more than 14,000 people across 11 countries finds that people guided by sacred values are less likely to become self-employed, especially in cultures that strongly enforce tradition and Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Paul Sanchez , Ileana Maldonado , Peter Klein and Joseph Vaughn

Populist Politics Can Push Entrepreneurs Underground

When political leaders attack public institutions, entrepreneurs may become less willing to formally register their businesses—and more likely to operate informally. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Paul Sanchez

Lessons in Bootstrapping and Lean Startup From a Nonprofit

How Give n' Glow grew -- from a Northeastern University dorm room to a thriving regional charity -- provides lessons for enterprises launching on a shoestring. Samantha Asprelli’s first Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Interviewee: Samantha Asprelli

Too Much Advice Hurts Leader Decision-Making

Founders and leaders often seek outside advice to reduce uncertainty, but conflicting counsel can create hesitation instead. Here’s how to turn advice into usable input without losing judgment, Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Oleg Petrenko and Mark Zweig

Why I Left a Corporate Career to Build a Purpose-Driven Business

A former corporate finance and controls leader shares the personal values, professional skills, and hard-earned resilience that helped him pivot into entrepreneurship. This story began long before as Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Abraham Kao