The Flipside of Entrepreneurship: How Dilemmas Affect Entrepreneur's Ambition
The Entrepreneur's ambition is the wheel of entrepreneurial activities and one of the main reasons of success and growth of new ventures. The role of entrepreneur's character was discussed in the...
View ArticleThe M&A Negotiations: Do it Like a Golden Eagle (Part 1)
Mergers and Acquisition is one of the most popular expansion types that entrepreneurs use nowadays. M&A is a process that encompasses set of activities such as writing the letter of intent,...
View ArticleM&A Negotiations: Do it like a Golden Eagle (Part 2)
I have mentioned the role of panoramic view and prey focus together in the previous post and at this moment I deal with opportunity orientation regarding M&A negotiations.
View ArticleM&A Negotiations: Do it Like a Golden Eagle (Part 3)
In M&A negotiations, having vast home range and multiple nest sites is a complement to panoramic view, prey focus, and opportunity orientation. In this post I deal with this last important concept...
View ArticleIn Search of a Golden Eagle Entrepreneur: A Major Consensus among Venture...
Getting into a deal with a venture capital firm is the integral part of fund raising for most entrepreneurial firms. Many companies and entrepreneurs each day contact the venture capitalists in order...
View ArticleFrom Idea to Implementation: Major Deterrents to the Technology...
Commercialization is one of the challenges that the science world faces today. The main aim of the science world is to serve people either in solving their problems or in improving their current life...
View ArticleBusiness Idea Competitions: Business Idea Road Test vs. Revelation of the Idea
I have been involved in business idea competitions since 2010 and more seriously in “Sharif Entrepreneurship and Business Development Festival” in the last two years as a judge, mentor, and lecturer...
View ArticleImpressed by the 14-Year old Leader: Leadership Lessons for Current Managers...
This week I have been quite busy with an invention festival, which was a place to introduce many different innovative ideas and new technologies. The youth and younger entrepreneurs introduced new...
View ArticleContingency Planning: How Fly Fishers and Entrepreneurs Deal with Ambiguity
It is springtime and the mother of nature is showing its beauty again. I have been involved in such outdoor activities as hiking and fly fishing for years, and it is the time for more outdoor...
View ArticleWhen Seconds Matter: The One-Minute Pitch and the Dominance of Value Proposition
The trend in entrepreneurship and startup activities has been shifting in the last decades. Concepts such as lean startup, customer development, and business model canvas, were introduced to the world...
View ArticleCorporate Venture Capital: Why Large Enterprises Introduce their Investment Arm?
Startup events are ubiquitous nowadays and many companies and individuals are inclined to entrepreneurial practices. As a result, large enterprises have outrageously commenced to play a role in the...
View ArticleOn the Character of the Golden Eagle Venture Capitalists: How They Avail...
Entrepreneur’s character is an axiomatic factor that fosters innovation and entrepreneurial activities. Entrepreneurship scholars have long been conducting research on entrepreneur’s character,...
View ArticleThe Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow: Entrepreneurial Lessons from Elon Musk
I am not surprised! Tesla just unveiled the new model 3, which is an affordable version of Tesla cars. Elon Musk finally introduced a Tesla for the average earners and that’s what I was expecting him...
View ArticleStartup Overvaluation: A Pitfall for Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists
The success stories of Silicon Valley startups and their growth made a big change in business paradigm worldwide. Tech savvies tend to start their own company and investors are more exit-oriented than...
View ArticleAll Grown-ups Were Once Children, But Only Few of Them Remember It
The book, “The Little Prince'', a masterpiece by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is renowned as a children’s book, and hence the title of this post might seem out of scope of entrepreneurship. In this post,...
View ArticleInnovative Organizations and Heuristic Approach: How Entrepreneurial Mindset...
All companies in our era, try to come up with innovative solutions to create competitive edge, but not all of them can even barely get close to any innovative product or service. The reasons behind the...
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