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By James Beal on Mon Jun 24 2019

Park & Diamond, which has invented a bicycle helmet that is stylish and portable as well as safe, was the eFest2017 grand prize winner, taking home $100,000. For its founders Jordan Klein and David Read more

By James Beal on Fri Mar 15 2019

To learn more about eFest, EIX's competition for undergraduate business ideas, click here . MINNEAPOLIS, April 14, 2019 -- We are very pleased to announce the results of our 2019 Schulze Read more

By Catherine Buday and Steve Blank on Thu Feb 14 2019

Steve Blank has had a celebrated career as serial entrepreneur and founder of the Lean Startup movement, which for the first time gave startups a methodology for success. Best known as the Father of Read more

By Dustin Slade on Mon Feb 04 2019

In 1979, Personal Software began selling Visicalc, the first personal computer spreadsheet. Visicalc was so compelling, people bought Apple II computers just so they could use Visicalc, making it the Read more

By Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall on Tue Jan 22 2019

Nearly two centuries ago, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, of the now-venerable Veuve Clicquot champagne company, found herself widowed at age 27 with a small child. With little experience and lots Read more

By Robert Caldwell on Wed Dec 26 2018

When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. -- Robert Bly A client told me once that all a family member needed to come Read more

By Kimberly Eddleston on Mon Nov 12 2018
Interviewee: Lisa Lazure , Steven Mould

Entrepreneurs must believe in their products or services deeply enough to explain their worth to potential customers or clients. For most, this means learning to sell for the very first time -- an Read more

By Michael Klein on Tue Oct 09 2018

For some individuals, working in a family business can be an incredible gift. For others, it's a prison without any chance of parole. For those who are feeling trapped in the family business, Read more

By Alfredo De Massis on Thu Sep 13 2018

Family firms often face limits on the financial and human capital available to them. But in Germany, a class of small- to medium-sized businesses known as the "Mittlestand" has learned to transcend Read more

By Kimberly Eddleston on Mon Sep 03 2018
Interviewee: Joseph Brito, Jr.

Joe Brito, the third-generation head of C.B. Utility Co. in Bristol, Rhode Island, started his career in the family business as a laborer. He firmly believes that anybody entering their family Read more