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HBS Working Knowledge
February 20, 2006
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
Are Company Founders Underpaid? No one says the life of the entrepreneur is glamorous, at least in the start-up phase. But new research from Harvard Business School professor Noam Wasserman suggests below-market pay for company founders.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 15, 2005
Mike Roberts |
The Founding CEO's Dilemma: Stay or Go? Professor Noam Wasserman discusses research about founder-CEO succession. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 21, 2012
Garry Emmons |
How to Sink a Startup Noam Wasserman, author of the recently released book "The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup," discusses ill-advised entrepreneurial behavior. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 4, 2006
Julia Hanna |
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go At some point, a start-up's founder usually cedes CEO responsibilities to a seasoned manager. But what roles does the founder assume next? |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 2, 2009
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins. |
Inc.
September 2007
Max Chafkin |
Who's Behind TheFunded.com? A new website lets entrepreneurs talk trash about their VCs. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 7, 2011
Carmen Nobel |
Creating the Founders' Dilemmas Course Students study the quandaries that virtually all entrepreneurs will face when trying to realize the dream of launching a start-up -- from deciding when to start the company to learning how to make a graceful exit. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 4, 2012 |
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors In his new book, The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup, HBS Associate Professor Noam Wasserman tells readers how to anticipate, avoid, and, if necessary, recover from the landmines that can destroy a nascent company before it has the chance to thrive. |
Inc.
March 1, 2010 |
Staying Light on Your Toes Venture capitalist Mark Suster discusses the power of charisma and the ability to listen. |
Registered Rep.
March 20, 2013
Kador & Cohen |
The Devilish Details of Angel Investing Angel investing can be fraught with peril -- for both the investor and the entrepreneur. But the devil's in the details. Here's a guide for mixing business with family and friends. |
Inc.
March 2007
Amy Feldman |
Putting Founders First How one VC Firm coddles its CEOs. |
Entrepreneur
April 2009
Brad Feld |
Beware the Arrogant Venture Capitalist Their weaknesses may vary, but there's typically a common characteristic not-great venture capitalists share: arrogance. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 14, 2005
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
How Can Start Ups Grow? Assistant Harvard professor Mukti Khaire discusses her work on the relationship between a small business' structure and its success and its implications for entrepreneurs everywhere. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 26, 2004
Stark & Lagace |
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital What is it like today for women entrepreneurs in their quest for venture capital funding? In an interview, Harvard professor Myra M. Hart shares her latest research and ideas. |
Inc.
February 2006
Darren Dahl |
Facing the Capital Gap There's plenty of capital out there. So why are so many companies struggling to raise money? |
AskMen.com
Pejman Ghadimi |
Harsh Realities Of Entrepreneurship There are six side effects every entrepreneur is faced with. Regardless whether they are good or bad, they are the reality that many of us have to live with. |
Entrepreneur
December 2002
C.J. Prince |
No Mercy Are VCs sucking the life out of your business? Maybe you're better off without them. |
Entrepreneur
May 2005
John F. Ince |
Back in Black The Venture Capital industry is fattening up again -- but what does this mean for the entrepreneur? For the short term anyway, an increase in the supply of available capital. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 30, 2014
Carmen Nobel |
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men Studies by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues reveal that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches is identical. And handsome men fare best of all. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 16, 2006
Sean Silverthorne |
Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs When a delegation of Harvard Business School faculty visited Chinese entrepreneurs, they came away with something unexpected: the start of what could be a fundamental rethinking of how entrepreneurship works. |
AskMen.com
September 9, 2001
Michael Bucci |
Want To Be An Entrepreneur? It doesn't matter if their businesses earn $10 billion or $100,000 annually; entrepreneurs tend to share certain character traits. Do you have what it takes? |
Inc.
May 1, 2010
Bobbie Gossage |
An Insider's Guide to Venture Capital Financing Jeffrey Bussgang, author of Mastering the VC Game and a principal at Flybridge Capital Partners, on how to get funded. |
Registered Rep.
August 25, 2014
John Kador |
REP. Index: The Rise of Entrepreneurs With entrepreneurship expanding every day, advisors ought to know who they will be dealing with. |
AskMen.com
Samuel Hui |
6 Traits Of An Entrepreneur There are certain qualities that set the best entrepreneurs apart from those that were not meant to be. |
Inc.
