In a recent paper, Stanford professor Chuck Eesley and Notre Dame professor Yong Suk Lee observed that formal entrepreneurship education helped Stanford alumni founders raise more funding and scale more quickly than peers who received no formal entrepreneurship training. But entrepreneurship education didn’t lead to a higher rate of startup creation itself. ... Show More
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24 Steps to Launch a Start-Up
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#206 The Venture Mindset with Ilya Strebulaev, Economist & Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business
In almost every industry, the rate of innovation is increasing, and this is great for consumers around the globe. However, with constant innovation and continual disruption of the status quo, where to innovate next becomes much harder to identify. If your industry hasn’t been dis ... Show More
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Lori Rosenkopf, Wharton Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship, discusses her new book Unstoppable Entrepreneurs: Seven Paths for Unleashing Successful Startups and Creating Value Through Innovation, offering fresh perspectives on entrepreneurial success beyond media stereotypes. Hosted o ... Show More
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BUSINESS INTERVIEW: Build Funnels For Other Businesses
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MI376: Why Do Great Companies Fail? The Innovator’s Dilemma w/ Shawn O’Malley
In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@shawn_OMalley_) discusses why great companies fail, as outlined by Clayton Christensen in his timeless book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, which was first published in 1997. The Economist actually named it one of the six most important business boo ... Show More
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