The Odds of Successful Entrepreneurship: How to Overcome the Holy Grail Syndrome
By Tijs Besieux
In this article, Tijs Besieux discusses the four steps to overcoming the Holy Grail Syndrome, which could hinder an entrepreneur’s road...
Incorporate Innovation into your Business Model
Interview with Jeff Rosenthal
Innovation is a surefire way to achieve growth and success for your company. Below Jeff Rosenthal, CEO of the UC Berkeley...
Invisible Capital and Why We Need to Democratize Entrepreneurial Opportunity
By Chris Rabb
Invisible capital is the toolkit of our skills, knowledge, networks, experiences and other resources, along with the set of assets we were...
A Call for Corporate Entrepreneurship
By Jim Dewald
Jim Dewald discusses the processes towards corporate entrepreneurship which are needed for organisations to achieve longevity and success in the evolving market.
I...
Beyond Markets: Entrepreneurship in the Civil Society
By Pablo Munoz
Entrepreneurship, as a societal phenomenon, is not embedded in those abstractions we call markets, but rather in what we do daily, oftentimes...
Want More Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship? Go Low-Tech!
By Terence Tse and Mark Esposito
Promoting entrepreneurship is increasingly seen as a way to revive stagnant economies. Below, Terence Tse and Mark Esposito argue...
Your Customer is Not Just King. He or She Can Be Your VC, Too!
By John Mullins
Are you looking for a venture capitalist to finance or grow your startup but you’re struggling in doing so? Surprisingly, perhaps, the...
Improving Rural Livelihoods through E-Commerce: The GoCoop Experience
By Siva Devireddy, G. Sabarinathan, S. Ramakrishna Velamuri and Janine Coughlin
In India’s rural areas live handloom weavers and artisans who have been doing their...
Minding the Gap: Women and Angel Investing
By Susan Coleman and Alicia Robb
In spite of the impressive growth of women-owned firms in the United States in the recent years, they are...
How to fix the broken European system? All we need is EDIE!
By Olaf Groth, Mark Esposito and Terence Tse
An “Entrepreneur-Driven Innovation Ecosystem (EDIE)” can help shift Europe’s early stage entrepreneurial activities toward a model...
New Business Creation Among BRICS Seven Times Faster Than G7 Since The Financial Crisis
By Jean Stephens, CEO of RSM International
RSM International is the seventh largest global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms. Below, a comparative...
The World Business Forum New York
By Henrietta Morris “We have to unlearn what we think we know about leadership.” – Linda Hill This was the message, in this instance boldly stated
Mobile Technology Meets Social Innovation: Reflections on progress and challenges
By Ken Banks
Talk is good, or so they say. But too much talk and not enough action isn’t. After working for the past twelve...
Sustainability Footprints in SMEs – Strategy and Case Studies for Entrepreneurs and Small...
By Lowellyne James
Research indicates that sustainability footprints can transform stakeholder perceptions of waste from being a cost center to a profit center, reduce carbon...
Public-Value Exchanges – New Platforms for Matching Capital to Social Need
By William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan
New models of exchange are critical to the solution economy. They hold the secret to attracting capital of...
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Fixing the Triple Helix
By Adam J Bock and David Johnson
In knowledge-intensive fields, new ventures live or die within entrepreneurial ecosystems. This article shows how policymakers can...
Underdog Branding: Why Underdogs Win in Recessions
By Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Jill Avery
In response to difficult economic and social realities, firms can successfully both inspire, and increase their appeal...
You Must Own Your Reputation: Networking, Entrepreneurship and Reputation
By Jim Pulcrano
Reputation is owned by the people who gossip about you1.
This disquieting statement is by one of the preeminent researchers in the field...
Entrepreneurial Risks and the Joys that Come with Them
By Myra Strober
Sometimes it is only with hindsight that one understands the benefits that come from taking an entrepreneurial risk. In 1974, Myra Strober...
Careering Off Track: The New World of Work
By Adrian Furnham
Today, the idea of a ‘job for life’ is, for many people, neither possible nor desirable. The concept of the career has,...
Aargau – The Swiss High-Tech Canton in Hot Pursuit of Silicon Valley
"Hightech Aargau" is a program of the Aargau government to encourage innovation and growth. With that, the canton of Aargau aims to become the...
Reinventing Professional Services: Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace
By Ari Kaplan
The technological landscape has reshaped the way white collar workers cultivate and promote their businesses. This article offers insights on taking advantage...
The Importance of the World’s Business Provocateurs
By Maria Pinelli
As we emerge from the most severe recession in decades, the need for provocateurs in business is more pronounced than ever. Below,...