December 2007
Max Chafkin |
Blogger of the Year Marc Andreessen, who co-founded Netscape, is the curator of the best entrepreneur's blog. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 7, 2009
Sean Silverthorne |
Government's Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship Professor Josh Lerner, author Boulevard of Broken Dreams, wonders if its time for Uncle Sam to invest in new entrepreneurial firms. |
Entrepreneur
May 2003
C.J. Prince |
Ray of Hope? VCs are optimistic about the coming year but are still holding on to their purse strings. |
Entrepreneur
August 2008
Tracy T. Lefteroff |
High Rollers Venture capitalists showed entrepreneurs the big bucks in 2007. Could one of our top VC firms be looking for a business like yours this time around? |
Entrepreneur
July 2004 |
Seeing Green Signaling the end of the VC drought, several industries have become fertile ground for investors. So what's the best way to find the right investor--even if you're not in one of those superstar sectors? Start with our 4th Annual VC 100. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 23, 2014
Carmen Nobel |
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose ethnic and educational backgrounds are similar to their own. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 18, 2013
Sean Silverthorne |
Breaking Through a Growth Stall Many companies get stuck on a plateau, unable to grow and burning through cash at a frightening rate. Frank V. Cespedes discusses how focusing on the right customers can generate growth again. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 6, 2008
Sean Silverthorne |
Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan William A. Sahlman's article on how to write a great business plan is a Harvard Business Review classic, and has just been reissued in book form. Now a decade old, we asked Sahlman what he would change if he wrote the article today. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 13, 2014
Roberts & Davis |
Family Businesses Need Entrepreneurs for Long-Run Success Families that want to stay in business for generations don't have a choice but to encourage entrepreneurship in and out of their family company, say Michael Roberts and John Davis. |
Entrepreneur
June 2005
Rieva Lesonsky |
A Group of Greats Entrepreneurs comprise an incredible, diverse community. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Sheryl Garrett |
The True Entrepreneur Most people work for themselves to make more money and have more control, but being a successful entrepreneur involves a lot more. |
Bio-IT World
February 10, 2003
Michael Greeley |
The Upside of the Downturn Biotech entrepreneurs need to rethink how they raise capital and craft business model frameworks. |
Fast Company
February 2001
Amy Wilson Sheldon |
Slow Down, You Move Too Fast CEO of DreamLabs says that taking time to think was better than moving at "Internet speed". |
CIO
September 1, 2011
Kristin Burnham |
LinkedIn Deciphers the Entrepreneur What sets entrepreneurs apart and where do they come from? LinkedIn scoured more than 120 million profiles to paint the picture of today's entrepreneur. Here's what they found. |
Entrepreneur
October 2001
Mark Henricks |
Adjust Your Focus You've tried the vertical hold. You've messed with your brightness settings. But there's only one thing to do when those late-'90s management mantras don't offer you a clear picture... |
Bio-IT World
Dec 2005/Jan 2006
Michael A. Greeley |
Infinite Demand for the Unavailable The bio-IT field is once again attracting venture capital, but at a more moderate, deliberate pace than the euphoria of the late 1990s. |
Entrepreneur
June 2007 |
Reel 'Em In Do you have the right bait to entice investors? Get them hooked - and get money for your business - with these tips. |
Entrepreneur
March 2004 |
Reality Check Entrepreneurs share a common dream: to succeed. |
Fast Company
Vivian Giang |
Why The Few Women Venture Capitalists Often Give Up Only 2.7% of all venture-backed companies have a woman CEO. That's 183 out of 6,517 companies or $1.5 billion out of the $50.8 billion invested between 2011 and 2013. |
Bio-IT World
April 2006
Michael A. Greeley |
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly VCs will not support a sector where consistent compelling exits are not evident. Unfortunately, the bio-IT field still suffers from this. |
Entrepreneur
October 2007
Lee Gimpel |
An Equity Fund of Their Own As private equity heats up, a new breed of smaller funds is taking center stage in today's market. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 23, 2009
Martha Lagace |
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn Entrepreneurs should systematically identify "downturn needs," including necessities and affordable luxuries, substitutions for previous products and services, and products that deliver value for money. |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Guy Kawasaki |
Garnering Angels Sure, you may have ventured for VC, but raising angel capital takes a different kind of skill. |
Job Journal
May 11, 2008
Penelope Trunk |
Brazen Careerist: The Quasi-Corporate Life Here are five ways to use entrepreneurship to make your corporate job better. |
Inc.
October 2006
Chafkin & Gossage |
Need Money? The private financial markets are dynamic and at times difficult to navigate. A report on the latest trends. |
Inc.
September 1, 2000
D. M. Osborne |
A Network of Her Own Women who are entrepreneurs have always found it tougher to raise money than their male counterparts have. New kinds of support and a new breed of investor are starting to even the score... |
