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Entrepreneurs often benefit from the advice and support of great mentors and investors who want to work with them. One powerful way entrepreneurs can attract great mentors and investors is to improve Read more |
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By Yannick Bammens and Jakob Lilienweiss on Fri Dec 02 2022
Many large corporations are making corporate venture capital (CVC) investments in tech startups. While the innovation benefits for these corporations have received much attention in the business Read more |
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By Jay Ebben and Jack Dempsey on Thu Aug 04 2022
The Entrepreneurial Deal Analysis course works well for students pursuing careers in real estate, business development, consulting, banking, and other fields. This spring, the Schulze School of Read more |
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By Andrea Contigiani on Tue Feb 08 2022
After the emergence of the Lean Startup, many entrepreneurs choose to test the market for their product and run a lot of experiments before scaling their businesses. At the same time, some take a Read more |
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Back in the depths of the Great Recession, two World Wide Web pioneers set up shop on Menlo Park, Calif.’s venture capital enclave, Sand Hill Road. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz of early Web Read more |
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By Jon Eckhardt on Mon Apr 05 2021
On April 1, Madison, Wisconsin-based company Fetch Rewards became a unicorn, with a $210 million investment round lead by SoftBank VisionFund 2. EIX Editor in Chief Jon Eckhardt interviewed the Read more |
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By Tom Vanacker on Mon Jan 18 2021
New firms can attract resources by sending out signals about their quality. They do this because a new firm’s quality is often uncertain and hard to observe. But we don’t know much about what Read more |
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By Daniel Forbes on Tue Dec 17 2019
Venture capital affiliations can shape how outsiders view a startup. Employees and investors, however, interpret VC reputation in different ways. New firms must attract two kinds of resources: talent Read more |
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By Kevin Bryan and András Tilcsik on Tue Nov 19 2019
Research found that founders who followed mentors’ advice were no more likely to succeed than those who resisted it. Experience may matter more than coachability. Many venture capital firms, Read more |
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By Ann Winblad on Tue Feb 19 2019
Ann Winblad faced repeated rejection before building Hummer Winblad. Her story offers lessons for entrepreneurs competing for scarce startup capital. For venture capitalist Ann Winblad, being one of Read more |
