Five lessons from my life as a sustainable entrepreneurÂ
May 5, 2023 • by David Ramirez in Entrepreneurship • 5 min read
A fragile foundational partnership and the misalignment of your workforce can be the Achilles’ heel of a start-up...
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Letting go to grow: How one entrepreneur reclaimed his life and business
Frank's transformation from overwhelmed investor to empowered leader demonstrates how coaching and collaboration enabled him to stand back, delegate, and recover his life....
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The anatomy of a merger: ensuring the long-term future of a family firm
To sell, merge, list or delist is a difficult decision that many business-owning families face at some point. Peter Vogel reflects on just such a turning point in the history of Firmenich,...
I failed but emerged stronger from the experience Â
November 21, 2022 • by Arnaud Henneville-Wedholm in Entrepreneurship • 7 min read
Arnaud Henneville-Wedholm's dreams of glory were crushed in a David and Goliath battle with Mark Zuckerberg, but he firmly believes that failure can be a springboard to success if managed well...
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Prepare to pivot: four lessons learned from building a startup
August 30, 2022 • by Yulia Voloshchuk in Entrepreneurship • 5 min read
One of the co-founders of sustainable energy startup IntellSol discusses the importance of viewing your original idea as a first draft that will evolve as you gain more knowledge of the market...
How to scale: Seven qualities of successful scale-up CEOs
Most startups will fail, but a few will achieve extraordinary scale. While there’s no silver bullet, being humble, identifying key metrics, and partnering with anchor customers are some of the traits that...
Life as sustainable entrepreneurs: IntellSol’s journey
March 3, 2022 • by David Ramirez in Entrepreneurship • 6 min read
Over the next few months, we’ll be following Intellsol’s journey as they work to validate their business model and raise funds to launch their proof-of-concept project (PoC) in Ghana under the Energy...
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