Schulze Awards

Schulze Distinguished Professorships

To support emerging thought leaders in the field of entrepreneurship, the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation designates distinguished scholars and educators as Schulze Professors. Research stipends are provided to Schulze Distinguished Professors to assist their efforts to advance thought leadership in entrepreneurship.

Inaugural

David Deeds, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, University of St. Thomas  

James Wetherbe, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University  

2015

Jonathan Eckhardt, Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, School of Business, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Kimberly Eddleston, D’Amore-McKim School Business, Northeastern University

Daniel Forbes, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

2016

Charles Eesley, College of Engineering, Stanford University

2017

Ethan Mollick, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Brent Goldfarb, Robert H Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

2018

Ramana Nanda, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Emily Pahnke, Foster School of Business, University of Washington

2019

Mahka Moeen, University of North Carolina

Publication Awards

Since 2014, Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange has recognized authors whose submissions have exceptional merit through its Schulze Publication Awards. In 2018 our awards eligibility was expanded to also consider authors who have published articles on familybusiness.org.

Published submissions are given visibility through the EIX, familybusiness.org and Schulze Family Foundation sites, and are eligible via crowdsourcing feedback for ultimate recognition through a Schulze Award. 

Schulze Awards are a significant achievement, exhibiting quality of thought and workmanship as they pass through the EIX and familybusiness.org review communities. Award winners by years are as follows:

2022

EIX

Applied and Practice

•            a16z Brings Thought Leadership to the Valley Charles Eesley, James C. Wetherbe, Robert Buday
• Be Careful When Using Home Equity to Finance a Business Dwight Kealy
• How Tech Startups Protect Against the Downside of Corporate Venture Capital: Jakob Lilienweiss, Yannick Bammens
• Intrapreneurship Can Turbocharge Companies Catherine Buday, Jim Euchner
• Protect Your Business From Cyberattacks Joseph Simpson
• Should You Sell or Hold That Patent? Haemin Dennis Park, Jung H. Kwon, Shu Deng
• These 10 Common Accounting Mistakes Can Doom Early-Stage Enterprises Phil Greenwood
• To the Stars! The Present Challenges and Future Possibilities of Space Entrepreneurship David Townsend, Ken Davidian
• Who Will Be Your Competitors in the Future? Gideon Markman, Jin-Su Kang, Stephen Downing
•        How to Build an Innovative Mindset Fred Rose

Education and Teaching

• Disruptors v. Defenders: Course-Length Corporate Entrepreneurship Simulation John H. Wilson
• 'Entrepreneurial Deal Analysis' Course Energizes Students Jack Dempsey, Jay Ebben

Features

• How Startups Can Prepare for Hard Times Leslie Hunter-Gadsden
• Is Asking Friends and Family Members for Money the Right Move for Your Business? Betty Wong, Emelie Calbick
• Marketing Strategies for a New Entrepreneur Leslie Hunter-Gadsden
• Using Social Media to Market Startup Businesses Leslie Hunter-Gadsden
• Interview
• From Startup to Midsized Company: Managing the Growing Pains Kimberly Eddleston

Practice Insight

• Growing a Venture With Private Equity: A Buy-and-Build Approach Ted Clark
• Should Employee Ownership Be Your Next Strategic Move? Corey Rosen

Research Insight

• Field of Dreams: Exploration of Entrepreneurial Possibilities Michael Lounsbury, Tim Hannigan
• Is Structure Good or Bad for Startups? Andrea Contigiani
• Is Working From Home a Temporary State for New Entrepreneurs? Nam Kyoon Kim, Simon Pakrer
• Measuring Your Social Impact: What the Research Says Hans Rawhouser, Michael Cummings, Scott Newbert
• Old vs. Young Nations: Opportunities and Challenges for Entrepreneurs Alfred Marcus, Mazhar Islam
• Sleeplessness Can Be Hazardous to Your Venture Barbara Silva, Jeff Gish

 

FAMIILY BUSINESS

Applied and Practice

• Developing Competent Owners and Stewards for a Lasting Family Business Claudia Binz Astrachan
• The Hybrid Workplace is Here to Stay: 5 Ways to Make it Work Claudia Binz Astrachan, Lars B. Sonderegger

