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That first mile—where an innovation moves from an idea on paper to the market—is often plagued by failure. In fact, less than one percent of ideas launched by big companies end up having real impact. The ideas aren’t the problem. It’s the process.

The First Mile focuses on the critical moment when an innovator moves from planning to reality. It is a perilous place where hidden … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Scott D. Anthony | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Management

There are few factors that can make a company more successful, fun, and epic than an awesome co-founder. There are few factors that can make a company more unsuccessful, aggravating, and pathetic than an incompetent, lazy, or dishonest co-founder. This article explains the art of the picking a co-founder.

Content: Article | Author: Guy Kawasaki | Subject: Entrepreneurship

If you’ve been acting more like a worker and less like a leader, these 5 activities can put you firmly back in the driver’s seat of your small business.

Content: Article | Author: Anita Campbell | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subjects: Career, Management, Small Business

Interest in developing entrepreneurial skills is exploding, and thus new approaches are emerging to keep up with demand—and also keep up with the changing nature of entrepreneurship education. Where are these new approaches coming from? And, how precisely are the new ways of conceiving entrepreneurship education different than traditional approaches? With these two practical questions in mind, below we discuss some key developments in the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Candida G. Brush, Heidi Neck, Patricia G. Greene | Source: Babson Insight | Subject: Entrepreneurship

The founder of Garage Technology Ventures says grabbing the attention of investors requires crafting a succinct and compelling story.

Content: Article | Author: Deborah Petersen | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Working with startups showed Ernesto Sirolli how anyone can have more impact: Shut up and listen.

Content: Article | Author: Sally Helgesen | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Entrepreneurship

In most cases it takes good people to grow a business, and for an entrepreneur, this means delegating and trusting others to deliver the results that will grow the firm. Hiring the right people, engaging them in the pursuit of their dreams and giving meaning to the employees who are building the business requires different skills than those needed to launch a business. Readers will … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Edward Hess | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subject: Entrepreneurship

A SqueezedBooks book summary of the best-selling The E-Myth Revisited by by Michael Gerber. For a more detailed, though less structured look at the same book, check out this post by Derek Sivers:
Content: Article | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

The former entrepreneur analyzes the leadership skills that new companies need for long-term success.

Content: Article | Authors: Derek Lidow, Eric McNulty | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management

In The Lean Startup, Eric Ries discusses the importance of making required course corrections (pivots) to dramatically improve the odds for success. These pivots come in many different flavors, each designed to test the viability of a different hypothesis about the product, business model, and engine of growth. Here is a summary of the top ten types of pivots to consider.

Content: Article | Authors: Eric Ries, Martin Zwilling | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management, Strategy

A visual summary of The Lean Startup by Eric Reis.

Content: Article | Authors: Brett Suddreth, Eric Ries | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

Before he joined on as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Kaplan EdTech Accelerator, Jake Simms decided that it would be a good idea to reacquaint himself with Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup methodology. Here is his “spark notes” version.

Content: Article | Authors: Eric Ries, Jake Simms | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

Business plans take too long to write, are seldom updated, and almost never read by others but documenting your hypotheses is key. Lean Canvas solves this problem using a 1-page business model that takes under 20 minutes to create.

Content: Article | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

Graham’s tech accelerator, Y Combinator, has minted many big hits, including Dropbox, Reddit, and Airbnb. Here’s a conversation with the start-up guru.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Issie Lapowsky, Paul Graham | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Paul Graham, Jim Collins, Tony Hsieh, and other business leaders share the questions you should be asking if you want to improve your company.

Editor’s Note: for more insightful business questions, check out another site I run, mgmtquestions.com

Content: Article | Author: Leigh Buchanan | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

Today, the conventional wisdom about how to start a substantial business is just plain wrong. Now, you don’t need to raise a lot of money first, you don’t need a team of employees, and you don’t need limitless financial resources. This book details how in today’s business environment it is easier, and more possible, than ever to build a significant business on your own with … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Bruce Judson | Subject: Entrepreneurship

In the first few months of a business, an entrepreneur is likely to face challenges that, if not managed properly, may well sabotage the new venture. Imagine the confidence of that entrepreneur, however, if he or she could have the advice of others who have already met those challenges on the road to their own success. Readers and would-be entrepreneurs will find that advice in … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Dennis Fortnum | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subject: Entrepreneurship

In the passionate rush it takes to get a startup to market, legal issues can often be overlooked. Here are some things to consider if you want to optimize the trajectory of your startup.

Content: Article | Author: Conner Forrest | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Legal

Above all, we know that an entrepreneurial strategy has more chance of success the more it starts with the users—their utilities, their values, their realities […] the test of an innovation is always what it does for the user […] it is by no means hunch or gamble. But it is also not precisely science. Rather, it is judgment.

Content: Quotation | Author: Peter F. Drucker | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Innovation

A seasoned entrepreneur reveals the 17 most common mistakes startups make – and how you can avoid them.

Content: Article | Authors: John Osher, Mark Henricks | Source: Entrepreneur magazine | Subject: Entrepreneurship