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The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople
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Ask an Expert: What Skills Do I Need to Run a Startup?
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Turn Your Hobby into a Startup
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Are You Adapting Your Leadership Strategy as Your Startup Grows?
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The Founder's Dilemma: To Sell or Not to Sell?
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When an Iconic Founder Overshadows the Family Business
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Passion for Your Startup Doesn't Have to Mean Constant Stress
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleResearch finds that self-awareness training is key. -
Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?
Innovation & Leadership ResearchResearch shows cross-cultural experience may help people spot opportunities. -
Zeitgeist Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleCompanies and leaders don't succeed or fail in a vacuum. When it comes to long-term success, the ability to understand and adapt to changing business... -
Entrepreneurs, Is a Venture Studio Right for You?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleFounders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there's another option. -
The Soul of a Start-Up
Entrepreneurs and founders Magazine ArticleCompanies can sustain their entrepreneurial energy even as they grow. -
Research: Investors Punish Entrepreneurs for Stereotypically Feminine Behaviors
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleIn a pitch competition, judges reacted poorly to warmth and expressiveness. -
In Search of the Next Big Thing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the 1990s, just out of college, Andreessen went knocking on VC doors in Silicon Valley, looking to fund what became the breakthrough web browser Netscape... -
How to Pick the Best Name for Your Company
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Can Friends Be Successful Co-Founders?
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleBefore starting a venture with your bestie, there are a few things you should consider. -
Shutting Down Your Business Gracefully
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe story of how a 16-year-old company closed its doors. -
Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn't Just for Recruiting
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's not the only startup to make that mistake. -
Are Former Startup Founders Less Hireable?
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleA study found that candidates who had started a company — particularly a successful one — were less likely to get an interview. -
How Cofounders Can Prevent Their Relationship from Derailing
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleFive strategies to sustain a healthy partnership. -
Research: The Gender Gap in Startup Success Disappears When Women Fund Women
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleAn analysis of male and female tech entrepreneurs.
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Jan Van Hasenbroek (B): Going Back to School
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Rock Health
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Bessemer Trust: Guardians of Capital
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Apple's Core
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Maidenform Bras
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Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service
Management Case Study11.95View Details The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million,... -
Attack of the Clones: Birchbox Defends Against Copycat Competitors
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Birchbox offers trial-sized beauty products delivered monthly by mail -- attracting rave reviews. Seeing the success of this model, numerous "copycat"... -
Innovative Opportunities to Manage Health Care Delivery
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details THG Management is in the second module of the Innovating in Health Care course that discusses how to start an innovative health care firm, in this case,... -
Bonne Chance
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Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook Toolkit
150.00View Details Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family... -
Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The "Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd" case series focuses on entrepreneurial selling, and is based on an older case study, "Deaver Brown and Cross River... -
Innovate LLP: Legal Dilemmas in the Start-up World
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details A burgeoning mobile application entrepreneur has developed an interesting potential product with her friends. However, when she encounters an investment... -
Lyric Dinner Theater (A)
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Take Advantage of Your Diaspora Network
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VNFPP LTD.: Using Holistic Marketing in a Small Enterprise Context
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Bert Twaalfhoven: The Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur
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Sula Vineyards (C): Series E and Beyond - What Next? The Ownership Conundrum
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Arianna Occhipinti
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Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (B)
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First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes
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The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople
Entrepreneurs and founders ResearchAccording to a study of German firms. -
Jan Van Hasenbroek (B): Going Back to School
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details This 2-page case describes the decision Jan took to try to change the way he led IG&H, having been made aware of the harm his leadership was inflicting... -
Rock Health
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Rock Health was a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization offering accelerator services to spur innovation at the intersection of healthcare and technology.... -
Bessemer Trust: Guardians of Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Henry Phipps, Jr. made his fortune in the steel industry alongside one of America's most celebrated entrepreneurs - Andrew Carnegie. His wealth was administered... -
Apple's Core
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best friends who enjoy pulling pranks together and talking about electronics. After several small collaborations, Jobs... -
Maidenform Bras
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Uses Ida Rosenthal's entrepreneurship in brassieres to explore how economic, social, and demographic changes reshaped gender and business enterprises... -
Ask an Expert: What Skills Do I Need to Run a Startup?
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Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service
Management Case Study11.95View Details The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million,... -
Turn Your Hobby into a Startup
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleEntrepreneurship is rarely linear. -
Are You Adapting Your Leadership Strategy as Your Startup Grows?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleIf you don't, your investors might do it for you.