Commentary

• Dealing with Inflation: Advice From the Experts Kimberly Eddleston
• Diversify Your Family's Risks by Returning to Its Entrepreneurial Roots David Deeds
• Getting Along: Straight Talk from a Family Business Veteran Carl Beauregard
• Let the Next Generation of Family Firm Leaders Chart Their Own Path Klaus Lüber, Nadine Kammerlander
• Should Family Businesses Have Employee Ownership Plans? Corey Rosen
• Should Family Members Be the 'Face' of Your Company? Ben Cooper, Jonas Ruzek, Kimberly Eddleston
• What All Family Businesses Can Learn From the Merck Family Claudia Binz Astrachan, Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Tom A. Rüsen

Interviews

• Growing Pains? Advice to Recharge and Sustain Growth Rob Sher
• Non-Family Board Members Bring Perspective and Growth Matt Nielsen
• Should Your Next CEO be From Outside the Family? Matt Nielsen
• Strategies for Keeping Your Family Connected Mitzi Perdue

Practice Insight

• The New Family Business Powerhouses: Wives and Moms Amy Hart Clyne

Research Insight

• A Family Firm Can Be Both an Innovator and a Great Place to Work Alfredo De Massis, Emanuela Rondi, Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf, Marcel Hülsbeck, Ruth Überbacher
• Family Emotions Can Drive Business Decisions Fabian Bernhard, Rania Labaki
• Family Firms: How Much Cash is Enough? Alessandro Minichilli, Daniel Pittino, Domenico Cambrea, Yuliya Ponomareva
• Using Family History for Competitive Advantage Alfredo De Massis, Bingbing Ge, Josip Kotlar
• What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About Crisis Management Matthias Breier, Sascha Kraus, Thomas Clauß
• Women Can Help Family Firms Innovate - but Socioemotional Factors Matter Alfredo De Massis, Emanuela Rondi, Jonathan Bauweraerts, Paola Rovelli, Salvatore Sciascia

2021

EIX

Applied/Practice

• Building a Stronger Supply Chain: Lessons from the Crisis -- David Johnston
• How Small Firms Can Protect Their Interests in R&D Alliances -- David Deeds and Jason Pattit
• Social Innovators Spur Change in the Dominican Republic -- Coraima Yanez, Jennifer Long and Shilpa Alva
• What Makes Founders Leave Their Companies? -- Dalee Yoon, Joon Mahn Lee and Steven Boivie

Commentary

• Entrepreneurial Philanthropy: What is the Appropriate Donation for a Named Gift? -- Derek Dictson, James Hoffman and James Wetherbe
• Six Steps to Help Artists Thrive as Entrepreneurs -- Sarah Marty
• SPACS Create New Opportunities to Exit Your Business -- David Deeds
• The Pandemic's Impact on Digital Platform Businesses -- Oksana Gerwe and Rosario Silva Frojan
• Today's Innovators Can Prosper by Building a Better Tomorrow -- Chunka Mui
• Your Startup Team: Why Both Shared and Diverse Experiences Matter -- Florence Honore

Education and Teaching

• Building Bridges Between Artists and Business Entrepreneurs: Facilitating Creative Deviance -- Adrienne Callander and Michael Cummings
• Professors and Experts: Would You Like Your Articles to be Read? -- Catherine Buday and James Wetherbe
• Toys With Wings: Creating Value Through Collaborative Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning: Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Curtis Abel, Jonathan Han and Natalia Han.

