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The Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleDiversify your product line. Stick to your knitting. Hire a professional manager. Watch fixed costs. Those are some of the suggestions that entrepreneurs... -
The Five Stages of Small Business Growth
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleNo researcher has explored the earliest period of a business’s development in detail—until now. -
Why Start-ups Fail
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleIt’s not always the horse or the jockey. -
Entrepreneurs, Is a Venture Studio Right for You?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFounders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there’s another option. -
Coevolving: At Last, a Way to Make Synergies Work
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe promise of synergy is the prime rationale for the existence of the multibusiness corporation. Yet for most corporations, the "1-plus-1-equals-3" arithmetic... -
The Reluctant Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor years, I’ve been reading about executives who leave their jobs and go into business for themselves, where they find contentment and learn the meaning of life. Now that I’ve done it, I’m here to tell you it isn’t quite that easy. I was on the corporate fast track for almost 30 years, and now […] -
More-Experienced Entrepreneurs Have Bigger Deadline Problems
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleNew research shows that the more projects company builders have under their belts, the worse they are at anticipating delays. -
The Soul of a Start-up
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThere's an essential, intangible "something" in start-ups--an energy, a soul. It inspires enthusiasm and fosters a sense of deep connection and mutual... -
The Innovative Mindset Your Company Can’t Afford to Lose
Innovation Digital ArticleFinding the hackers, problem-solvers, and other people impatient for change. -
Strategy Vs. Tactics from a Venture Capitalist
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleAs a venture capitalist, I am often asked for my views on why some entrepreneurs succeed and others fail. Obviously, there are no cut-and-dried answers to that question. Still, a few general observations about how I evaluate new businesses should shed some light on what I think it takes to make an entrepreneurial venture thrive […] -
What Makes a Successful Startup Team
Entrepreneurial management ResearchIt’s not all about experience and industry knowledge. -
Should You Give Up on Your New Dream?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow to know if it's time to fold 'em. -
Starting Up in High Gear
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleEntrepreneurs have always needed imagination and daring. What’s different today, says one of the architects of the new economy, is that they have to move a lot faster than ever before, with a lot less room for error. -
Don't Take Money from VCs Until You've Asked 4 Questions
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleDue diligence should go both ways. -
3 Strategies to Convince People That Your Startup Is Legit
Entrepreneurial management Digital ArticleProjecting legitimacy helps you get buy-in from investors, customers, and other key stakeholders. -
When the Boss Won't Budge (Commentary on HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAllerGen, a young biotechnology firm, is heading for trouble, possibly even bankruptcy. The company's one product--a vaccine for people allergic to cats--may... -
Innovation Potential: Innovation Inventory #2
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThis article is part of a 10-part series highlighting what companies need to do to transform uncertainty into opportunity. The full list will be posted... -
Managing by Commitments
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleThe actions you take today can pave the way to success tomorrow. Or they can lock you into a doomed business model. The best managers know when to make commitments—and when to break them. -
5 Strategies to Help Charities Weather the Pandemic
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleLessons from the fundraising arm of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. -
How Startup "Joiners" Are (and Aren't) Like Founders
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleResearch on those who want to work for startups, but don't want to be in charge.
