Entrepreneurial business strategy

Diversify your product line. Stick to your knitting. Hire a professional manager. Watch fixed costs. Those are some of the suggestions that entrepreneurs...

When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each...

A faster, smarter methodology for launching companies may make business plans obsolete.

Many built-in problems and risks await the entrepreneur who is searching for capital. Being aware of the realities can help - realities like that raising...

First answer two questions; then explore four paths.

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...

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

Being clear on what it means is not just an academic exercise.

At mature companies, it’s tougher to turn on a dime.

Inexpensive videos can sell products, but you've got to know what works (and what doesn't).

The founder of a nonprofit that supports emerging-market entrepreneurs must decide whether she should bring her program to the United States. Expert commentary...

Whether, when, and how to take a family or individually owned company public are decisions that have faced a great many entrepreneurs. They have taken actions that have brought happiness and fulfillment to some and unhappiness to others. Perhaps people who are presently reflecting on such dilemmas can draw some useful thoughts from a study […]

The deck is stacked against entrepreneurs who aren't in San Francisco Bay, New York, or Boston.

Success can skyrocket when lessons are systematically captured and made available to everyone.

In one of my posts last year, I shared a framework for more effective negotiations. The first step of the framework described the need for pre-negotiation...

The company turns about half of every revenue dollar into profit.

Meet the new fundraising phenomenon.

Research shows a salary bump for former business founders and owners.

Editor’s note: For more on the future of health care visit the HBR Insight Center on Health Care Innovations. In the April issue of HBR, Tom Lee describes the story of Gary Kaplan applying lean methodologies he learned from Boeing executives to improve performance at Seattle’s Virginia Mason Health Center. As much as health care […]

Findings from a language analysis study in Sweden.