Interviews

• Learn From Leaders: Developing an Idea -- John Buday
• Building a Company Step by Step, Ch. 8: Introduction to Customer Validation -- Dan Reich
• Building a Company Step by Step, Ch. 1: How Startups are Different -- Aaron Kennedy

Practice Insight

• Seven Legal Pitfalls Your Startup Should Avoid -- Paul Swegle
• Use Digital Marketing to Build Demand for Your Product -- Max Mirho

Research Insight

• Community Organizations Offer Resources for Entrepreneurs -- Maija Renko
• Startup Employees Take a Hit Financially -- M. Diane Buron, Michael S. Dahl, Olav Sorenson and Rodrigo Canales

Student Feature

• Podcast: A Lacrosse Innovator Re-thinks His Strategy -- Whitney Peake

Family Business

Applied/Practice

• 10 Golden Principals to Guide Your Succession Planning -- Tom A. Rusen, Torsten Groth and Arist von Schlippe
• How Family Firms Can Prevent (or Cool Down) Sibling Rivalries -- Jonas Ruzek and Kimberly Eddleston
• Let's Not Go There: Taboos in Family Business -- Tom A. Rusen and Torsten Pieper

Commentary

• Family Businesses Must Plan for the Unthinkable -- Joseph Astrachan
• Five Things Family Businesses are Reckoning With Now -- Alfredo DeMassis and Mat Hughes
• Listen to the Experts: How Family Firms are Surviving the Pandemic -- Kimberly Eddleston

Interviews

• Family Firms Can Optimize Women's Strengths -- Kimberly Eddleston and Rania Labaki
• Foundations Give Entrepreneurs a Channel for Doing Good -- Kimberly Eddleston and Mark Dienhart

Practice Insight 

• Family Meetings Move Online -- Katelyn Husereau

Research Insight

• For New Research Insights, Study One Family in Depth -- James Wetherbe, Lori Tribble Trudell and Theodore Waldron
• How Women Can Make it in the Ultimate Man's World -- Lucia Naldi, Magdalena Markowska and Sumaya Hashim
• Playing the Succession Game to Ensure Family Business Continuity -- Shital Jayantilal, Silvia Jorge and Tomas M. Banegli Palacios
• Succession: Don't Assume Your First-Born is the Anointed One -- Andrea Calabro

Theory and Resarch

• The Making of Successful Female Family-Enterprise Leaders -- Doris Sommavilla, Elizabeth Bagger, Nadine Kammerlander and Sasha Lund

 

2020

EIX

Applied/Practice

• How to Care for Your Team During a Crisis -- Theodore L. Waldron and James C. Wetherbe
• Which Innovations Should You Keep When the Crisis is Over? -- Theodore L. Waldron and James C. Wetherbe
• How to Keep Your Favorite Business From Going Under -- Theodore L. Waldron and James C. Wetherbe.
• The Causal Analysis: A Great Way to Tell the Financial Story -- Phil Greenwood
• Working From Home: Tips for Employees and Business Owners -- Jay Mulki
• Moving Ideas from Lab to Marketplace: A Guide to Research -- Riccardo Fini, Einar Rasmussen, Johan Wiklund and Mike Wright

Commentary

• Our Best Advice for Powering Through the Crisis -- David Deeds
• What the Economic Stimulus Plan Means for Small Businesses -- David Deeds
• Six Takeaways for Startups from a Mideast Battlefield -- Peter Newell
• What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Kiwi Crisis Management -- Jamie D. Collins
• How New Industries Could Grow Out of the Fight Against Covid-19 -- Mahka Moeen

Education and Teaching

• Integrate LEGO "Serious Play" for Collective Creativity -- Jing Betty Feng

Interviews

• The 5 Mortal Sins of New Product Development -- Kimberly Eddleston and Stephen Golden
• Turn Your Idea into an Innovation -- Kimberly Eddleston and Tucker Marion

Research Insight

• Studying Entrepreneurship with Mixed Methods -- Ludvig Levasseur
• Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: What They're Made of and How They Work -- Ben Spigel

 

Family Business

Applied/Practice

• What Family Businesses Should be Doing Now -- Kimberly Eddleston
• Covid-19: Understanding the Board's Key Role During a Crisis -- Joseph Astrachan, Andrew Keyt, Helmut Kormann and Claudia Binz Astrachan
• Everyday Gratitude in Times of Uncertainty -- Carol Wittmeyer

Commentary

• Resilience to Resurgence: How to Grow Your Way Out of a Crisis -- Mat Hughes
• Coronavirus: 10 Things that Family Businesses Can Do Now -- David Deeds
• How Family Dynamics Shape Family Businesses -- Joseph Astrachan and Claudia Binz Astrachan

