Most people would say “no” to this question- but this is largely because entrepreneurship is narrowly defined as ‘starting a business’- by this definition, a comparatively small population of people are entrepreneurs. The United States Global Entrepreneurship Monitor http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/global-research/gem/Documents/GEM%20USA%20Executive%20Report%202010.pdf shows that only about 7.7% of the US population is actively engaged in starting a…
Last week I had the pleasure of teaching a seminar for the top Entrepreneurial Winning Women who have been recognized by Ernst and Young. These women are successful in every way, at the top of their game, and have sales of a million to tens of millions. They have businesses in every sector- software, fitness,…
Each year June is celebrated as Start-up month and during this time more than any other would-be entrepreneurs inevitably ask me if they can start a venture. Stories of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship abound in the popular press today and they nervously ask, “Can I be an entrepreneur?” They see highly successful entrepreneurs and – despite…
The recent study, Small Business: Lessons of the Recession, by Chase Card Services, NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) and the Center for Women’s Business Research (CWBR) reports on the types of responses business owners made to their businesses over the past years of the “Great Recession.” One of our interests was to see if…
¿Por qué las empresas deberían pensar en innovar, si están en la cúspide del éxito? El profesor J.B.M Kassarjian experto en estrategia y organización de Babson College (USA) responde ésta pregunta y da consejos a nuestros egresados y empresarios Ceipa. Kassarjian ha sido ganador de premios europeos, como “European Foundation of Development Management (EFMD) Case…
High Impact Entrepreneurship: Following the Entrepreneurial Process Entrepreneurs transform the way we work and live, from Twitter and Zynga to Facebook and Google. In all likelihood, each one of us visits one or more of these sites daily. While these are some of the most well-known companies in the world, they are but extreme examples…
A colleague of mine, Brad George, and I are working on an academic paper related to entrepreneurship education. Here’s the premise. Those that need entrepreneurship education are nascent entrepreneurs—those thinking about starting a business and going through some of the early motions. However, standard entrepreneurship courses target new business owners—typically not the students sitting in…
The motto for small businesses used to be “location, location, location.” In this digital age in which geography is less important, I’d suggest it is more likely to be “network, network, network.” Last week I attended an event that is certainly one of more recent favorites. The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program and the…
How many angels? Patti Greene, Contributor Angel (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ecosystem. Ecosystem. Ecosystem. I admit I am obsessed with the idea of the ultimate entrepreneurship ecosystem. What does it really take in an environment to stimulate and nurture people in starting and growing businesses? We know a lot about the what…