How an Accelerator can Catalyse your Ecosystem
By Pekka Sivonen, Paolo Borella, Llewellyn D W Thomas and Dmitry Sharapov
Many industries from IT to car manufacturing, robotic and biotechnology, competition is moving...
How We Teach: Innovation
Interview with Bangor Business School
In our quest to keep you up to date with the latest research in business education, we talk to John...
Fintech: a Force for Disrupting and Democratising Financial Services
Fintech is like a snowball on a hill that is getting bigger and bigger and changing finance tremendously. London-based entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya is well...
Shifting the Gender Gap to an ‘All Differences Matter’ Narrative
by Lianne Taylor CPsychol
This article purposefully shifts the narrative that disadvantages female entrepreneurs to a focus on entrepreneurial differences in thinking, traits and behaviour...
Actions, Not Words Yes, Working Parents Can Succeed – And You Can Help Them...
By Daisy Dowling
Organisations of all sizes and types struggle with the “working parent problem”: how to retain, and foster best performance amongst the significant...
How to Promote Your Reseller Hosting Business
If you are in the reseller hosting business, one thing that you need to focus on is bringing in new clients and standing out...
Boost Your Business Growth by Boosting Your Efficiency
By John Courtney
Growth is what all businesses seek to achieve. You want to increase your business’s value, and that means improving your profitability.
Inefficient practices...
The Importance of Lead Conversion to Your Business
For any strategic business-to-business (b2b) marketing team, driving leads should be the end goal of all of your marketing efforts. After all, leads are...
8 Ways You Can Make A Business More Profitable
To be successful in any business, it’s important to find ways to make your company more profitable. Profitability can be measured in terms of...
Top 11 Platforms to Find Freelance Jobs
As the job economy slowly mends itself back together after the wake of the pandemic, the gig economy is fastly becoming one of the...
Leadership Skills: Why They’re Important and Their Benefits
By Erika Rhein
If you have been looking for an easy way to improve your business, then look no further. Improving the leadership skills of...
Innovative Ideas for Growing a Business Successfully
By Charity Prado
The ultimate goal of starting a business is to build your brand, expand your reach and maximize growth. Regrettably, this does not...
Top Knotch Recruitment Techniques for IT Recruitment
Recruiting IT professionals, despite the ever-growing number of tech talent all over the world, is not an easy task at all. After all, basically,...
Tips for Starting a Small Business Podcast
If you’ve been following current business and marketing trends, you’ll be no stranger to the recent buzz around podcasts. According to recent studies by...
Choosing a Photo for Your Resume: 8 Things to Keep in Mind
The first thing you should ask yourself when selecting a photo for your resume is whether you need to add it or not. In...
How Content Marketing Can Help Your Startup Grow
Content marketing can be one of the best tools at your disposal if you are looking to grow as a startup. These days, virtually...
How to Find Your Business Niche
Being the proud owner of a successful business is a dream come true for many. However, there are a lot of people who struggle...
Four Ways to Make Your Business More Innovative
Innovation is how a business keeps with the times and stays in the game. Making your business more innovative, however, isn’t a one-and-done process....
Women in Management: How to Command Respect as a Woman in Business
Being a woman in business is very hard because it’s still a man’s world that doesn’t react too favorably to intruders. However, the situation...
How to Find a Business for Sale and Flip It for a Profit: A...
Make the most efficient use of your time by flipping and selling a business . As business people continue to seek out reliable, innovative...
The Eight Common Mistakes That Entrepreneurs Make When Negotiating
By Samuel Dinnar and Lawrence Susskind
We all know the statistics. Most start-up businesses fail. While many experts attribute the high failure rate to the...
Reasons Why a Business Plan is Key to Success
A business plan is a fundamental part of your overall business strategy. You must have one, should you want your business to prosper and...
10 Things About Running a Business That You Need to Know
You’ve finally decided to start your own business—congratulations!
Running a business means financial freedom and becoming your own boss. Plus, you’ll get to experience the...
6 HR Te:ch Trends That Every Small Business Owner Should Know
Good tech makes the world go 'round. HR professionals can now turn to automation to help get their jobs done faster and much more...
Dario Item, Ambassador of Antigua & Barbuda: Why entrepreneurs & investors are choosing the...
The year 2020 has welcomed massive shifts in the way we do business. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken every sector of society, especially travel...
The Most Favourable European Countries for Cryptocurrencies
Introduction
The rules and regulations of cryptocurrencies vary from country to country. In most of the European countries, digital currencies are legal, and many merchants...
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Most executives have figured out how to create value for shareholders through experience, observation, and intuition. They’ve developed a wealth of personal wisdom that typically takes them...
From Cradle to Manager: Children’s Books as a Pathway to Build Emotional Intelligence and the Managerial Skillset.
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