Education and Teaching

• Videos for the Global Family Business Community -- Peter Jaskiewicz and Thomas Clark

Interviews

• Breaking the Glass Ceiling in a Family Business -- Kimberly Eddleston and Giovanna Campopiano

Research Insight

• Research Reveals How Business Families Have Coped With Covid-19 -- Claudia Binz Astrachan
• Winemakers Provide Lessons on Resilience -- Alfredo De Massis, Elisa Conz and Peter Lamb

2019

2018

Theory and Research

• Being Female Affects Business Loans from Family and Friends
  Kimberly Eddleston
• Technical Specialized Knowledge and Founder Leadership at Initial Public Offering 
  Jon Eckhardt, Marc Junkunc, Mingxiang Li

• College Nannies & Tutors: Franchise Business Models
  Mark Spriggs

Applied and Practice

• Bankers or Brokers? For Favored Firms, VCs Invest More than Dollars
  Emily Pahnke, Ji Youn (Rose) Kim, Michael Howard, Warren Boeker
• Encouraging and Supporting Minority Entrepreneurship for Long-Term Success
  Ozlem Ogutveren Gonul
• The Entrepreneur's Profit Model: A Diagnostic Tool
  Michael Morris, April Spivack
• Entrepreneurship's Moral Minefields: A Conversation with Steve Blank
  Catherine Buday
• How Entrepreneurial Legends, Heroes and Meccas are Born
  Howard E. Aldrich, Stephen Lippmann
• How Family Business Leaders Can Encourage Both Devotion and Performance
  Roland Kidwell, Kathryn Kloepfer
• What it Takes to Build a Four-Generation Business
  Kimberly Eddleston
• When Entrepreneurs Raise Entrepreneurs
  Nadine Kammerlander, Larissa Leitner

Teaching and Education

• Action Exercises Engage Students More Fully Than Lectures and Exams
  James Wetherbe
• Choosing a Board of Directors for a Family Business
  Whitney Peake
• Confidentiality Agreements Promote Candor in Family Business Classes
  Kimberly Eddleston, Devina Raithatha
• Design Thinking Makes Great Ideas Viable 
  Brian Janz
• How New Solo Entrepreneurs Can Think Through Their Finances 
  Roy Carriker
• The Ideal Entrepreneurship Program for High Schoolers 
  Marisa Patel-O'Connor
• Innovation Challenge Engages Students at a Commuter School 
  Jing Betty Feng
• Let's Get Professional: Family Firms Need HRM Practices
  Kimberly Eddleston, Roland Kidwell

Commentaries

• Breaking Norms to Get Ahead: Do Women Entrepreneurs Need a Dash of Psychopathy?
  Kimberly Eddleston
• An Interview with David Teece, a Practicing Business Intellectual
  Jon Eckhardt
• How Family Firms Can Innovate With Less
  Alfredo de Massis
• James Wetherbe: How Consulting Connects Colleges to the Real World 
  Jon Eckhardt
• Outside Leadership Can Save the Family Business 
  Robert Sher
• Small Acts of Entrepreneurship Transcend the Business Realm
  Donna De Carolis
• Starting Over: The Midlife Entrepreneur 
  Kimberly Eddleston
• There's No Birthright' and Other Tips for Raising Entrepreneurial Leaders
  Kimberly Eddleston
• Thriving or Trapped in the Family Business? 
  Michael Klein

2017

Theory and Research

• The Theory of Disruptive Innovation: Science or Allegory?
  Andrew King
• Research Insight: Proven Entrepreneurs May Benefit Less from Partnering With Experienced VCs
  Jon Eckhardt
• Will Music Schools Embrace Multimedia Software?
  Alec Johnson and Jay Ebben
• How Crisis Spurred Healthcare Innovation in Cuba
  Eapen Chacko

