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By Lawrence Trautman and Wayne Aho on Thu Aug 08 2019

Note: This is the first of two articles that explore crowdfunding's emergence as an important source of capital for entrepreneurs and others; its history and an overview of how the major crowdfunding Read more

By Sharon Belenzon on Mon Apr 29 2019

What's in a name? For many family-run businesses, the business name and family name are the same, linking the reputations of the two, for better or worse. New family business owners often grapple Read more

By Sharon Belenzon on Mon Apr 29 2019

By Sharon Belanzon, Aaron K. Chatterji and Brendan Daley Business history is filled with legendary companies named for their founders: Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey Read more

By Sandy Yu and Lee Fleming on Wed Apr 10 2019

By Sandy Yu, Scott Johnson, Chiayu Lai, Antonio Cricelli and Lee Fleming As Silicon Valley, Boston and metropolitan New York show, entrepreneurship can drive the prosperity of a region -- creating Read more

By Claudia Binz Astrachan on Mon Mar 11 2019

Succession is one of the biggest challenges a family business can face. Many business owners and families assume that family business succession planning will be difficult, risky and conflict-prone, Read more

By Chris Farrell on Wed Mar 06 2019

This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, the Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange .) Family-run Read more

By Ann Winblad on Tue Feb 19 2019

For venture capitalist Ann Winblad, being one of the lone women in a world dominated by men and hearing "no" at three pivotal occasions in her life only made her more determined and resourceful. Read more

By Kathryn Kloepfer, Roland Kidwell and Kevin Cox on Tue Feb 12 2019

It’s become increasingly popular to commercialize innovation or technology from universities via spin-off companies. However, this process can be challenging because it usually originates in a Read more

By Catherine Buday on Wed Dec 19 2018

As an entrepreneur, Steve Blank was part of or co-founded eight startups. Today, he’s best known as the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship and credited with launching the Lean Startup movement, Read more

By Emily Pahnke on Tue Dec 18 2018

By Emily Pahnke, Ji Youn (Rose) Kim, Michael Howard and Warren Boeker Venture capitalists bankroll invention, but is signing checks the only contribution they make to the world of innovation? Our Read more