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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... -
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Strategy for Start-ups
Competitive strategy SpotlightFirst answer two questions; then explore four paths. -
Everything You (Don't) Want to Know About Raising Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleMany built-in problems and risks await the entrepreneur who is searching for capital. Being aware of the realities can help - realities like that raising... -
SPACs: What You Need to Know
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleSpecial purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have been around in various forms for decades, but during the past two years they've taken off in the... -
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. -
Everyone Should Learn the Entrepreneurial Method
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleWhen I was a teenager, the older women in my family taught me to cook. I learned it was traditional not to add salt when cooking lentils, because it would... -
A Lean Startup Approach to International Development
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleLarge-scale planning isn't the answer. -
Five Ways to Innovate Faster
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleTo accelerate your search for a viable new growth model, start with the two-pizza rule. -
Can Companies Get Too Big to Grow?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleIf you work in a large company and you want to become humble quickly, check out Stall Points, a fascinating stream of research by the Corporate Executive... -
When Your Business Needs a Second Growth Engine
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTraditionally, the most reliable way for a firm to find its next wave of growth was to apply the capabilities of its core business in an adjacent market.... -
To Make Lean Startups Work, You Need a Balanced Team
Innovation & Leadership ResearchResearchers found educationally diverse teams perform better, but adding MBAs to the mix has both negative and positive effects. -
The Road to Crowdfunding Hell
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleCrowdfunding of equity capital for startups is one of a handful of jewels in the crown of the JOBS Act that swept through the House and Senate in a rare... -
Innovation and Iteration: Friends Not Foes
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThe Fortune 500 issue had a fascinating story about Amazon.com. "It's easy to believe that Jeff Bezos is one of the great innovators," the story noted.... -
The Secret to Lean Innovation Is Making Learning a Priority
Innovation Digital ArticleSuccess can skyrocket when lessons are systematically captured and made available to everyone. -
What Western Investors Want from African Entrepreneurs
Global Business Digital ArticleLeadership matters more than the business model. -
Twitch CEO on the Future of the Creator Economy - and the Challenge to Keep the Platform Safe
Global Business Digital Article"That kind of violence, that kind of hate ... [doesn't] have any place anywhere in our society, or especially on Twitch." -
Making the Leap to Entrepreneurship
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleLessons from the founder of Schmidt's Naturals. -
Welcome to Innovation Insights
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThere is a pervasive belief that innovation is random and unpredictable. Data would seem to support this belief. Ask a venture capitalist what percent...
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African Entrepreneurship: Weighing Adventure Travel Business Opportunities
Management Case Study8.95View Details It was June 2021 and the international tourism industry was beginning to show signs of revival after the COVID-19 global pandemic. Small business owner... -
Entrepreneurship Reading: Partnering with Venture Capitalists
15.90View Details This Reading takes a deep look at the venture capital (VC) industry in the United States. VCs have a unique perspective on opportunity evaluation, deal... -
Dementia Discovery Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details After the British government searched for a venture capital organization to create a new dementia fund, it selected SV Health, a UK- and US-based healthcare... -
Marv Tseu at Active Reasoning
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes a set of decisions confronting the management team of an early-stage software company. The company has made considerable progress in developing... -
Corporate New Ventures at Procter & Gamble
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble is faced with an urgent need to revitalize new-product innovation, given its recent focus on incremental product... -
Stanford Management Company in 2017: Venture Capital and Other Asset Allocation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Greg Milani, Senior Managing Director of the Stanford Management Company, considers how much of Stanford's $27 billion endowment to allocate to early... -
ONSET Ventures
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study6.95View Details ONSET Ventures, is a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage start-ups. Describes the principles and strategies the firm has developed over its life.... -
Gracious Eloise: What Do Angels Want? (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study6.95View Details Eloise Bune successfully turned an idea into a product, but could she persuade angel investors that she had a business worth investing in? The case details... -
OCP Africa: Building Ecosystems For Sustainability
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The OCP Africa illustrates the challenges of entering a market challenged by unfavorable conditions for the target customer - be it infrastructure, access... -
Growing on YouTube: Eric Kim's Story
Management Case Study8.95View Details In 2020, when everyone had been quarantined at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea-based Eric Kim jumped onto YouTube, a video-sharing digital... -
Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge, Video
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study150.00View Details Describes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board of directors, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders,... -
Glassdoor: The Fundraising Journey (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details From his time as a young engineer at Microsoft in 1993, to the challenge of building Glassdoor from the ground up until it reached a valuation of over... -
Fairview Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Fairview Capital is a pioneering alternative assets investment manager, as it is the first U.S. private equity fund of funds that focused on investing... -
ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corp. (A): March 1991
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corp., a development-stage biotechnology company, is considering making an initial offering of common stock. The diverse perspectives... -
Integral Vision Ltd. (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Benjamin Rosen and Compaq
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Addresses the challenges faced by Ben Rosen and the company board of directors as continuing problems force it to make a decision about the ongoing governance... -
Note on Corporate Venture Capital
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Provides an overview of corporate venture investment. -
Reimagining Hindustan Unilever (A)
Management Case Study8.95View Details In the fall of 2019, the CEO and MD of Hindustan Unilever (HUL), India's largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) firm, is wondering what to do about... -
Alchemist Accelerator
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Alchemist Accelerator follows the story of Ravi Belani, founder and Managing Director of Alchemist Accelerator, as he leads one of the leading enterprise-focused... -
Eastwind Trading Co. (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Describes the aftermath of the (A) case. Describes the actions taken and the possible consequences for the company and its principals. Also describes...
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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... -
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Strategy for Start-ups
Competitive strategy SpotlightFirst answer two questions; then explore four paths. -
How to Pick the Best Name for Your Company
Innovation & Leadership AdviceThree guidelines to consider. -
Everything You (Don't) Want to Know About Raising Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleMany built-in problems and risks await the entrepreneur who is searching for capital. Being aware of the realities can help - realities like that raising... -
SPACs: What You Need to Know
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleSpecial purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have been around in various forms for decades, but during the past two years they've taken off in the... -
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. -
African Entrepreneurship: Weighing Adventure Travel Business Opportunities
Management Case Study8.95View Details It was June 2021 and the international tourism industry was beginning to show signs of revival after the COVID-19 global pandemic. Small business owner... -
Entrepreneurship Reading: Partnering with Venture Capitalists
15.90View Details This Reading takes a deep look at the venture capital (VC) industry in the United States. VCs have a unique perspective on opportunity evaluation, deal...