Applied and Practice

• Innovation in K-12 Education: One District's Journey
  Daniel Forbes and Eric Schneider
• Perils of Entrepreneurial Philanthropy in Higher Education
  James Wetherbe
• The 'Fredo Factor:' How Deadbeats and Troublemakers Hurt Family Businesses
  Kimberly Eddleston
• For the Best Customer Data, Look Beyond the Market
  Jon Eckhardt
• 'Home Field Advantage' Works in Business as well as Baseball
  Olav Sorenson and Michael S. Dahl
• How Best Buy Engages Employees in Putting Customers First
  Richard Schulze and Kimberly Eddleston

Teaching and Education

• 'Becoming da Vinci' Exercise Ignites the Inventor Spirit
  Kathleen Allen
• 'Tommie Tank' Helps Students Learn to Finance Ventures
  Jay Ebben
• Social Entrepreneurship Exercise: Developing your 'Theory of Change'
  Sophie Bacq
• Classroom Exercise: Creating a Venture in 10 Days
  Ron Mitchell
• Teaching Students to Design and Commercialize New Products: A Journey in its Third Decade
  Daniel Forbes
• How Wash U Teaches Students to Think Like Entrepreneurs
  Ken Harrington
• Future Family Business Owners Can Learn to Manage Conflict
  Ritch Sorenson
• To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'
  Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy

Commentaries

• LinkedIn CoFounder: Start with a Team, Not an Idea
  Konstantin Guericke
• Entrepreneurship Education Must Start Before College
  Roy Carriker
• Why Inventors Should Embrace Unequal Partnerships
  Dean Kamen
• Why Do Students Need to Learn and Experience Entrepreneurship?
  Ken Harrington
• The Sustainable Entrepreneur: Balancing People, Planet and Profit
  Dave Feldman
• Every College Student Should Take a Course in Entrepreneurship
  Sara Cochran

Interviews

• Investing for a Better World: A Conversation with Justin Rockefeller
  Kimberly Eddleston
• Why Family Firms Are Like Jenga
  Kimberly Eddleston
• Vegan Venture: Mission Drives Success for Restaurant Chain
  Donna De Carolis

2016

Theory and Research

• Entrepreneurs are Built, Not Born
  Ron Mitchell
• Connecting Business Research to Practice
  Jon Eckhardt and James Wetherbe
• Change of Heart: Two Companies that Transformed Cardiac Care 
  John Seaberg
• When Kickstarter Campaigns Don’t Deliver: A Case Study of Phenom Fabrics 
  Eden Blair and Tanya Marcum
• How Lowell Wakefield Made Crab King 
  Sharon Alvarez

Applied and Practice

• Minefield or Opportunity: How to Work Constructively with Universities 
  Kathleen Allen
• FedEx: Obtaining Corporate Sponsored Research 
  James Wetherbe
• A More User-Friendly Way to Track Liquidity 
  Phil Greenwood
• The Leadership Traits Shared by Successful Entrepreneurs 
  Michael Glauser and Dan Holland
• How Can We Define 'Innovation'? 
  Daniel Forbes

Teaching and Education

• Turning Good Business Presentations Into Great Ones 
  Joan Moser
• Shifting Entrepreneurial Thinking Into High Gear 
  Mark Spriggs
• Retooling Products to Reach New Markets: The Lindt Candy Dilemma 
  Kimberly Eddleston
• Building Blocks of Successful Entrepreneurship Programs 
  Michael Morris
• Coin Toss Game Examines Interplay of Skill and Fate 
  Howard E. Aldrich
• The $10 Business Plan Competition 
  Lou Marino and Craig Armstrong 
• Online Mentorship and Teamwork Best Practices 
  Charles Eesley
• Simulation Builds Empathy in Future Social Entrepreneurs 
  Brett Smith
• Five Very Fast Ways to Better Understand a New Product or Market 
  Ethan Mollick
• Babson's Signature Entrepreneurship Course 
  Yasuhiro (Yasu) Yamakawa
• Real-Life Drama: Creating a TV Series Based on a Family Business 
  Kimberly Eddleston
• The Real Entrepreneurship Competition 
  Brent Goldfarb, David Kirsch and Dave Kressler
• Acres of Diamonds: Advantages of Working in Your Family Business 
  Ritch Sorenson
• Group Work' Has Lasting Benefits Beyond K-12 
  Howard E. Aldrich

