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STEM Students and Faculty Can Gain Entrepreneurial Thinking and Skills By Carla Pavone on Fri Jan 18 2019 The University of Minnesota I-Corps program has helped STEM students, staff, and faculty to build an entrepreneurial mindset. The University of Minnesota MIN-Corps is one of about 100 sites of the Read more
Let's Get Professional: Family Firms Need HRM Practices By Kimberly Eddleston and Roland Kidwell on Tue Dec 18 2018 Hiring, training, appraising and compensating the right people in the right way is a crucial element to the success of any organization. It is commonly assumed that many growing family firms are not Read more
Innovation Challenge Engages Students at a Commuter School By Jing Betty Feng on Mon Dec 03 2018 Farmingdale State College took its cue from EIX's e-Fest to introduce its own Innovation Challenge, which taught non-business students to collaborate and innovate. Entrepreneurship and innovation Read more
How New Solo Entrepreneurs Can Think Through Their Finances By Roy Carriker on Mon Jun 18 2018 Today people can no longer count on a steady paycheck in a predictable amount from an employer. We're seeing ever-growing numbers of “unintended entrepreneurs” -- once-employed people forced to Read more
Choosing a Board of Directors for a Family Business By Whitney Peake on Thu May 17 2018 It's important that current or future members of a family business understand best practices for assembling a Board of Directors (BOD). That's why we explore this in depth as part of a basic family Read more
Collaborative Action Exercises Engage Students More Fully Than Lectures and Exams By James C Wetherbe on Wed May 09 2018 Traditional classroom lecture/discussion formats, followed by quizzes and exams, don’t prepare graduates for explaining their innovation to real-world skeptics. Editor's Note: Click to download Jim Read more
Educating the Unintended Entrepreneur By Roy Carriker on Tue May 08 2018 The ranks of "unintended entrepreneurs" are growing, but neither the public nor the universities are fully aware of this yet. These unintended entrepreneurs will come from both the existing workforce Read more
T-Shirt Project Teaches Customer Discovery to Future Entrepreneurs By Jon Eckhardt on Mon Feb 26 2018 Many entrepreneurship professors want to provide students with applied learning experiences. Yet, implementing an applied project in a large, introductory entrepreneurship course can be a challenge. Read more
Design Thinking Makes Great Ideas Viable By Brian Janz on Fri Feb 16 2018 Design Thinking helps entrepreneurs understand their potential customers' real wants and needs – at a deep, often emotional level. Entrepreneurs often start their business with a "good" idea they Read more
Business Exercise Starts with $5 in Seed Money By Brent Goldfarb, David Kirsch and Dave Kressler on Tue Feb 13 2018 Given just $5 in seed money, student teams learn to form partnerships and leverage networks...and how constraints can actually make them more creative. Effectual reasoning, a form of expert Read more