Category: Applied and Practice

The Business Age and Growth Segmentation (BAGS) framework can help urban business support organizations envision interconnected programs and ecosystems for entrepreneurs. Around the world, many Read more

Test Your Startup Idea in One Day

Start with a landing page for your product or service idea, promote it, and gather feedback from potential customers. In the early stages of building an idea, customer discovery is a critical step. Read more

An entrepreneur has many challenges; new problems to solve, new solutions to develop, new organizations to build, new customers to satisfy, along with many more. Successful entrepreneurship does not Read more

The World Health Organization has recognized the importance of mental health in achieving overall health and well-being, asserting that there is no health without mental health. This is particularly Read more

The ability to sell an idea – to colleagues, management, potential investors, and customers – has never been more crucial for business people, especially in a digital world with a loud and Read more

Part 1 of a two-part series Are you familiar with any of the following scenarios? “My business unit leaders never set realistic budgets, I have to push them and prod them to get growth—did I hire Read more

Attitudes Towards Money Can Cloud Family Business Decisions

In our work with business families, we encounter a wide range of approaches for establishing financial targets and making financial business decisions. Interestingly, such practices often diverge Read more

How to Transform an Outdated Board

Creating a board of directors is not a one and done activity. As a business grows and the business environment evolves, boards often need to be revitalized and transformed to adjust to the new Read more

Using AI to Grow Your Family Business

Just two years ago, generative AI was not on anyone's radar. But today, it promises to be one of the most disruptive forces for family businesses and all kinds of firms. We have seen it in our own Read more

It is always exciting when a startup grows big enough to hire beyond the founding team. It can also be frightening for the founders, because being an employer means new responsibilities: writing job Read more