Commentaries

• The Harrowing Journey of Finding Investors 
  Linda Hall
• A Dash of Psychopathy May Help Women Entrepreneurs 
  Lou Marino and Reg Tucker
• The Next Generation Can Help the Family Firm Innovate 
  Richard Schulze and Ritch Sorenson
• Are Business Plans Really Necessary? 
  Eapen Chacko and Brent Goldfarb
• How Do You Know When It’s Safe to Quit Your Day Job? 
  David Deeds

2015

Theory and Research

• The Spectacular Rise of the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry
  Kristin Brandl, Ram Mudambi, and Vittoria G Scalera
• When Entrepreneurs Have Trouble with Monogamy: It's Their Cognitive Style
  Keith Brigham, Ritch Sorenson, and James Hoffman
• Social Entrepreneurship Deserves Better Research
  Brett Smith

Applied and Practice

• How Tigger Inspired Intrepreneurship at Best Buy...and the Geek Squad
  Sean Skelley
• Should I Participate in a Business Accelerator?
  Jon Eckhardt
• The Family Way: How Entrepreneurial Values Help Businesses Thrive Over Generations
  Ritch Sorenson
• How Much Are Your Trade Secrets Worth? Here's How to Figure it Out
  James Hoffman, Bradley Ewing and Mark A Thompson
• What Venture Capital Can Do for Your Company
  Eapen Chacko
• Trust But Verify: How Startups Can Build Healthy Strategic Alliances
  John Friar, Kimberly Eddleston, Tucker Marion and David Deeds

Teaching and Education

• Want to Give Your Entrepreneurship Students Real-World Experience? Try Consulting Projects
  Kimberly Eddleston, Laura Beohner and Kimberly Karter

Commentaries

• Entrepreneurship in the Laboratory Can Save Lives
  Phil Phan
• Cabbies and Capital: Migrants Are Re-shaping the Developing World
  Paul Vaaler
• Entrepreneurs Don't Get Tenure: Should Their Professors?
  James Wetherbe
• What's Next for Entrepreneurship in Cuba?
  Kari Zimmerman
• The Changing World of Entrepreneurial Learning Resources
  Dan Forbes
• How Cities and Regions Can Become Thriving Entrepreneurial Hubs
  Ken Harrington

2014

Theory and Research

• Study Looks at How 'Job Creators' Think
  Keith Brigham, Ron Mitchell, and Jeff Stambaugh
• Meet Your New Marketing Team: the Regulators
  Yashiro (Yasu) Yamakawa, Reiko Kishida, and Bill Schulze
• Data Analytics Help Entrepreneurs Decide where to Boldly Go
  Zhu (Drew) Zhang and James Wetherbe
• 'L3C' Designation Doesn’t Matter to Consumers
  Eden Blair, Tanya Marcum and Veronika Koubova
• Versare, Inc. – The Accidental Fax
  David Deeds

Applied and Practice

• The Elastic Edge: A Better Way to Work, Innovate, Create Wealth and Build Your Career
  Nick Vitalari, Keri Pearlson, John P. Vesellina
• Entrepreneurial Brinmkmanship: Lessons Learned from Best Buy and FedEx
  James Wetherbe
• Think Big, Start Small and Learn Fast: 8 Rules for Corporate Innovation
  Chunka Mui
• After the Big Idea: Entrepreneurial Success Through High Performance Start-Up Teams
  Brian Janz

Teaching and Education

• Why didn’t I Think of that? A Classroom Exercise for Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking
  Dan Holland
• 'The Lemonade Stand Project:' A Refreshing Approach to Teaching Undergrads
  Jay Ebben and Alec Johnson

Commentaries

• Women Entrepreneurs Have Limited Chances to Lead Their New Businesses
  Howard Aldrich
• Navigating the Business Model Maze
  Bill Schulze
• How Entrepreneurship Programs Can Nurture Companies of One
  George Gendron
• How Small Business Owners Can Overcome Terrible Regulations
  John Kramer and Nick Sibilla