Matt Harvey, Stanford University Making Money by Making an Impact This week, the Abu Dhabi Water and Electric Authority announced their selection of Hara’s environmental and energy management solution to address a number of the authority’s energy initiatives. Using the Hara
Mike Peña, Stanford University What Makes a Good Entrepreneur? One way to find out what makes a good entrepreneur is to, well, ask a successful entrepreneur. And if that person has done well in your chosen field, then it’s
Matt Harvey, Stanford University Make Change Through Entrepreneurship The power of entrepreneurial thinking not only serves to launch products and organizations. In the actions of individuals and groups, who are passionate about solving problems, entrepreneurial activity can be
Akaash Nanda, Stanford University Make Rules and Limits Work for You Even for those who aim to think “outside the box,” rules and constraints aren’t always bad. They focus our thinking and remind us to be deliberate with our execution by
Susie Allen, Writer The Antitrust Paradox Antitrust regulation in platform markets boosts innovation but harms profitability—and the most innovative firms are the least likely to thrive.
Matt Harvey, Stanford University CEOs Get Comfortable With Ambiguity While CEOs may be able to pick-up early on market trends, they cannot see the future with certainty. They approach each day, as we all do, knowing they will be
Tom Byers, Stanford UniversityAndrew Nelson, University of OregonRichard Dorf, University of California, Davis Chapter 5: Innovation Strategies Innovation strategies that are bold and compelling are vital to entrepreneurship. For example, the decision to try to be the first to market or to wait is important to all
Mike Peña, Stanford University How Startups Survive the High-Growth Stage Prepare for change as your startup begins to mature. Your initial strategies must change as you scale.
Tom Byers, Stanford UniversityAndrew Nelson, University of OregonRichard Dorf, University of California, Davis Chapter 16: Profit and Harvest A new firm creates a sales model describing how it will generate revenues from its customers. Then it determines a cost model and how to generate profits from its revenues.
Maya Arengo, Stanford University Navigating the Pressures of Climate Tech An Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders mini guide on climate tech. These talks consider issues specific to climate tech startups including balancing societal impact and profit, storytelling, and how to create behavioral change.
Maya Arengo, Stanford University Scaling a Climate Tech Company An eCorner mini guide on the unique challenges that climate tech companies face when scaling, and how to overcome them.
Mike Peña, Stanford University Study Finds Business-Savvy Co-Founders Not Always Necessary New research on entrepreneurship shows that diverse business skills are not always the secret to success in the world of tech start-ups. While different strengths matter sometimes, researchers found that
Susie Allen, Writer Hierarchies and Prototypes: Lessons from the Drone and Video Game Industries Choose the right org structure for your mission, and consider the pros and cons of early-access prototypes.
Matt Harvey, Stanford University Product, Product, Product It’s easy to fall in love with a cool technology or an amazing idea, but can these actually be turned into useful products that customers desire. While visions of huge
Mike Peña, Stanford University Need Funding for Your Startup? Here’s What VCs Want to See Tell a story about a growing wave of new market opportunities. Ground your pitch with data from customers who are actually using your minimum viable product.
Mike Peña, Stanford University Why Failure to Launch is a Good Thing If you’re going to lead the lab that launches moonshots like self-driving cars and balloon-powered Internet, you need to be incredibly ambitious and intelligent. But that will only get you
Tom Byers, Stanford UniversityAndrew Nelson, University of OregonRichard Dorf, University of California, Davis Chapter 2: Opportunities The identification and evaluation of opportunities is one of the entrepreneur’s most important tasks. Good opportunities address important market needs. Examining social, technological, and economic trends can lead to the
Mike Peña, Stanford University Entrepreneurship Will Steer Self-Driving Cars Forward Small and agile startups will outmaneuver tech giants by staying singularly focused on autonomous vehicles and niche products.
Mike Peña, Stanford University A More Modular and Manageable Google For most of us, the reorganization of Google into a network of separate subsidiaries under the holding company Alphabet had zero effect on our lives. In the wake of Larry
Susie Allen, Writer The Upside of Bureaucracy In some contexts, hierarchy is the optimal path to impactful creativity.
Mike Peña, Stanford University Advice for Designing Your Business Model and Beating the Odds Your business model is just as important as your product.
Tom Byers, Stanford UniversityAndrew Nelson, University of OregonRichard Dorf, University of California, Davis Chapter 7: Risk and Return A new venture that creates a novel solution to a problem will be subject to uncertainty of outcome. An action in an uncertain market is sure to experience a risk
Mike Peña, Stanford University When to Head for the Exit … or Not Whether it’s Yahoo! buying Alibaba, or Google gobbling up Nest and Skybox Imaging, the acquisition of startups by tech giants are no longer just fodder for the business section. In
Matt Harvey, Stanford University Box: An Enterprising Cloud Company Aaron Levie is a young man with some very big ideas on improving how enterprises share and work with information. Levie started Box.net out of his college dorm room, upon realizing