Essays on Entrepreneurship

Imagine that you’re in your car, getting ready to drive to a place that you’ve never been before. Sure, you might have a map pulled up on your phone, but wouldn’t you feel a bit better if you’ve made that drive before? The same principle …

Jessica Alba and Sarah Michelle Gellar both had successful careers acting on television shows and starring in movies, but now the women spend their time as the founders and creative leaders of startups.Alba is the chief creative officer of , which creates and sells what …

To be alive today is to face a great paradox. We live in the most technologically advanced society to ever exist, with great wealth being produced by many. And thanks to the Internet, the dream of entrepreneurship is open to anyone. At the same time, …

Within every company a leader is needed. Sometimes even more than one, when a company has grown and therefore exists out of multiple divisions. These leaders are of import because they give the company a way to caput to, and teach the employees to make …

Today, Branson is the fourth richest man in the Unites Kingdom with his billions of wealth. The road to success for him is extraordinary due to his own characteristics which makes him so much different from other entrepreneur. Branson started his business in the music …

Name: Yue Qi BA501 1H-Management Theory & Org-FA12 Instructor: Dr. Scott Burke Week 8(10/17-10/23)-Spin-out management: Theory and practice Critique Critique The article The Tensions of Organization Design: Optimizing Trade-offs discusses a new theory of organization design which is the tensions of organization design that managers …

In 2009, my husband and I were contemplating whether to launch another startup. We'd sold our first company to Intuit and taken a few years off to enjoy family and life. But, as entrepreneurs, we were restless with all the down time and eager to jump …

Celebrity branding or endorsements can do wonders to brands – is what most marketing companies tell their clients.Today almost every brand is being endorsed by a celebrity, be it a sports star or an actor. Celebs help upcoming companies stand out among others in the …

I’ve been labeled compulsive, a work addict, obsessive, out of balance and impossible to work with. People have told me I’m unreasonably demanding and have unrealistic expectations for myself and others. Solutions have been proposed to “cure” me of this problem. Doctors throw labels at me  like …

With millennials more than any generation that came before, nearly every facet of every industry has seen its fair share of new business startups. Although some are more successful than others, they all share one common trait: The leadership of a bright and dedicated professional. …

However gloomy America’s path to greatness might look, with the US Presidential Elections due this November, it sure is paving way for immigrant entrepreneurs to have an ease of doing business in the country.Giving away his last gifts, the Obama administration on Friday announced a …

I began my journey with the tour, a road trip designed to celebrate entrepreneurship across the U.S., in Omaha, Neb. I soon discovered that despite the struggles, entrepreneurs can succeed anywhere; they just need to know where to look and have confidence in their abilities.When …

You don’t have to over-utilize iPads and smartphones to transform your business into a modern one. Connecting with newer generations is easy when you take advantage of the cool, in-demand ideas at your fingertips. Here are 10 new-age business ideas to get you started.1. Tiny …

Seda is a Miami artist supplementing her small-business income by working as a human lab rat in well-compensated clinical trials.Ramona is a 61-year-old advertising copywriter, laid off a few years shy of retirement, making a living off of UpWork. Ed is a recovering alcoholic just out of …

While working in London for an international telecom company, she shared her vision of building a global product company in Chennai. The father-daughter duo jointly conducted their research and arrived at a product idea that had the potential to touch a billion lives globally.That is …

Entrepreneurs look back on the blooper they thought would kill their company. Sandy Chilewich Founder and creative director, “Back in 2000, when I was just starting, I emailed a buyer at Bloomingdale’s, pitching my placemats. And I don’t know if placemats just weren’t in my …

Making the decision to jump out of the corporate world and build your own business takes guts. Depending on your source, the attrition rate for start-ups is somewhere between . Access to venture capital is, by many accounts, starting to dry up. Getting a loan …

Create something you love and help the world suck less: This advice is among the many wise words from entrepreneur, activist and investor . I recently had the chance to Ohanian, who co-founded Reddit in 2005 as a way for users to share and discuss just …

Most people argue that “failure” is a dirty word and something you should avoid at all costs, especially in the world of business. In the media, we are constantly bombarded with cliché images and stories of how successful people have accomplished fame, wealth and ultimate …

A lot many have those teeny-weeny trysts with entrepreneurship at an early age, or might have that one moment of glory but thereafter they are nowhere to be seen. However, that’s not how the success story of the Turakhia brothers unfolds. They did it not …

Imagine yourself trying to find a job as a fresh graduate in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Not only would you be looking for employment in one of the most tumultuous regions in the world, in challenging economic times, but you would …

Subject line: Describe what went right and what went wrong with this venture. Add in how you would fix the Identified problems, If this was your company. Needed Technologies developed a diagnostic device used for cardiac testing, and is headquartered in Ohio. They developed a …

The Benefits of Attending a Community College Some prospective college students tend to overlook the many benefits that come along with attending a community college. This may be because they aren’t aware of the advantages or they don’t have a true understanding of how this …

Bootstrapping is not a new concept in the startup world, but it is surely the latest fad with more and more founders choosing to use their own funds. Entrepreneurs with bootstrapped companies have built a sustainable business enterprise relying purely on their own investment. Such …

It has been one of the biggest stories of our age.Our polluting technologies have been a key factor behind climate change, pumping excessive carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as we burn fossil fuels like oil and gas to get the necessary energy for our daily …

I’ve said it many times before, and I will say it again here: we humans are an extremely complex species. Now while that “complex” is very often a fine thing, a lot of other times, it spells nothing but trouble– especially when it involves a group of …

Usually when you first hear about a entrepreneur it's for what their company has done. When I first heard about , it wasn’t about his business savvy or what he had done; it was about his love for cookies.More specifically, the #cookielife, an oddball movement …

The oldest members of "Generation Z" (aka Gen Z-ers) are turning 19 and they're hitting the workforce and influencing purchasing decisions. And like the generations that precede them, Gen Z-ers promise to bring yet another mindset to your small business — whether as employees or …

Two IIM-A grads shun Rs 1-cr offer AHMEDABAD: Declining pre-placement offers is nothing new for students of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, but declining the highest offers ever made in the institute has raised more than a few eyebrows. Two of the six second-year post-graduate programme …

Introduction International entry mode choice is considered a critical strategic decision. In an attempt to understand this choice, scholars have primarily focused on transaction cost theory Previous literature have failed to examine how the transactional cost model applies to smaller entrepreneurial firms. ” Small and …