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- Entrepreneurs Knock Out MBAs in Tough Times?
- As if MBAs didn't have enough problems already. First, they were being likened to monsters who caused the economic meltdown. Now, there are rumblings that MBAs don't have what it takes to help mend the economic crisis. "As the economy experiences the most deep-seated changes in decades,...
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- Do Entrepreneurs Learn From Failure? Not Really
- Entrepreneurs don't really learn much from failure. What they do learn from is success. That's a rather surprising finding from recent research at Harvard Business School, conducted by professors Paul Gompers, Josh Lerner and David Scharfstein. In their study of several thousand venture-backed concerns,...
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Anderson's Abe: Key Skill for New Entrepreneurs is Managing Risk
- UCLA-Anderson's George Abe helps guide students through the labyrinth of details associated with creating new businesses. Last week, we discussed the language entrepreneurs needed to master to create great business plans and investor term sheets. In this post, we'll hear his ideas about venture risk and the current entrepreneurial...
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- The Traits of Winning -- and Losing -- Entrepreneurs
- Everyone knows a good entrepreneur needs to be unrelenting, but what happens when that persistence becomes stubbornness? There is often a fine line between a winning and non-winning attribute, as Harvard MBA and Cue Ball CEO Anthony Tjan has made clear on his Harvard Business Publishing blog. Here is his...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Aspiring Entrepreneurs Need to Nail the Details, says Anderson's Abe
- An experienced technology entrepreneur before he joined the UCLA-Anderson faculty, George Abe makes sure students' "big ideas" don't languish in limbo by teaching them the rubber to the road aspects of launching companies and obtaining financing. I asked him about the details aspiring student entrepreneurs (and other would-be...
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- 10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs
- This series is supported by Grasshopper, the Virtual Phone System designed for entrepreneurs. Learn more about Grasshopper at Grasshopper.com . Whether your company is just starting out, just starting to turn a profit or already on the verge of an acquisition, as an entrepreneur you'll be...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Inspiring Entrepreneurs Have Ideas, Need Cash
- Maybe you've seen the movie Wall Street a few too many times. Maybe it was just one accounting scandal or product safety recall too many, but sometimes it's pretty easy to be down on business. Greed can make people do some ugly things. And then you...
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- The Venture Development Processes of "Sustainable" Entrepreneurs
- This paper examines the venture development processes of sustainable entrepreneurs, i.e., entrepreneurs who create and build profitable companies that also pursue environmental or social causes. It identifies 21 successful sustainable entrepreneurs in various industries ranging from food, apparel to biotechnology and analyzed their strategies and decisions in key stages of...
- White papers 2005-01-19
- Social Entrepreneurship: Pattern-Changing Entrepreneurs And The Scaling Of Social Impact
- This paper presents findings from an investigation of pattern-changing social entrepreneurs. We examined the efforts of fifteen entrepreneurs and sought to understand the factors that enable successful ones to scale their social impact. All the entrepreneurs were operating in capital constrained environments and scaling required overcoming funding constraints. The findings...
- White papers 2006-01-14
- Diasporas And Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence From The Indian Software Industry
- This paper explores the importance of cross-border social networks for entrepreneurship in developing countries by examining ties between the Indian expatriate community and local entrepreneurs in India's software industry. It was found that entrepreneurs located outside software hubs - in cities where monitoring and information flow on prospective clients is...
- White papers 2007-06-15
- Top entrepreneurs sought.(Brief Article)
- Ernst & Young is seeking nominations for Michigan-based entrepreneurs as part of its 13th annual Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Last year, 10 entrepreneurs from Michigan were chosen as winners. Nominees must be owners or managers responsib Ernst & Young is...
- Research articles 2001-02-12
- Integra Industry Data to Be Offered on New Entrepreneurs Section on Forbes.com; Online Integra Data to Help Business Owners Gain Valuable Insight Into the Performance of Their Business as Compared to Their Peer Group
- KENNESAW, Ga. -- Integra Information announced today that its exclusive industry performance data is now being offered on the new Entrepreneurs section on Forbes.com, www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs. The Integra data allows readers to assess private company performance and industry information free of charge. It is accessible from the Entrepreneurs section homepage in...
- Research articles 2005-10-19
- New online resources for teen business start-ups launched: The U.S. Small Business Administration and JA Worldwide come together to aid young entrepreneurs.(FW FOCUS: EDUCATION AND TRAINING)(Junior Achievement)(www.mindyourownbiz.org)
- The U.S. Small Business Administration recently announced the launch of new online sources for young entrepreneurs at the Mind Your Own Business teen Web site www.mindyourownbiz.org, to help young entrepreneurs succeed in the business. The U.S. Small Business Administration recently announced the launch...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Bad Times Are Good Times for Entrepreneurs
- Bad Times Are Good Times for EntrepreneursRE: Bad Times Are Good Times for Entrepreneurs...unless they can't get capital.RE: Bad Times Are Good Times for EntrepreneursFair enough. I've been working on a piece about that situation for a magazine I write for, and at least for those people willing to...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Why the fed matters to entrepreneurs: interest rate changes x variable rate debt = problems for entrepreneurs.(ADVICE / BUSINESS FINANCE)
- ENTREPRENEURS TEND to be blase about what Alan Greenspan and his Federal Reserve Bank colleagues say about interest rates and inflation. It's just talk, after all, isn't it? Actually, it's not just talk, and no one should be indifferent to the Fed's statements. Here's why: ...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- The Executive Committee's Newest CEO Program Renamed "TEC For Emerging Entrepreneurs"; Entrepreneurs' Edge Name Dropped
- SAN DIEGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 26, 1997--TEC The Executive Committee, the premier chief executive officer education and development organization with more than 5,000 members, has officially changed the name of its newest CEO program to "TEC for Emerging Entrepreneurs" EE. Launched in 1995 as Entrepreneurs' Edge, The Executive Committee's...
- Research articles 1997-09-26
- New Book Unfolds the Fascinating Success Stories of 12 Women Entrepreneurs Who Turned Ideas Into Reality
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 11, 1999-- "Women Entrepreneurs Only" by Gregory K. Ericksen Makes Its Debut In his latest study of entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial spirit, "Women Entrepreneurs Only": 12 Women Entrepreneurs Tell the Stories of Their Success (Wiley; 1999), Gregory K. Ericksen spotlights entrepreneurial women - single mothers,...
- Research articles 1999-05-11
- 7 Mantras For Maverick Entrepreneurs
- Enterprise UK, the organisation set up to encourage social entrepreneurship and run by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills has kicked off Global Entrepreneurship Week. The event was launched by a morning of panel discussions at the British Library in London and while there was some sage advice from...
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- VCs Follow Entrepreneurs
- Both Brad Feld and Fred Wilson have recent posts on their blogs about the availability of a Google CSE for the Venture Capital Network of blogs. It’s a good idea. Not to boast but this capability has been available for My Way, The Entrepreneur’s...
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Serial Entrepreneurs
- Article discusses the term Serial Entrepreneurs. The Internet boom of the 1990s brought attention to the "elite subculture of serial entrepreneurs". Though the fortunes of most of the people dried up with the dot-com crash and, as one writer puts it, "the gold rush mentality of the mid-‘90s...
- White papers 2003-09-01
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