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Entrepreneurship history is filled with events, places and people who are now legendary or even sacred. In the beginning of the 20th century, New York’s Lower East Side became a place where Jewish Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Howard E. Aldrich and Stephen Lippmann
Professor David Teece is one of the impactful business scholars of his generation. His research has been cited over 128,474 times according to Google Scholar. His work is required reading for Ph.D. Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Jon Eckhardt
Entrepreneurs usually understand that profit is important. But many are less consciously aware of the actual model by which they will (or will not) make money in their ventures. Many have a gut feel, Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Michael Morris and April Spivack
Class Explores Legal Aspects of Business Entities The Law and the Entrepreneur course at Bradley University explores the legal aspects of the different options for structuring a business -- LLCs, sole proprietor, partnerships and others. In 2011, I Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Tanya Marcum
Sponsored by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas, and EIX.org, a non-profit online platform for entrepreneurship Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: James Beal
Joe Keeley, founder of College Nannies and Tutors (CNT), hung up the phone. Another insurance company had declined to underwrite the coverage he needed for CNT to expand; he had contacted over forty Read More...
Category: Case Studies
Author: Mark Spriggs
An Illinois-based high school has several programs focused on social entrepreneurship, Lean Startup, and other topics. “Sharks? Change the channel! I don’t do sharks,” my 12-year-old self told Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Marisa Patel-O'Connor
I grew up in Ireland, and my family hails from Ballyhaunis in County Mayo. Dad was a small business owner, who used his trusty cab to provide service to our neighbors. Dad provided my first exposure Read More...
Category: Case Studies
Authors: Kieran Folliard and Eapen Chacko
Startups succeed or fail for a variety of reasons: no market need, not the right team, timing, running out of cash, premature scaling and more. It is important for students to understand this so that Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Chuck Sacco
In 2000, the New England Patriots football team chose University of Michigan quarterback Tom Brady in the sixth round of the draft. He became the starting quarterback barely two years later, and on Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: Jon Eckhardt