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Shainoor Khoja

Corporate Social Responsibility from the Bottom Up How can companies empower citizens of the world’s war-torn economies? For Shainoor Khoja, the answer includes bringing those citizens into the organization’s business model.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

May 23, 2016

Tagged Social Innovation, Global, Women's Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Forget Fear of Failure: 3 Ways to Take the "F" Word Out of Your Vocabulary Drop your fear of failure. In fact, Jay Markiewicz recommends removing the words “failure” or “fail” entirely from conversations about entrepreneurship.

By Jay Markiewicz

March 1, 2016

Tagged Startups

Posted in Insights

Outsider app

How The Weather Company Used Data to Build the OutSider App The Weather Company's app for runners, OutSider, is the result of a hackathon that brought together meteorologists and programmers.

By Ruth Gilleran

November 5, 2015

Tagged Technology, Corporate Innovation, Commentary

Posted in Insights

Five Ways to Tell Stories That Stick

5 Ways To Tell Stories That Stick Whether pitching to the sharks on "Shark Tank," at a business competition, or to a venture fund, the real power in a successful venture pitch comes from telling a compelling narrative story.

By Elizabeth Atwater

September 4, 2015

Tagged Advice, VC & Investing

Posted in Insights

Peers Inc

Can the Collaborative Economy Fix Climate Change? How collaborative economy ventures, including car-sharing platforms such as BlaBlaCar, Lyft, and Uber, are helping combat climate change.

By Elizabeth Atwater

August 31, 2015

Tagged Social Innovation, Startups, Books

Posted in Insights

Catalina Escobar

Helping Teen Mothers Step Out Of Poverty Rocked by the painful loss of her toddler, Catalina Escobar channeled her grief into action.

By Elizabeth Atwater

April 14, 2015

Tagged Social Innovation, Global, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Household Names, Women's Leadership, Nonprofit

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Addicted to Entrepreneurship

Exploring the Psychological Side of Repeat Entrepreneurship Is entrepreneurship addictive? Research explores, and attempts to answer, that very question.

By April J. Spivack, Alexander McKelvie, J. Michael Haynie

March 26, 2015

Tagged Startups, Research

Posted in Insights

Objective Entrepreneur

How to Become an Objective Entrepreneur Entrepreneurs can be so tied up in their ventures and blinded by unyielding passion that often they don’t see things clearly and therefore can’t respond objectively.

By Elizabeth Atwater

March 16, 2015

Tagged Books, Commentary

Posted in Insights

Shark Tank

Swimming With The Sharks Entrepreneurs who have pitched on Shark Tank—including Jamie Siminoff '99 of Ring—share their experiences an advice for those seeking a swim with the sharks.

By Elizabeth Atwater

March 3, 2015

Tagged Household Names, Startups, VC & Investing

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Why the Big Pharma Business Model Must Change Big Pharma is in the middle of a perfect storm of disaster. Changing it's business model is the only way the industry will weather the storm.

By William Lawler

February 3, 2015

Tagged Commentary, Corporate Innovation

Posted in Insights