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The market research stage is often criticized as useless and inappropriate, but it’s essential to success in business.
Canada is home to a growing number of new digital-born journalism organizations, even though government policy aimed at helping the news industry has focused mostly on the decline of legacy media.
A study of entrepreneurship activity at 27 universities in Canada showed an increased interest in co-op work terms where students could work in their own start-up.
Microschools might be an attractive alternative to regular public schools that are wrestling with the pandemic, but they are mostly out of reach for low-income students, a researcher says.
There’s a global trend towards ‘third age entrepreneurship’, but the motivations behind these senior start-ups might surprise.
New entrepreneurs borne of the pandemic will need support to survive and thrive after the crisis. Here’s how business accelerators need to change in order to help them succeed post-pandemic.
Young and successful entrepreneurs get the attention, but they are the exception, not the norm.
Tech companies’ use of dual-class share structures to keep control in the hands of founders and other insiders gives a handful of people power over enormous swaths of American life.
Good business requires good governance, and startups require a particular kind of governance to help them grow and prosper. That’s why it’s so important for startups to get governance right early on.
How are startup entrepreneurs getting through the COVID-19 pandemic? Talking to each other to offer tips, expertise and a sympathetic ear is helpful, according to an ongoing study.
The coronavirus pandemic is an exceptionally challenging time for start-ups. Here’s a guide to help new businesses survive.
Only a quarter of UK startups have a female in their founding team and just 5% of SMEs are minority ethnic group led.
Employees working in startups may disproportionately suffer in the wake of the pandemic as their employers cut back to skeletal staffs or shutter their companies altogether.
Sustainable start-ups are better off choosing an investor with aligned interests that can lend them legitimacy.
Co-working spaces have become popular since they were created in 2005, allowing self-employed workers to have a professional space outside an office and avoid isolation. But does it really work?
Entrepreneurial ecosystems are the perfect environment to help new start-ups develop and thrive – it’s all about being connected.
Adam Neumann both controlled and managed the co-working company he founded in 2011. A finance scholar explains why that can be a serious problem in venture capital-backed startups.
WeWork’s uncertain future reflects how investors have wised up to the hype around Silicon Valley start ups.
Fundamentally, WeWork’s finances do not look good. It is still a long way from profitability.
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney
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ANZ Chair in Business Growth. Director, Australian Centre for Business Growth, University of South Australia
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor and Industry Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Entrepreneurship, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University
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Visiting Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney
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Executive Director, Australian Centre for Innovation, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor for Entrepreneurship and Strategy, ESCP Business School
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Associate Professor, Business Administration, McGill University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Quantum Physics and Quantum Technology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
