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Female Entrepreneurs Still Suffer From Implicit Bias

The Horizons Tracker

Female entrepreneurs pursuing innovative business ventures face a significant hurdle in securing funding due to unconscious bias exhibited by investors, as revealed by a study conducted by Northeastern University. The study highlights a particular instance that exemplifies the implicit biases at play. You are lying to people.”

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The Challenges Immigrant Entrepreneurs Face

The Horizons Tracker

It’s pretty well established that immigrants make excellent entrepreneurs, as the fresh perspective they bring to their new home affords them the opportunity to innovate, while a lack of familiarity with local systems and networks makes starting a business an attractive option for many.

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What Prompts Entrepreneurs Into Social Entrepreneurship?

The Horizons Tracker

Jeff Bezos famously argued in one of his annual letters that he wants entrepreneurs to be missionaries rather than mercenaries, yet the VC-led model pushes founders towards rapid growth and rapid exits rather than sustainable ventures that leave a positive societal impression. The post What Prompts Entrepreneurs Into Social Entrepreneurship?

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Female Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From Teaming Up With Men

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study from the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business at Waterloo highlights how female entrepreneurs still tend to benefit from partnering with experienced men rather than going it alone. When experienced female entrepreneurs pair up with an experienced male entrepreneur, the benefits don’t materialize.

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Is Buying a Franchise a Good Idea for Entrepreneurs?

Strategy Driven

You’re an entrepreneur. You are on your own – an entrepreneur in every sense of the word – but you also have a solid foundation upon which to build. Key Aspects of the Franchise Relationship for Entrepreneurs. Unanticipated Costs: Franchisors regularly make updates and modifications to their system standards.

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Leadership Lessons From A Serial Entrepreneur

Eric Jacobson

Brad Jacobs’ new book provides you a treasure-trove of leadership lessons from a man with more than four decades of CEO and serial entrepreneur experience. He subsequently created five publicly traded companies—United Waste Systems, United Rentals, XPO, and XPO’s two spin-offs, GXO Logistics and RXO.

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Entrepreneurs Operating System (EOS) Lacks Traction

CO2

It has become a source is frustration to me working with Entrepreneurs and hearing those three letters together E.O.S. Entrepreneurs Operating System). EOS and Traction Doesn’t Understand Entrepreneurs Additionally, entrepreneurs have a way of letting the idea machine run wild. Sadly I was that guy years ago.