Entrepreneurs - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Dec 2017
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Why Many Women Social Entrepreneurs Avoid Commercial Models

22 Sep 2020
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Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

A few years ago anyone could become an entrepreneur. All you needed was a half-baked idea and a phone to hear offers from salivating venture capitalists. Now the environment is much more difficult. Question: Do you have what it takes to be an View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

16 Aug 2022
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Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

April 2009 (Revised March 2011)
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Dave and Millie: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Two entrepreneurs have just been told by their venture capital backer to prepare a list of possible cuts to help them weather the 2008–2009 economic downturn. The impact on each firm is very different: one is a later-stage company with revenues in excess of $100... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Cost Management; Growth and Development Strategy

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21 Jun 2017
Book

Meet the Oddball Entrepreneurs Who Invented Green Businesses

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

06 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

itself. ©iStock/Nina Piatrouskaya Pitching an idea before actually producing a product can be advantageous to an entrepreneur because of the possibility of early and ongoing feedback from a seasoned buyer. By using this approach, the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking

17 May 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

centers across India, creating more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and 12,000 jobs. The first program, Change the Mindset (CMS), works with students in secondary schools and colleges, introducing them to entrepreneurial skills and opening their... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

22 Feb 2022
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A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs

business community who recognizes its growing potential in the US economy. Avance’s focus on lower middle-market business services and consumer sectors that often correlate to the types of companies founded by Latinx entrepreneurs meant... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

20 Sep 2018
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Did Entrepreneur Ernesto Tornquist Help or Hurt Argentina?

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

Although adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for the enterprise is still in the early days, the technology has matured enough for entrepreneurs to start gathering inspiration and evaluating opportunities for... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

March 2014
Teaching Plan

Kazuo Inamori, A Japanese Entrepreneur

By: Anthony Mayo

Keywords: Japan; Entrepreneurship; Japan

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November 1978
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Thoughts on Becoming an Entrepreneur

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August 1988 (Revised April 1998)
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IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur

By: Joseph L. Bower

Presents the ingredients that went into a major entrepreneurial shift by IBM--investing $5 billion into a new product line that would obsolete any existing computer product line offered by the competition, or by IBM itself. The economic and technical challenges of this... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Investment; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry

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21 Nov 2013
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Building a culture of entrepreneurs

11 Aug 2016
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Food Recovery Entrepreneurs Workshop Summary

February 2011 (Revised September 2013)
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Sound Group China: Urban Waste Entrepreneurs

By: John D. Macomber, Chad M. Carr and Fan Zhao

Private sector entrepreneur in China with advanced solid waste management capability competes with state owned enterprises and also government policies supporting a rival technology. Wen Yibo has used engineering expertise and political savvy to build a major privately... View Details

Keywords: Private Sector; Public Sector; Service Delivery; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Wastes and Waste Processing; Urban Development; Utilities Industry; China

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12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs have an incredible backstop of management experience and wisdom available to them that, too often, they ignore. Why don’t startup founders make more use of their investors? Many entrepreneurs... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin