When I started my first business, I didn’t have venture capital, outside funding or financial backing from anyone. What I did have was a clear vision, a willingness to work relentlessly and an ...

Validate demand before you build anything. Keep your team lean for longer. Stay profitable from day one. Build strategically — don’t chase every trend. If I were starting a small business today, there ...

For many years, I ran 1871, the No. 1 university-affiliated tech incubator in the world, from our headquarters in Chicago. During my tenure, we developed a number of sub-incubators focusing on various ...

After nearly three decades of leading a manufacturing company through environmental transformation, the main lesson I've learned is that sustainable business practices emerge most effectively from ...