Entrepreneurship

Children playing a board game.

He Who Laughs, Lasts

The cofounder of University Games discusses two keys to success: smiles and cash flow.
Endeavor

Making Their Mark

A collaboration with Endeavor Global helps high-impact entrepreneurs build their skills.
fizzy drink

Eau, Yes

The man who brought Perrier to America on how to keep the fizz in your business.
Professor at front of classroom talking with students

2013 Siebel Scholars

Five MBA students selected for academic achievement and demonstrated leadership.
Airline customers waiting at the airport

Putting the Customer First

Hayagreeva Rao explains why innovation is about more than just new technology.
Students set up their donated laptop computers on the first day of school at Joplin High School in Joplin

Increasing the Bandwidth

How to make digital learning in public schools a reality.
Brenden Millstein

Two Green Approaches

How Brenden Millstein's Carbon Lighthouse helps businesses conserve more energy.
Jessica Herrin

"The Happiness Business"

The founder of Stella & Dot discusses leadership, emotional intelligence, and an "angel in a cowboy hat."
James Gutierrez

Hire Missionaries, not Mercenaries

James Gutierrez, MBA '05, discusses how he built Progreso Financiero, where he gets his best ideas, and the best advice he's ever received. 

Increase Your Creative Confidence

Stanford launches first online Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate program.

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Children playing a board game.

He Who Laughs, Lasts

The cofounder of University Games discusses two keys to success: smiles and cash flow.
fizzy drink

Eau, Yes

The man who brought Perrier to America on how to keep the fizz in your business.
Endeavor

Making Their Mark

A collaboration with Endeavor Global helps high-impact entrepreneurs build their skills.
Professor at front of classroom talking with students

2013 Siebel Scholars

Five MBA students selected for academic achievement and demonstrated leadership.
Brenden Millstein

Two Green Approaches

How Brenden Millstein's Carbon Lighthouse helps businesses conserve more energy.
Students set up their donated laptop computers on the first day of school at Joplin High School in Joplin

Increasing the Bandwidth

How to make digital learning in public schools a reality.
Jessica Herrin

"The Happiness Business"

The founder of Stella & Dot discusses leadership, emotional intelligence, and an "angel in a cowboy hat."
James Gutierrez

Hire Missionaries, not Mercenaries

James Gutierrez, MBA '05, discusses how he built Progreso Financiero, where he gets his best ideas, and the best advice he's ever received. 

Increase Your Creative Confidence

Stanford launches first online Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate program.

Entrepreneurs Learn to Scale Business

Tralance Addy Named SEED Executive Director

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Airline customers waiting at the airport

Putting the Customer First

Hayagreeva Rao explains why innovation is about more than just new technology.
Harikesh S. Nair

Online Social Networks Can Increase Ad Revenue by Stimulating Content

To increase revenue, social networking sites need to give their most active users reason to post more information and make more friends, according to Harikesh Nair of the Graduate School of Business and his co-researchers.

Understand Young Companies in Your Own Backyard, Report Urges Global Leaders

Policy makers need to understand how early-stage companies in their own area work, rather than try to create another Silicon Valley, says Stanford management professor George Foster. He is coauthor of a new report published by the World Economic Forum.

Formal Management Systems Help Startups Succeed Says Award-Winning Paper

Young companies that adopt structured systems to run their operations in their early years grow three times faster than competitors and have a lower rate of CEO turnover, according to an award-winning research paper.

Electric Cars, Clean Coal Should Go Together

The United States will see a slow move toward electric car adoption in the next 5-to-10 years while China will see only a small market for cars but big opportunities to manufacture and export batteries. A Stanford MBA student class study doubts either nation will move quickly to adopt clean coal technology.

Harnessing Social Media to Make a Difference

Peers Influence Decision to Become an Entrepreneur

Why do some geographic areas — such as California’s Silicon Valley — produce so many entrepreneurial companies? The answer may be workplace peers. Working with former entrepreneurs makes individuals more likely to start their own businesses, says Professor Jesper Sørensen of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Corruption Hurts Business as Well as a Nation’s Reputation

When (Organizational) Change Hurts: Startups Need to "Think Employees" from the Get-Go

Startups Need a Special Learning Curve for Sales

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