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By Daniel Forbes on Mon May 16 2022

Photo taken by Kai Dragland at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2012 Since our founding in 2014, a central part of our mission at EIX has been supporting knowledge-sharing Read more

By David Deeds on Mon May 16 2022

Our 2022 e-Fest competition kicked off on April 28 with a video starring all 25 of our finalist teams. Share it with your teammates and friends, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter to stay in Read more

By David Deeds on Mon May 09 2022

EIX Executive Editor David Deeds is a professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship, the Schulze Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and research director of the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at Read more

By Gary Dushnitsky and Daniel Forbes on Wed May 04 2022

A key part of our mission at EIX and FamilyBusiness.org is giving entrepreneurs access to new knowledge generated by top-notch academic research. As part of that mission, we have partnered with Read more

By James Beal and David Deeds on Tue May 03 2022

A University of New Hampshire Team, shown here with Best Buy Founder Dick Schulze at right, won first place for their business idea, Hydrophos Solutions. MINNEAPOLIS -- e-Fest 2022 came to an Read more

By David Deeds on Tue Apr 26 2022

With E-Fest 2022 less than a week away, excitement is building as the 25 finalist teams, all undergraduate innovators, gear up for a chance to win part of the $215,000 prize purse. This will be the Read more

By Kimberly Eddleston on Wed Apr 20 2022

Around the globe, family businesses are grappling with the effects of inflation, now at its highest level in 40 years. A recent NFIB report noted that over 30% of business owners feel inflation is Read more

By James Beal on Fri Apr 01 2022

TOP 25 FINALISTS ANNOUNCEMENT MINNEAPOLIS, April 1, 2022 -- Drumroll please...EIX proudly announces the Top 25 Finalists for e-Fest � 2022! We are so happy to be returning to Minneapolis and the Read more

By Sara Stern on Fri Mar 04 2022

Imagine this not so uncommon family business situation. In a f ourth-generation family business, the transition between the previous generations always went from the father to son in the business: Read more

By David Goetz and Melissa Parks on Wed Feb 09 2022

At dinner recently, a friend (Dave’s) began to kvetch about her adulting son. He had lived with her and her husband for a year after college. Finally, the grumpy, underemployed ingrate had moved Read more