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By Phil Greenwood on Thu Aug 17 2017

The timing of external funding for a new venture can have dramatic impact on its survival and success. In the case of equity financing (i.e., preferred and/or common stock), seeking funding before Read more

By Eden Blair and Tanya Marcum on Tue Aug 15 2017

What’s better than fully funding your crowdfunding campaign? You might think it's raising far more than you requested. Turns out, having too much of a good thing creates unexpected, complex Read more

By David Hsu on Mon Aug 07 2017

New venture capital firms must make a variety of strategic decisions about market positioning and relationships with the entrepreneurs in their portfolio. One choice VC firms must make is whether to Read more

By Charles Eesley, Edward Roberts and David Hsu on Sat Jul 29 2017

Entrepreneurs who want to turn a great idea into a thriving business inevitably need a team that can make it happen. What increases their odds of a successful venture: hiring mainly technical experts Read more

By Olav Sorenson and Michael S. Dahl on Tue Jun 20 2017

Entrepreneurs with great ideas often feel they must pull up stakes and move to a region that is known as a hub for their specific industry. But research that we published in 2012 suggests that they Read more

By Kimberly Eddleston on Tue Jun 20 2017
Interviewee: Doug Baumoel

With ties that bind emotionally and legally, family businesses are different from non-family firms: sensitive, easily disrupted and conflict-prone. But in this interview with FamilyBusiness.org Read more

By Kimberly Eddleston on Tue Jun 13 2017

The Corleones of "Godfather" fame are an extreme example of a “family business.” But like many family businesses, they have a family member who is a serious hindrance to their business, is less Read more

By Eapen Chacko on Mon May 29 2017

Health care is a hotly debated topic in the US -- how it's delivered, whether the government or employers pay for it, how research on promising new drugs is funded and other issues. "Innovation" is Read more

By Charles Eesley on Tue May 02 2017

Unlike the US, most developing countries lack the regulatory and financial infrastructure needed to help promote entrepreneurship. Private resources such as venture capitalists, angel investors and Read more

By Howard E. Aldrich on Thu Apr 20 2017

New and unproven? Fake it and you are more likely to make it. More than five decades ago, celebrated sociologist Arthur Stinchcombe coined the term “liability of newness” to depict the Read more