Catherine Buday
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Family Business Editor
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Startup Founders: You Can't Get Back Family Time
43963 viewsAn occasional terrific weekend or long vacation is not enough. Putting the kids to bed, having dinners with them and reading them stories matters far more.
A Lean Startup Approach to Engaging High School Students
23721 viewsTeachers have discovered that the entrepreneurial process is powerful in engaging their students and, most importantly, getting them excited about their education. EDITOR’S NOTE: Doris Korda spent
Tom Golisano: Built Not Born
1572 viewsTom Golisano is the founder and CEO of Paychex, which went from a shoestring operation to a $3.8 billion company with more than 15,000 employees. His book's 184 pages are filled with lessons for new
Paychex Founder Tom Golisano's Advice for Innovators
25875 viewsThe founder of the $4 billion payroll processing company talks with us about challenging conventional wisdom, complimenting competitors, the pitfalls of sharing equity and what he looks for as an investor.
Timeless Lessons from Dick Schulze
26331 viewsThe founder of Best Buy (and EIX and FamilyBusiness.org) has always had a passion for helping business owners succeed. He lives by these rules.
Professors and Experts: Would You Like Your Articles to be Read?
8568 viewsEntrepreneurship professors and other experts can take a cue from Super Bowl ads to encourage more entrepreneurs to discover and learn from their research.
Serial Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Noah Alper of Noah's Bagels
17827 viewsThe founder of Noah's and several other companies candidly discusses his hits and misses -- and shares more than a schmear of great advice for new entrepreneurs.
Intrapreneurship Can Turbocharge Companies
67640 viewsInnovating within an established firm isn't easy. Author Jim Euchner offers a set of complementary tools and processes to help intrapreneurs successfully drive change.
EIX, FamilyBusiness Will Surpass 22 Million Annual Page Views
29748 viewsFrom just 20,000 views 11 years ago, the two sites have had explosive year-over-year growth.
EIX Partners With the Journal of Business Venturing
6429 viewsAlliance aims to bring the research-proven insights and advice to business owners and startups.
Celebrating International Women's Day 2023
5681 viewsEIX and familybusiness.org have a library of articles with research-based best practices for entrepreneurial women. Check them out here.
International Women's Day 2023: Resources for Family Business Women
735 viewsFamilybusiness.org and EIX have dozens of articles sharing best practices for entrepreneurial women. You can find them here.
Announcing Our New Partnership With Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
5203 viewsEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP) is a leading journal in entrepreneurship research with a 5-year impact factor of 14.105. We are pleased to announce our new partnership with ETP.
EIX's Editorial Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI Tools
23898 viewsYou are welcome to use these tools to help draft, revise, and/or expand on submitted articles -- but make sure you understand our rules.
Research-Based Advice for Businesses: Our 10 Best-Read Articles
119349 viewsOver the years we've brought readers practical advice based on research: rigorous studies that analyze what truly works. These ones resonated the most.
Dick Schulze Reflects on a Decade of Impact: More Than 15 Million Annual Views
155031 viewsThe Best Buy founder, whose foundation underwrites the two sites and keeps their resources free to use, discusses their growth and global reach.
Dick Schulze Reflects on Our Growing Impact: More Than 15 Million Annual Views
55112 viewsThe Best Buy founder, whose charitable foundation supports our site, reflects on our growing reach to family business leaders around the world.
A Tech Entrepreneur Turns Local News Publisher
4493 viewsPeter Thomas made a bundle selling his software company. He now hopes to develop a profitable business model for an increasingly unprofitable industry.
Academy of Management Honors FamilyBusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston
26519 viewsThe award recognizes her role in launching and growing the world's leading website for supporting and educating family businesses.
New Series: Making the Leap to Entrepreneurship
54916 viewsHear stories and words of wisdom from people who left careers with guaranteed salaries for the uncertainty of business ownership.
Making the Leap: From Corporate HR to Training & Development Company Founder
6015 viewsKnow how much your advice is worth, and charge the same as your competitors; decide whether to grow or keep things simple; and avoid projects that could hurt your brand.
Making the Leap: From Architecture Firms to Knowledge Management Software Founder
6435 viewsChris Parsons of Knowledge Architecture talks about how to minimize the financial risk when you leave salaried work, and why you do not need to be a big risk-taker to be a successful business owner.
Making the Leap: From Tech Freelancer to Employer
4520 viewsJohn Eckhardt was a sought-after freelance tech consultant. To grow, he had to step back from what came naturally and hire and manage others.
Making the Leap: From Silicon Valley to PR Company Founder
9070 viewsBusiness owner, author, advisor and teacher Sabrina Horn shows how to disarm your fear and organize your risk as you go out on your own.
Making the Leap: From Consultant to Fitness Technology Innovator
4345 viewsEliteFit.ai provides AI-powered movement assessments and fitness programs for business and public sector clients.
Editors’ Picks
"Built Not Born"
Tom Golisano is the founder and CEO of Paychex, which went from a shoestring operation to a $3.8 billion company with more than 15,000 employees. His book's 184 pages are filled with lessons for new entrepreneurs, based on what Golisano learned the hard way, and with rollicking tales of his first entrepreneurial ventures. It's a quick read that sounds more like a conversation with a very wise mentor.
Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
By all accounts, DaVinci was a genius. But along with the Mona Lisa and Vitruvian Man, he also had a long trail of inventions that never panned out and ideas that never went anywhere. This book delves into the polymath's fascinating processes, his successes and frustrations, and holds lessons for innovators everywhere. Don't miss the last chapter, where Isaacson summarizes the key things that entrepreneurs can learn from Leonardo.