New business creation typically means more innovation, right? Not quite, according to researchers at the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn, Germany. In their paper “To ...
On February 24, 2016 / By Endeavor InsightChris Sacca, one of the world’s most renowned tech investors, recently suggested that venture capitalists are often very wrong. To be fair, he also said that when they ...
On August 31, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightWhen TenX founder and CEO Carolynn Duncan first began searching for investment opportunities in the Portland area, the Salt Lake City venture capitalist discovered an absence of entrepreneurship ...
On July 16, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightEntrepreneurship support programs, if done well, have a great potential to alleviate poverty and create jobs. World Bank economists, among others, seem to agree: in 2013, the World ...
On June 16, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightSilicon Valley’s startup culture is widely idealized, envied, and at times, mocked; it is such a popular topic that HBO just renewed its hit show of the same ...
On June 16, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightSmall businesses often fail to grow, both in the United States and the European Union. What prevents them from growing? The Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Atlanta, ...
On June 16, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightIt turns out that the myth of the entrepreneur who raises her first round of funding from friends and family isn’t actually true. In fact, 75 percent of aspiring U.S. entrepreneurs ...
On June 15, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightThere seems to be remarkably little research on accelerators, despite the soaring popularity of the model: according to some estimates, there are currently several thousand accelerators in operation in the world. To ...
On June 7, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightMany of the greatest innovators in U.S. history have been immigrants, including Andrew Carnegie (Scotland) and Joseph Pulitzer (Hungary). Even today, foreign-born entrepreneurs, such as Google’s Sergey Brin (Russia), and Yahoo’s Jerry Yang ...
On April 13, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightCompanies need talented employees. This sometimes leads businesses to force employees to sign “non-compete” agreements that prevent workers from taking jobs at other companies in which similar skills ...
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