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Perspective on Entrepreneurship, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Designed to highlight alternative concepts of good management and the need for entrepreneurship as a response to societal changes. It argues that entrepreneurship... -
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Shanghai Diligence Law Firm continued with its approach to grow through a merger, rather than organically, and was eventually merged into a bigger law... -
General Electric: Strategic Position--1981
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Describes the introduction and evolution of General Electric's strategic planning system from the 1960s to Jack Welch's tenure. Allows discussion of the... -
Evisort: An A.I.-Powered Start-up Uses Text Mining to Become Google for Contracts
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Start-up Evisort was cofounded by two law students seeking to create AI-enhanced software providing contract management and processing solutions for attorneys... -
Colette Phillips and GetKonnected!: Creating Inclusive Ecosystems
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Colette Phillips' marketing firm had just won the City of Boston's 2nd largest contract in history to a Black-owned company. During the COVID-19 pandemic,... -
BC Partners: Acuris
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case follows Nikos Stathopoulos, Managing Partner of BC Partners, as he and his team evaluate the potential sale of one of BC Partners' portfolio... -
Note on Developing Start-Up Strategies
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Chasm Security: Facing the Technology Startup's Dilemmas (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Case (C) introduces the latest progress of Chasm Security as of the end of 2018. It then poses a very inspiring question to comprehensively summarize... -
Endo Pharmaceuticals (E): Judge Stein Rules
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
Destination-U: College Counseling on the Internet
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Mother and son tandem Toby and Greg Waldorf started Destination-U, an online college matching service, in April 2004. Greg had a deep background in start-ups... -
A Digital Transformation Mandate: Ensure a Lifetime of Fulfilment for Those with Down Syndrome and Their Families
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details MDSC is a 501(c)(3) organization, professionally staffed with a mission to ensure individuals with Down syndrome are valued, included, and given opportunities... -
Nantucket Nectars, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The founders of Nantucket Nectars are trying to decide whether to sell their company. The case describes how the founders started the company and grew... -
Intrapreneurship at DaVita HealthCare Partners
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details DaVita had launched Paladina in early 2011 and the startup was struggling to gain traction: Paladina had already used a significant amount of the $40... -
GPS & Vision Express (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details GPS acquired Vision Express, but it is not going well. Two executives at GPS are proposing a revolution at Vision Express, which would change the company's... -
Meg Whitman at eBay, Inc. (A), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Meg Whitman takes over as CEO of eBay from the founder. She must figure out how to lead the company through a stage of phenomenal growth without compromising... -
Managing Rapid Growth, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes the issues that entrepreneurs and their firms must deal with in attempting to make the transition from entrepreneurial to professional management.... -
Shriram Transport Finance
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In December 2012, the stock of Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC) had just breached the ₹750 mark, signifying an appreciation of close to 80 per... -
MBA Entrepreneurs: Crowdfunding Wipebook (B) Year Two: Growth and Obstacles
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case HEC143. The Wipebook case follows a start-up company over a two-year period. The company originated from a product idea proposed by... -
Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers
32.00View Details Using the groundbreaking formula they introduced in their book "Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean," Karen... -
Securities Law and Public Offerings
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details ...
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The Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleDiversify your product line. Stick to your knitting. Hire a professional manager. Watch fixed costs. Those are some of the suggestions that entrepreneurs... -
The Five Stages of Small Business Growth
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleNo researcher has explored the earliest period of a business’s development in detail—until now. -
Why Start-ups Fail
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleIt’s not always the horse or the jockey. -
Entrepreneurs, Is a Venture Studio Right for You?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFounders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there’s another option. -
Perspective on Entrepreneurship, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Designed to highlight alternative concepts of good management and the need for entrepreneurship as a response to societal changes. It argues that entrepreneurship... -
State of the Incubator Marketspace
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Other Article995.00View Details This research report provides an in-depth analysis of business incubators. The rise and proliferation of incubators (an umbrella term for any organization... -
Coevolving: At Last, a Way to Make Synergies Work
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe promise of synergy is the prime rationale for the existence of the multibusiness corporation. Yet for most corporations, the "1-plus-1-equals-3" arithmetic... -
The Reluctant Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor years, I’ve been reading about executives who leave their jobs and go into business for themselves, where they find contentment and learn the meaning of life. Now that I’ve done it, I’m here to tell you it isn’t quite that easy. I was on the corporate fast track for almost 30 years, and now […] -
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Shanghai Diligence Law Firm continued with its approach to grow through a merger, rather than organically, and was eventually merged into a bigger law... -
General Electric: Strategic Position--1981
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Describes the introduction and evolution of General Electric's strategic planning system from the 1960s to Jack Welch's tenure. Allows discussion of the...