Essays on Entrepreneurship

Donations are used to fund a variety of organizations that are dedicated to helping minority entrepreneurs through tangible, meaningful programs and initiatives. Current grant recipients include Change Catalyst, a nonprofit that provides minority founders with mentorship, education, and funding opportunities. By encouraging a “Give First” …

Becoming an entrepreneur today is not unheard of. Succeeding is. Only 45% of businesses survive beyond their first five years. And those are just the numbers for survival. There’s nothing that states those businesses are in good shape. You need to use every possible tool …

Carbon, a Silicon Valley startup that is developing 3-D printers to produce medical devices and car parts on demand, said on Thursday it had closed on $81 million in funding that brought the total it has raised to $222 million."We wanted to go find investors …

We live in an era of unprecedented technological change. Common wisdom says that entrepreneurs should be disruptive. The popular meme is that you’re either a disruptor or you’ll end up being disrupted. That’s nonsense. In many fields and industries, you’ll be far better off going old …

One of the major grievances entrepreneurs in the UAE have long had about starting and scaling business in the country is with regard to the challenges associated with business failure here, with legal structures that initiate criminal proceedings against financial defaults. However, this could now change with the UAE …

Subsequently, the following global business plan was developed to illustrate how Task Rabbit can enter he international business arena, starting in Australia. This plan will demonstrate why, in time, it is good idea for Task Rabbit to seek out the foreign market in an attempt …

As Entrepreneurship and franchising have become an increasingly viable business ownership opportunity, nearly 37,000 prospective business owners and entrepreneurs from throughout India and 11 countries across the globe are gearing up to meet face-to-face with representatives of top franchise brands at the industry’s biggest event at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi …

When one hears the phrase “Startup Hub,” the mind’s eye most likely automatically conjures up images of locations like New York City, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Boston. However, the Midwest region has been developing some real challenger cities to the “Startup Hub” throne. According to , …

Over the past few years, the ‘Startup Industry’ has witnessed the arrival of massive investment opportunities. Any fledgling business venture, irrespective of which industry it belongs to, requires a substantial investment in the form of business capital to help it get off the ground, and …

Inrroduction Business growth is a good goal for most firms in general and is given great weight by the society. This could be seen with the list conjured up by the media, such as ‘Forbes Fast-Growing Companies’ and ‘Inc Fastest Growing Companies’ lists. The reason …

“People think that when you’re trying to build a startup community, talent follows capital. But in reality, if you build the talent and a sense of possibility, the capital will follow.” –Steve CaseDay four of brought us to Albuquerque during the week of the iconic Balloon …

So you want to write a book. Maybe you’re looking for a new revenue stream. Maybe you have a that you think others should adopt to make their days more efficient. Maybe you’ve had a lot of interesting conversations online lately and want to summarize …

Social entrepreneurship is making waves in the worlds of business and social justice. Over the last decade and a half, an ideal environment has been created, fostering an explosion of this (relatively) newfound way of doing business. As a result, a model has been hatched …

Whether you are in the early 20s or late 30s, a lot of things change without a doubt but what doesn’t change is the way we look at ourselves. We consider scrutinizing ourselves every now and then little realizing that there is so much to …

According to the author, personal entrepreneurship is the ability of a person to trade in goods and services for the purposes of creating wealth for the individual, while personal innovation is the ability to generate new ideas for the purpose of creating new or improved …

If entrepreneurship is something new to you, then I strongly recommend . Being drawn to the wrong assumption that you are required to build a complicated behemoth is as easy as it is overwhelming. That $100K app — or even the website — is something …

“What do you do for a living?”“I’m an entrepreneur.”The answer has a sexy ring to it. Plus, there’s a hint of mystery — as if you possess a quality others don't. You've shifted into an entirely different gear that sets you apart. Perhaps there’s a little ego …

For 11 years, Arianna Huffington was the public face of the Huffington Post, the news site she created, nurtured and then sold. In August, she announced her decision to step down as its editor-in-chief to focus on a new health and wellness startup.  focused on leaving …

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. …

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 …

Delver Business communication plays a vital role in my day-to-day work activities as a hairstylist in someone else’s salon. For the most part, I use electronic communicating options like the smartened, multimedia messages, email, and instant messages. Communicating effectively with my clientele by keeping these …

When Kris Birch took over his family business in 2009, becoming the leader his team needed didn’t happen overnight. Birch is president of , a St. Paul, Minn.-based landscaping, snow removal, irrigation and tree services business. Birch’s father, James, founded the company in 1978 and …

Hispanic-owned businesses are booming, with a growth rate double that of U.S. companies overall.A recent by and the (USHCC) revealed the rapid growth of Hispanic entrepreneurship — and the impact of Hispanic businesses on the economy. The study projects that there will be 4.23 million …

In my book,  I chronicle the wonderful ways social entrepreneurs are using The Great Convergence to change the world. The Great Convergence is the confluence of a more troubled world colliding with a more interconnected one. It has caused a shift in our culture that …

In 2000, telecom companies in a majority of European countries were animated to bid for 3G licences by the stock market, since market analysts and the media had the opinion that this technology represented the future for mobile telephony, even though everybody had a lack …

Jenny Duranski was eight months pregnant, on her hands and knees, cleaning up a flood in her eco-friendly nail salon, . She’d signed a lease for the Chicago retail spot just nine months earlier, but as her belly grew, so did issues with the shop: …

After doing his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, Piramal founded a rural healthcare start-up, ‘Piramal e-Swasthya’. To Piramal’s credit it became a case study at Harvard Business School. After that he went on to complete his MBA from Harvard. In 2012, Anand marked Piramal Group’s re-entry in real estate being its first …

Until recently relationships between gays and lesbian, and also Internet relationships had had little attention from researchers, hence the term ‘understudied relationships’. Gay and Lesbian relationships – no one really knows what makes a person homosexual, though Garnets and Kimmel (1991) say there are likely …

A strong inclination continues to be present, especially among the professionals managing enterprise development to measure entrepreneurship through some techniques. These measurement efforts can vary from plain checklists going up to intricate and exhaustive computer programs. Defining entrepreneurship Achievements in business can be equivocal. You …

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