Family businesses have more in common than they often realise. Rupert Merson, Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School and family business expert explores the sources of unhappiness family-owned companies face time and time again in his latest blog. ‘All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own […]
Are you contemplating launching a startup in the throes of the Covid-19 induced recession? John Mullins shows why recessions can be a good time to start a new venture. Even better, he argues that, even in a recession, the customer is not only king. He or she can be your VC, too! Does timing matter […]
Gary Dushnitsky, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, talks to his former MBA student Akriti Dokania, Investor at Octopus Ventures. Have you always dreamt about finding and funding innovative startups? Does the venture capital sector interest you? Are you a technology person who wants to play an active role in supporting […]
When teaching entrepreneurship, we focus attention on the trials and tribulations attendant on starting a business. But starting a business is only the start of the trial. For London Business School entrepreneurs who have been able to satisfactorily answer Hamlet’s more famous existential question regarding their new businesses, the more difficult questions come afterwards and […]
Luisa Alemany, Associate Professor of Management Practice and Academic Director of Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, writes about her latest case study which recently won an award in the EFMD Case Competition in the category of ‘Inclusive Business Model’. While growing up, Richard Bbaale saw his sister missing school due to […]