Tag: Startups

The Exit Strategy
Debating the Exit Strategy For the venture-minded entrepreneur, an end might be a successful business … but then what? What are the different paths to “done” for an entrepreneur starting out? Is it going public, getting acquired, starting a spin-off, or expanding to multiple locations?
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July 29, 2013

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Alpine Adventure
How an Alpine Adventure Inspired a Business What can the Matterhorn, a 14,000-foot alpine peak, teach an entrepreneur about running a business?
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July 23, 2013

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How to Approach Investors
How to Approach Investors 101 A thoughtful strategy for approaching investors can boost entrepreneurs' odds of success.
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June 28, 2013

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Crowdfunding Social Entrepreneurs Part II
Crowdfunding Social Entrepreneurs, Part II Social investment platforms are as diverse as the challenges they seek to address. They share a common goal of having a positive effect and supporting social causes, but approach community engagement and fundraising differently.
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April 30, 2013

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Lessons from Zumba: 4 Ways to Lead Your Company's Innovation and Growth Lessons from Zumba cofounders Alberto Perlman '98 and Alberto Aghion on innovation, growth, and resilience during the past decade.
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March 21, 2013

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The Sharing Economy “The best ideas are the ones that have been around for a long time," is a starting point for the growing entrepreneurial movement to exploit the notion of collective consumption putting a technology-powered new spin on sharing, renting, or bartering goods and services.
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March 18, 2013

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Got a Great Idea? Prove It Entrepreneurs by temperament are gushing wells of inspiration—new businesses, new solutions to old problems, and new approaches. In those first bursts of imagination, an opportunity appears suddenly obvious, even if the path to success will be long and full of false starts. And, then, another idea might manifest, seeming as brilliant as the first.
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March 18, 2013

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How to Sell Disruption Even with a compelling story to tell, one of the most difficult chores of disrupting a market is actually convincing people they should change.
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March 18, 2013

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Crowdfunding Social Entrepreneurs, Part I Crowdfunding is an Internet-powered evolution of an age-old activity, and it’s providing social entrepreneurs with access to capital, customers, and ideas.
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March 18, 2013

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Intentional Iteration
It's Not Failure, It's Intentional Iteration Businesses will fail. Accepting this and learning from the experience of crashing a company are central components of being an entrepreneur.
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June 1, 2012

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