Entrepreneurial business strategy

The Gulf oil spill looks like it might be capped. U.S. financial regulation is underway, plugging holes of another kind, which won't allow sub-prime mortgage...

Five hurdles - and how to overcome them.

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have been around in various forms for decades, but during the past two years they've taken off in the...

There is a pervasive belief that innovation is random and unpredictable. Data would seem to support this belief. Ask a venture capitalist what percent...

Four years ago, Diane Ashton and Sundeep Lal were working together at MIT on a titanium extraction project. Durable and highly heat resistant, titanium...

When companies stay private longer, stock options are less appealing.

U.S. foundations and nonprofits work diligently on behalf of society's most needy and yet report that progress is slow and social problems persist. How...

For decades, the business world has been fixated on achieving sustainable competitive advantage, a position within an industry that allows a company to...

Many start-ups experience enormous popularity and runaway growth, but only a few go on to become stable giants. What separates them from the pack? They...

Founders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there’s another option.

Ever wondered how entrepreneurs convince VCs to fund their businesses? A leading venture capitalist delivers the inside scoop on what not to say.

Seed funding isn't in short supply.

Silicon Valley venture capitalists used to routinely oust start-up founders--who were viewed as green and unskilled--as part of the process leading to...

In case you hadn't noticed, Facebook really doesn't want to go public. At least, not yet. The seven-year-old company is now valued at $50 billion, significantly...

Pros and cons of the five major funding sources.

More data isn't always helpful.

Rigid equity splits cause problems down the line.

This post is part of HBR's special issue on failure. As humans, we fear failure. That affects our appetite to take risks. We herd, follow others, miss...

"That kind of violence, that kind of hate ... [doesn't] have any place anywhere in our society, or especially on Twitch."

Petrolink's business plan looks like a winner. At present, the only available pipeline for operators in the Baltic Sea's newly developed Helmark gas field...