Category: Applied and Practice

Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Family Firms: An Assessment Tool

When it comes to innovation, family firms often are trapped in an “ability–willingness paradox”: the superior ability to innovate is unrealized because of fear of innovation. Our research 1 Read more

Note: This is the first of two articles that explore crowdfunding's emergence as an important source of capital for entrepreneurs and others; its history and an overview of how the major crowdfunding Read more

By Sharon Belanzon, Aaron K. Chatterji and Brendan Daley Business history is filled with legendary companies named for their founders: Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey Read more

Why You Should Name Your Business After Yourself

What's in a name? For many family-run businesses, the business name and family name are the same, linking the reputations of the two, for better or worse. New family business owners often grapple Read more

By Sandy Yu, Scott Johnson, Chiayu Lai, Antonio Cricelli and Lee Fleming As Silicon Valley, Boston and metropolitan New York show, entrepreneurship can drive the prosperity of a region -- creating Read more

Successful Successions are Never Smooth

Succession is one of the biggest challenges a family business can face. Many business owners and families assume that family business succession planning will be difficult, risky and conflict-prone, Read more

Daughters are Taking Over Family Businesses

This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, the Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange .) Family-run Read more

For venture capitalist Ann Winblad, being one of the lone women in a world dominated by men and hearing "no" at three pivotal occasions in her life only made her more determined and resourceful. Read more

It’s become increasingly popular to commercialize innovation or technology from universities via spin-off companies. However, this process can be challenging because it usually originates in a Read more

As an entrepreneur, Steve Blank was part of or co-founded eight startups. Today, he’s best known as the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship and credited with launching the Lean Startup movement, Read more