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....
June 19, 2025 • by Peter Vogel, Ana Maria Guerrero Carvajal, Isabel Carvajal Sardi in Entrepreneurship • 8 min read
The Carvajal family’s Ana Maria Guerrero Carvajal and Isabel Carvajal Sardi on why the family’s foundation is the largest shareholder of their 121-year-old family business and how it’s the key to sustaining...
Continue readingMay 9, 2025 • by Vincent Pieterse in Entrepreneurship • 5 min read
Frank's transformation from overwhelmed investor to empowered leader demonstrates how coaching and collaboration enabled him to stand back, delegate, and recover his life....
May 2, 2025 • by Sophie Bacq in Entrepreneurship • 7 min read
Necessity entrepreneurs demonstrate remarkable resilience and creativity in the face of extreme challenges, offering valuable insights for business leaders seeking to navigate uncertainty in today’s complex global economy....
April 24, 2025 • by Jerry Davis in Entrepreneurship • 8 min read
Many regional developers have tried and failed to emulate Silicon Valley’s VC-driven model for innovation. Detroit, the birthplace of Ford, is following an alternative route – with promising results....
April 16, 2025 • by Benoit F. Leleux in Entrepreneurship • 9 min read
How a private equity-backed corporate carve-out created a successful, sustainable consulting powerhouse...
January 31, 2025 • by Alfredo De Massis, Emanuela Rondi, Vittoria Magrelli , Francesco Debellis in Entrepreneurship • 8 min read
Tradition is defined as the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation. Innovation is the process of changing something established by introducing new methods...
January 14, 2025 • by Peter Vogel in Entrepreneurship • 8 min read
In conversation with IMD's Peter Vogel, Bruce Grossman, a fourth-generation family business owner, discusses his achievements and shortcomings in creating frameworks to unite the family business....
October 3, 2024 • by Jim Pulcrano in Entrepreneurship • 3 min read
In episode six of Tech for Good, Edouard Treccani, principal at Founderful, a Swiss pre-seed Venture Capital fund founded in 2019, discusses its mission to invest in emerging startups and support students...
September 20, 2024 • by Esther Salvi, Frank-Martin Belz, Sophie Bacq in Entrepreneurship • 7 min read
An informal approach to entrepreneurship is not only for small business owners who lack other options. Flexing between varying degrees of formality is the norm in many settings....
August 20, 2024 in Entrepreneurship • 6 min read
CEO of International SOS Arnaud Vaissié explains to IMD President Jean-François Manzoni how the business has survived 40 years by overcoming obstacles like COVID-19 and navigating financial crises....
January 18, 2024 • by Simon Minder in Entrepreneurship • 7 min read
The baby boomer generation is leaving the workplace. This raises the inevitable issue of succession for first-generation family business entrepreneurs, says Simon Minder....
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