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conglomerate revival

The Revival of the Conglomerate? Is there a revival of the conglomerate in the U.S. economy?

By Sam Hariharan

December 16, 2016

Tagged Commentary

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Venture Capital Pitching

4 Ways To Ace Your Venture Capital Funding Pitch Ideas are a dime a dozen. It’s a harsh but true reality, especially for entrepreneurs seeking venture funding. In a world with millions of ideas, many of which are the same, why should a venture capitalist fund yours?

By Kait Smith Lanthier

October 24, 2016

Tagged VC & Investing, Advice, Startups

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Making the Most of a Startup Accelerator

Want to Join a Startup Accelerator? Read This First Seasoned pros share wisdom, experiences, and advice with fellow founders considering applying for a startup incubator or accelerator program.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 25, 2016

Tagged Startups, Advice

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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