Category: Commentary

While it appears that Covid-19 is waning in many parts of the world, its effects -- economic as well as physical -- still linger for many. Among the hardest hit: working women, including those who Read more

The winning Rutgers University team included (left to right) Juliet Petillo, Harrison Zhang, Clairisse Whang and Alyssa Krisinski MINNEAPOLIS, April 26, 2021 – For the first time in its five-year Read more

Companies led by entrepreneurs allocate more than twice the percentage of profits to charity than many of America’s largest companies , a fact noted in an earlier EIX article, “Perils of Read more

Female Advisors Can Help Family Businesses

As we continue seeing women make progress in their family businesses by breaking glass ceilings, gaining board seats, and increasingly being named successor, it is important to celebrate the women Read more

Which kinds of startup teams will be more successful: people who've worked together in the past and share many experiences, or groups of individuals with different work histories and experiences? My Read more

Everybody from former CEOs to former Speaker of The House Paul Ryan to Shaq to Colin Kaepernick are all leading Wall Street’s latest fad – The Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC). Read more

Listen to the Experts: How Family Firms are Surviving the Pandemic

It has been almost a year since the Covid pandemic rocked the world. While we have seen some family businesses forced to close their doors forever, others have successfully pivoted their business, Read more

“Not academic research.” I have a confession to make. As a working entrepreneur prior to earning my doctorate, this would have been my response if asked where I turn for information on running my Read more

The $325 billion second Covid relief bill -- the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act -- was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The Small Business Administration Read more

The 21 st century brought about an explosion of businesses built around digital platforms, which transformed markets and economies worldwide. The so-called platform revolution upended entire Read more