Entrepreneurship

Commercialization
From Idea to Implementation: Major Deterrents to the Technology Commercialization

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 style. However, not every successful scientific research or invention can make it successfully to a proper commercial platform. There are dozens of patent registrations every day from which only few can make it to the market. In this post I deal with the major obstacles that…

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In Search of a Golden Eagle Entrepreneur: A Major Consensus among Venture Capitalists

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 to get a financial support for their firm’s growth. As a result, dozens of inquiries are heading to VC firms, from which some should be precisely handpicked.

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The 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, receiving and reviewing the teaser, due diligence, negotiations, post-agreement transition, etc. Among these steps, the negotiations process is inevitably dominant. M&A negotiation process should be highly respected; hence, a wise manager comprehends the significance of the negotiations throughout the whole process. The negotiation steps mostly commence after signing NDA…

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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 previous posts such as the golden eagle entrepreneur and the golden eagle farm. However, the entrepreneurial challenges during startup and eventual dilemmas have not been well covered. In fact any entrepreneur faces various trial-and-failures during his/her startup and some dilemmas can cause fatal impacts both on the company and…

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The One-Percenters: Are They Really a Threat to the World’s Economy?

The recent global economic crisis lead to a controversial trend against the one-percenters and the fact that their properties constitute the majority of the world’s wealth. The popularity of this idea was not only limited to the occupied Wall Street campaigns, but it also grew so fast that even Barack Obama used this trend as one of his main policies in the late 2012 by ending the tax cut of wealthy Americans in order to get better support from the…

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Strategic Thinking: Sun Tzu’s Legacy and the Modern Business (Part 1)

  Among the classic books written by strategists one of the oldest ones is still read worldwide by variety of people; business managers, army commanders, top politicians, sports managers, etc., are all using the Sun Tzu’s book “The Art of War” that was written in 500 B.C. on bamboo strips as strategic principles of wars. Some of Sun Tzu’s principles are crucial for business and strategic planning that in my opinion should be hanged on the wall of any CEO’s…

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Entrepreneurial Growth Pattern: an Academic Case Study

Growth is one of the most important goals of most startups and entrepreneurs in particular small businesses and plays a dominant role in some macroeconomic factors such as unemployment rate, economic growth, regional growth, etc. Nowadays, growth is a gauge for measuring the success of small firms. In the academic study for my MBA thesis in Umeå School of Business and Economics, I have chosen the growth as the research topic with the focus on entrepreneurial growth in small firms….

Innovation-Revelation
Entrepreneurial Intelligence: The Flipsides of Flying under the Radars

In the previous post I have discussed the challenges of protecting the innovation and trade secrets. This is important to keep the secrets of the company inside the organization and make sure the business idea and core competencies are protected well. Flying under the radar is the approach of most entrepreneurs during their seed stage for business idea protection. I have been involved in couple of startup consultancy projects as well as starting my own firm and I have seen…

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The Golden Eagle Farm: A Solution to Boost the Economy

I have discussed the importance of the golden eagle entrepreneurs before. American fiscal cliff, European debt crisis and above all, high unemployment rate in the whole world are the main concerns of the top decision makers now. Many economists and experts have been discussed and consulted and they all agreed on one point which is the essence of entrepreneurial activities that can contribute to the economic growth. This is quite evident that the golden eagle entrepreneurs are solution to the…

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